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 STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN 
 Re:  Revision  of  Parts  2  and  15  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Permit  Unlicensed  National  Information  Infrastructure  (U-  NII)  Devices;  Notice  of  Proposed 
 Rulemaking;  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order;  ET  Docket  No.  03-  122 
 I  am  pleased  to  support  this  item  because  it  marks  the  beginning  of  a  significant  new  phase  in  the  development  and  deployment  of  wireless  broadband  services.  The 
 growth  of  unlicensed  devices  over  the  past  several  years,  in  particular,  has  been  an  unmitigated  success,  and  our  decision  today  paves  the  way  for  the  authorization  of 
 devices  to  use  an  additional  255  MHz  of  spectrum  in  the  5  GHz  band,  a  significant  increase  in  spectrum  capacity  for  unlicensed  uses. 


 Much  credit  for  our  decision  goes  to  the  joint  efforts  of  industry  and  Government  representatives  through  our  ITAC-  R  Government/  Industry  Project  Team.  They  have 
 worked  tirelessly  to  develop  revised  equipment  authorization  requirements  for  proposed  devices  in  the  band  using  dynamic  frequency  selection  (DFS).  I  am  hopeful  that  their 
 ground  breaking  work  on  DFS  and  measurement  procedures  will  allow  us  to  develop  innovative  and  creative  spectrum  policies  in  the  future. 
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