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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  March  15,  2006  Janice  Wise  (202)  418-  7450 
 Janice.  Wise@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  PROPOSES  FORFEITURE  AGAINST  SAN  JOSE  NAVIGATION,  INC.  FOR  MARKETING  UNAUTHORIZED  EQUIPMENT 


 Washington,  D.  C.  --  The  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  today  proposed  a  $75,000  forfeiture  against  San  Jose  Navigation,  Inc.  (San  Jose)  for  apparent  violation  of  the 
 FCC’s  equipment  authorization  rules. 
 The  Commission  concluded  that  San  Jose  marketed  four  models  of  Global  Positioning  Satellite  (GPS)  signal  re-  radiator  kits,  which  were  not  authorized  and  are  not  eligible  to  be 
 authorized  because  the  devices  are  designed  to  operate  in  restricted  frequency  bands  allocated  for  safety-  of-  life  operations.  The  Commission  initiated  its  investigation  in  response  to  complaints 
 from  the  National  Telecommunications  &  Information  Administration,  the  Department  of  Transportation  and  other  federal  government  agencies  which  expressed  concern  that  GPS  re-radiator 
 equipment  potentially  could  interfere  with  federal  government  GPS  operations. 
 Action  by  the  Commission,  March  14,  2006,  by  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  (FCC  06-  30).  Chairman  Martin,  Commissioners  Copps,  Adelstein  and  Tate. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Janice  Wise  at  (202)  418-  7450  and  Ava  Holly  Berland  at  (202)  418-  2075 
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