83 FR 42043 - Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 161 (August 20, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 42043-42045] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-17296] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 25 [GN Docket Nos. 18-122, 17-183, RM-11791, RM-11778; FCC 18-91] Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final action. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts certification and information collection requirements for 3.7-4.2 GHz band spectrum that will be available for new wireless uses while balancing desired speed to the market, efficiency of use, and effectively accommodating incumbent Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) and Fixed Service (FS) operations in the band. DATES: The certification requirements are adopted effective August 20, 2018; except for Earth Station and Space Station Information Collections in paragraphs 7-12, which contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those requirements. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Bair of the International Bureau, Satellite Division, at 202-418-0945 or [email protected]. For information regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act contact Cathy Williams, Office of Managing Director, at (202) 418-2918 or [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, GN Docket No. 18-122, FCC 18-91, adopted on July 12, 2018, and released on July 13, 2018. The complete text of this document is available for public inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday through Thursday or from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY- A257, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is available on the Commission's website at http://wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the search function on the ECFS web page at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by sending an email to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (tty). Paperwork Reduction Act The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, intends to invite the general public and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to comment on the information collection requirements contained in this document, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the Commission will also seek specific comment on how we might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. Congressional Review Act The Commission will send a copy of this Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (CRA), see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). I. Introduction 1. In this proceeding, the Commission is pursuing the joint goals of making spectrum available for new wireless uses while balancing desired speed to the market, efficiency of use, and effectively accommodating incumbent Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) and Fixed Service (FS) operations in the band. To gain a clearer understanding of the operations of current users in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, the Commission is requiring certifications and collecting information on current FSS uses. II. Background 2. In the 2017 Mid-Band Notice of Inquiry (Mid-Band NOI), the Commission began an evaluation of whether spectrum in-between 3.7 GHz and 24 GHz can be made available for flexible use--particularly for wireless broadband services.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz, GN Docket No. 17-183, Notice of Inquiry, 32 FCC Rcd 6373 (2017) (Mid-Band NOI). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Order: Collecting Information on Satellite Usage of the Band 3. The record in response to the Mid-Band NOI reflects that the Commission's information regarding current use of the band is inaccurate and/or incomplete. Therefore, the Commission is collecting additional information to make an informed decision about the proposals discussed herein--including the scope of future FSS, FS, and potential mobile use of the band and the appropriate transition methodology. It is important that the Commission obtain a clear understanding of the operations of current users in the band. This user data will be vital to our consideration of how much spectrum could be made available, how incumbent operators could be protected, accommodated, or relocated, and the overall structure of the band going forward. 4. In furtherance of the Commission's goals of fostering more efficient and intensive use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band as expeditiously as possible while protecting existing operations in the band from harmful interference, by this Order the Commission adopts the [[Page 42044]] certification and information collection requirements described in paragraphs 5-12 below. The Commission and the public will use the information collected to evaluate future use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band. The information may also be used in defining incumbent earth stations to be protected from harmful interference consistent with parameters that may be developed in this proceeding. FSS operators may request confidential treatment of some or all of the information that they submit, consistent with the Commission's rules.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Although the Broadband Access Coalition argues that all of the information required to be submitted by earth stations is ``is no different from the detailed technical information provided, and made publicly available, for wireless providers in other services,'' and thus should not be afforded confidential treatment, Broadband Access Coalition June 29, 2018 Ex Parte Letter, GN Docket No. 18- 122, at 4, the Commission will review and assess requests for confidential treatment for the information submitted in response to this information collection according to the procedures set forth in the Commission's rules. See 47 CFR 0.459. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Earth Station Data.