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 JOINT  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONERS  MICHAEL  J.  COPPS  AND 
 JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN 
 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 


 This  item  initiates  an  important  discussion  on  the  relocation  procedures  that  ultimately  will  apply  to  Broadband  Radio  Service  (BRS)  licensees  in  the  2150-  2160/  62 
 MHz  band.  This  discussion  is  particularly  significant  because  the  adopted  procedures  will  have  a  direct  impact  on  a  subgroup  of  future  Advanced  Wireless  Services  (AWS) 
 licensees  that  will  be  responsible  for  relocation  of  the  BRS  portion  of  the  AWS  spectrum  block.  Consequently,  timely  resolution  of  the  relocation  issues  raised  in  the  NPRM 
 portion  of  this  item  is  critical  to  the  Commission’s  current  plans  to  conduct  an  auction  of  AWS  spectrum  next  summer. 


 Over  seven  (7)  weeks  ago,  we  and  our  colleagues  committed  to  launching  a  proceeding  to  examine  the  narrow  issue  of  limiting  the  ability  of  designated  entities 
 (DEs)  who  have  a  relationship  with  the  largest  wireless  carriers  from  having  access  to  bidding  credits  in  the  AWS  and  other  future  auctions.  We  remain  very  interested  in  a 
 timely  resolution  of  this  issue  and  firmly  believe  that  it  can  be  completed  well  in  advance  of  next  year’s  auction.  The  Commission  now  has  several  open  proceedings  affecting  the 
 upcoming  AWS  auction  that  need  to  be  resolved  before  a  successful  AWS  auction  can  be  held.  We  need  to  move  quickly  on  the  DE  question  just  as  we  are  doing  with  the 
 proceeding  at  hand. 
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