Federal Communications Commission FCC 10-59 
STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN 
Re: Reexamination of Roaming Obligations of Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers, WT 
Docket No. 05-265, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 
10-59. 
When it comes to roaming for voice and data services, consumers need seamless, nationwide 
coverage. However, when the Commission adopted in 2007 a “home market exclusion” to its automatic 
roaming requirements, it undercut that goal. By repealing the home market exclusion in today’s Order, 
we are safeguarding consumers’ expectations of seamless coverage irrespective of whether they are 
calling from their carrier’s home market or from the home market of another. 
I recognize that a number of smaller, rural, carriers opposed any mention in this Order about the 
appropriateness of considering a requesting carrier’s lack of build out, in its home markets, when 
determining if the terms of a roaming agreement are reasonable. According to these smaller carriers, 
larger nationwide carriers with greater bargaining positions in roaming negotiations, may use such 
language to propose unreasonable roaming agreements. I carefully considered those arguments. I have 
decided to support today’s Order, because the relevant language makes it clear that any roaming request is 
presumed to be reasonable, and no hosting carrier can use a requesting carrier’s lack of build out as the 
sole dispositive factor for imposing roaming terms and conditions. 
I also fully support the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks additional comment on 
whether the Commission should extend roaming requirements to mobile data services not connected to 
the public switched telephone network. Such services would include wireless broadband Internet access 
services. The National Broadband Plan discussed how important these mobile broadband services are to 
making broadband service available and affordable throughout our Nation. The detailed and balanced 
questions posed by the Further Notice, will provide the Commission with a comprehensive record on its 
legal authority to impose roaming obligations on such services and the merits for imposing such 
obligations if it decides to do so.