-- In order to evaluate the potential for a flexible use allocation in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band and determine how much spectrum could be made available, the Commission must evaluate the existing earth station usage of C-band satellites--including location and technical data that may be necessary to mitigate harmful interference. This information will assist the Commission in determining whether earth stations will need to be protected as well as how they may need to be protected depending on how the Commission moves forward with increasing the intensity of terrestrial use of the band. It will also allow the Commission to evaluate the feasibility of the various transition proposals. 6. The Commission directs operators of FSS earth stations, including temporary fixed or transportable earth stations, in the 3.7- 4.2 GHz band that are licensed or registered (authorized) in International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) to certify the accuracy of all information reflected on their license or registration in IBFS. Given that they recently will have filed for new or modified licenses or registrations in IBFS, the Commission exempts from this Order those operators that file between April 19, 2018, and October 17, 2018, using the processes outlined in the Earth Station Filing Window Public Notices, including those that filed without coordination.\3\ This certification is necessary to inform the Commission's decisions in this proceeding. Although the Commission does not require FSS earth station operators to provide additional information on their existing operations at this time, the Commission intends to seek comment on protecting only those earth stations licensed or registered in IBFS for which the licensee/registrant timely files the certification required in this Order (to the extent they registered before April 19, 2018). The Commission also intends to seek comment on whether further earth station information should be collected in the future to facilitate more efficient use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Temporary Freeze on Applications for New or Modified Fixed Satellite Service Earth Stations and Fixed Microwave Stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band; 90-Day Window to File Applications for Earth Stations Currently Operating in 3.7-4.2 GHz Band, GN Docket No. 17-183, WTB Docket No. 18-122, Public Notice, DA 18-398 at 1 (IB/PSHSB/WTB Apr. 19, 2018), 83 FR 21746 (May 10, 2018); International Bureau Announces 90-Day Extension of Filing Window, to October 17, 2018, to File Applications for Earth Stations Currently Operating in 3.7-4.2 GHz Band, Filing Options for Operators with Multiple Earth Station Antennas, Public Notice, DA 18-639 (IB Jun. 21, 2018), 83 FR 35454 (July 26, 2018) (collectively, the Earth Station Filing Window Public Notices). \4\ NCTA--The Internet & Television Association filed an ex parte suggesting that this information collection order was not properly noticed under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Letter from Danielle Pi[ntilde]eres, NCTA, to Marlene Dortch, FCC, GN Docket No. 18-122 at 1-3 (filed July 2, 2018). While the Commission has discretion to seek comment before undertaking an information collection, it has never taken the position that such comment is a necessary prerequisite. Because the information collection adopted here is designed solely to obtain the information necessary to evaluate whether to adopt future Commission rules, it has no direct ``future effect'' and as such is not a rule requiring notice under the APA. See 5 U.S.C. 551(4); see also 44 U.S.C. 3507(c) (providing for PRA approval of an information collection not contained in a proposed rule). After adoption of the present Order, the Commission will comply with the PRA's requirements, including by seeking public comment on, and Office of Management and Budget approval of, the final information collection before it becomes effective. As is permitted by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii), this information collection is mandatory, but this Order does not specify any penalty for failure to respond. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Further, to account for the variable nature of temporary fixed or transportable earth stations,\5\ the Commission orders all such operations to submit additional information about their operations regardless of when they were licensed or registered. This information shall include: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ A temporary fixed or transportable earth station is a fixed earth station that remains at a location for less than six months. See 47 CFR 25.277. Operations from these fixed stations are on a temporary basis and therefore variable in nature. A satellite news gathering truck is a common example of a temporary fixed or transportable earth station. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Earth station call sign (or IBFS file number if a registration filed between April 19, 2018 and October 17, 2018, is pending); geographic location where the equipment is typically stored; the area within which the equipment is typically used; how often the equipment is used and the duration of such use (i.e., please provide examples of typical deployments, e.g., operation x days a week at sports arenas within a radius of y miles of its home base); number of transponders typically used in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band and extent of use on both the uplink and downlink; and licensee/registrant and point of contact information. 8. These data are needed to better understand the use of the band by temporary fixed or transportable operations. IBFS does not reflect the variations in the locations or intermittent use of such operations. This presents unique challenges for establishing a means of protecting temporary fixed or transportable operations against harmful interference. 