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 STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  DEBORAH  TAYLOR  TATE 
 Re:  Amendment  of  Part  2  of  the  Commission's  Rules  to  Allocate  Spectrum  Below  3  GHz  for  Mobile  and  Fixed  Services  to  Support  the  Introduction  of  New  Advanced 
 Wireless  Services,  including  Third  Generation  Wireless  Systems  (ET  Docket  No.  00-  258);  Service  Rules  for  Advanced  Wireless  Services  in  the  1.7  GHz  and  2.1 
 GHz  Bands  (WT  Docket  No.  02-  353). 


 Advanced  Wireless  Services  (AWS)  are  new  and  innovative  fixed  and  mobile  terrestrial  wireless  applications  using  bandwidth  that  is  sufficient  for  the  provision  of  a 
 variety  of  voice  and  data  applications,  such  as  video  telephony,  wireless  Internet  access,  multimedia  streaming,  and  other  high-  speed  information  and  entertainment  services. 
 These  and  other  advanced  services  are  essential  to  the  future  of  our  economy  as  we  compete  in  a  world  increasingly  dependent  upon  the  immediate  availability  and  exchange 
 of  vast  amounts  of  information. 
 The  future  of  wireless  services  will  include  the  existing  services  of  Broadband  Radio  Service  (BRS)  and  Fixed  Microwave  Service  (FS),  but  it  will  also  –  and  must  also 
 –  include  AWS.  Today,  we  take  a  significant  step  toward  that  future.  Our  action  today  represents  a  balancing  of  interests,  as  we  help  to  facilitate  the  introduction  of  AWS  in 
 certain  spectrum  bands,  yet  take  steps  to  ensure  the  continuation  of  BRS  and  FS  service  to  the  public.  Those  steps  include  cost  sharing  rules  requiring  relocation  reimbursement 
 from  AWS  and  Mobile-  Satellite  Services  (MSS)  entering  the  bands,  as  well  as  relocation  policies  designed  to  minimize  interference  and  provide  relocating  incumbents  the  right  to 
 comparable  facilities. 
 I  have  always  believed  that  the  parties  are  in  the  best  position  to  formulate  resolutions,  through  negotiation,  that  take  into  account  their  individual  business  plans.  I 
 agree,  however,  that,  as  provided  in  this  Order,  regulatory  intervention  is  appropriate  where  the  parties  fail  to  reach  such  resolution.  Therefore,  we  also  establish  a  mandatory 
 negotiation  period  in  which  the  parties  must  negotiate  for  relocation  in  good  faith  before  a  new  entrant  can  trigger  the  involuntary  relocation  process. 


 For  all  these  reasons,  I  support  this  Order. 
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