80 FR 65754 - Deletion of Agenda Items From October 22, 2015 Open Meeting

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 207 (October 27, 2015)

The Commission will consider a Report and Order addressing when and in what areas 600 MHz Band wireless licensees will be deemed to ``commence operations'' for the purposes of establishing when the secondary and unlicensed users must cease operations and vacate the 600 MHz Band in those areas. 4............................. Office of TITLE: Expanding the Engineering and Economic and Technology. Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions (GN Docket No. 12- 268); Office of Engineering and Technology Releases and Seeks Comment on Updated OET-69 Software (ET Docket No. 13-26); and Office of Engineering and Technology Seeks to Supplement the Incentive Auction Proceeding Record Regarding Potential Interference Between Broadcast Television and Wireless Services (ET Docket No. 14-14). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Third Report & Order and First Order on Reconsideration that adopts rules to govern inter-service interference between broadcast television stations and wireless licensees in the 600 MHz Band following the incentive auction and sets out protection criteria for television stations and wireless operations in the band. 5............................. Media............ TITLE: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions (GN Docket No. 12- 268) and Channel Sharing by Full Power and Class A Stations Outside the Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Context (MB Docket No. 15-137). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Second Order on Reconsideration to provide additional flexibility to broadcasters interested in the incentive auction channel sharing option by clarifying that ``back-up'' channel sharing agreements are permitted under the rules and providing more time for successful incentive auction bidders to transition to shared facilities after the auction.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65754-65755]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27279]


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Deletion of Agenda Items From October 22, 2015 Open Meeting

October 22, 2015.
    The following items have been deleted from the list of Agenda items 
scheduled for consideration at the Thursday, October 22, 2015, Open 
Meeting and previously listed in the Commission's Notice of October 15, 
2015. These items have been adopted by the Commission.

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           Item No.                   Bureau              Subject
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3.............................  Wireless           TITLE: Expanding the
                                 Telecommunicatio   Economic and
                                 ns.                Innovation
                                                    Opportunities of
                                                    Spectrum Through
                                                    Incentive Auctions
                                                    (GN Docket No. 12-
                                                    268).
                                                   SUMMARY: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Report
                                                    and Order addressing
                                                    when and in what
                                                    areas 600 MHz Band
                                                    wireless licensees
                                                    will be deemed to
                                                    ``commence
                                                    operations'' for the
                                                    purposes of
                                                    establishing when
                                                    the secondary and
                                                    unlicensed users
                                                    must cease
                                                    operations and
                                                    vacate the 600 MHz
                                                    Band in those areas.
4.............................  Office of          TITLE: Expanding the
                                 Engineering and    Economic and
                                 Technology.        Innovation
                                                    Opportunities of
                                                    Spectrum Through
                                                    Incentive Auctions
                                                    (GN Docket No. 12-
                                                    268); Office of
                                                    Engineering and
                                                    Technology Releases
                                                    and Seeks Comment on
                                                    Updated OET-69
                                                    Software (ET Docket
                                                    No. 13-26); and
                                                    Office of
                                                    Engineering and
                                                    Technology Seeks to
                                                    Supplement the
                                                    Incentive Auction
                                                    Proceeding Record
                                                    Regarding Potential
                                                    Interference Between
                                                    Broadcast Television
                                                    and Wireless
                                                    Services (ET Docket
                                                    No. 14-14).
                                                   SUMMARY: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Third
                                                    Report & Order and
                                                    First Order on
                                                    Reconsideration that
                                                    adopts rules to
                                                    govern inter-service
                                                    interference between
                                                    broadcast television
                                                    stations and
                                                    wireless licensees
                                                    in the 600 MHz Band
                                                    following the
                                                    incentive auction
                                                    and sets out
                                                    protection criteria
                                                    for television
                                                    stations and
                                                    wireless operations
                                                    in the band.
5.............................  Media............  TITLE: Expanding the
                                                    Economic and
                                                    Innovation
                                                    Opportunities of
                                                    Spectrum Through
                                                    Incentive Auctions
                                                    (GN Docket No. 12-
                                                    268) and Channel
                                                    Sharing by Full
                                                    Power and Class A
                                                    Stations Outside the
                                                    Broadcast Television
                                                    Spectrum Incentive
                                                    Auction Context (MB
                                                    Docket No. 15-137).
                                                   SUMMARY: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Second
                                                    Order on
                                                    Reconsideration to
                                                    provide additional
                                                    flexibility to
                                                    broadcasters
                                                    interested in the
                                                    incentive auction
                                                    channel sharing
                                                    option by clarifying
                                                    that ``back-up''
                                                    channel sharing
                                                    agreements are
                                                    permitted under the
                                                    rules and providing
                                                    more time for
                                                    successful incentive
                                                    auction bidders to
                                                    transition to shared
                                                    facilities after the
                                                    auction.

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6.............................  Consumer and       TITLE: Structure and
                                 Governmental       Practices of the
                                 Affairs.           Video Relay Service
                                                    Program (CG Docket
                                                    No. 10-51) and
                                                    Telecommunications
                                                    Relay Services and
                                                    Speech-to-Speech
                                                    Disabilities (CG
                                                    Docket No. 03-123).
                                                   SUMMARY: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Further
                                                    Notice of Proposed
                                                    Rulemaking on
                                                    whether to modify,
                                                    in part, the four-
                                                    year compensation
                                                    rate plan for video
                                                    relay service (VRS)
                                                    and whether to adopt
                                                    measures that may
                                                    enhance the
                                                    functional
                                                    equivalence of VRS.
                                                    In the same item,
                                                    the Commission will
                                                    consider an Order to
                                                    modify, in part, the
                                                    currently applicable
                                                    VRS compensation
                                                    rates pending action
                                                    on the Further
                                                    Notice of Proposed
                                                    Rulemaking.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-27279 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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