9. The Commission directs the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, International Bureau, and Office of Engineering and Technology (the Bureaus) to issue a Public Notice that will: (1) Provide detailed instructions for earth station licensees or registrants to file certifications regarding existing information in IBFS; (2) establish a window for initial filings of certifications; and (3) outline the details for temporary fixed or transportable earth stations to submit the information requested above. Because the Commission may use these data to inform its deliberations regarding the future use of the 3.7- 4.2 GHz band, including possible interference avoidance coordination or relocation of facilities, the Commission encourages FSS earth station operators to update their information in the event of a change in any of the operational parameters. 10. Space Station Data.--In order to evaluate the potential for a flexible use allocation in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band and to determine how much spectrum could be made available, it is also necessary to evaluate the existing FSS downlink capacity of C-band satellites. This information will assist the Commission in determining whether there is sufficient capacity in the upper portion of the C-band to accommodate customers vacating transponders from the lower portion of the C-band. It will also allow the Commission to evaluate the feasibility of various transition proposals. 11. Accordingly, operators with existing FSS space station licenses or grants of United States market access in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band shall provide the following information: Satellite call sign, name, and orbital location; [[Page 42045]] expected end-of-life for satellite; the approximate dates that any additional C-band satellites with a currently pending application in IBFS are planned for launch to serve the United States market (note whether this satellite is a replacement); whether any additional C-band satellites that do not have a currently pending application in IBFS are planned for launch to serve the United States market and the approximate date of such launch (note whether this satellite is a replacement); for each transponder operating in the 3.7-4.2 GHz range that is operational and legally authorized to serve customers in the United States, for the most recent month,\6\ provide the following: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ The ``most recent month'' will be defined in the Bureaus' forthcoming public notice and will be a month following release of this Order. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- the frequency range of transponder and transponder number; \7\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ For purposes of this information collection, ``transponder number'' refers to a standard 36 megahertz wide transponder and that transponder numbering (1-24) is based on the former center-frequency requirement for C-band space stations. See 47 CFR 25.211(a) (2014). While this rule is no longer in effect, most satellites providing service to the United States in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band are configured in accordance with the transponder plan described in the rule. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- the capacity in terms of the number of megahertz on each transponder that are currently under contract (also provide this data for one month in 2016); \8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ The information collected will provide comparative data of transponder usage over time and allow the Commission and the public to evaluate options for the future use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For each day in the most recent month, please provide the percentage of each transponder's capacity (megahertz) utilized and the maximum capacity utilized on that day. (Parties should use the most recent month of data and provide the date range at which the data was collected; they may also supplement the data with historical trend data over recent months up to three years if they feel it displays utilization variances); the center frequency and bandwidth of the Telemetry Tracking and Command beam(s); and the call sign and geographic location (using NAD83 coordinates) of each TT&C receive site. 12. The Commission will seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) before the information collection becomes effective, and following OMB approval, the Commission will publish notice of the effective date of the information collection and filing deadline in the Federal Register. The Commission also directs the Bureaus to consider whether additional information should be collected from either FSS earth station operators or satellite licensees and to seek notice and comment regarding the need to initiate a second information collection if such additional information is necessary to supplement the information submitted in this proceeding. IV. Ordering Clauses 13. It is further ordered that pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, that this Order is adopted effective upon publication in the Federal Register. This Order contains information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 14. It is further ordered that the notice of inquiry, GN Docket No. 17-183, Expanding Flexible Use in the Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7-24 GHz, adopted on August 3, 2017, is terminated as to the 3.7-4.2 GHz band. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-17296 Filed 8-17-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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CMS intends to modify the authority requirements for 3.7–4.2 GHz band burden for small business concerns with
that currently requires denial or spectrum that will be available for new fewer than 25 employees.
revocation of providers or suppliers wireless uses while balancing desired
Congressional Review Act
who fail to submit fingerprints, to speed to the market, efficiency of use,
instead specify that a waiver application and effectively accommodating The Commission will send a copy of
will be rejected if the provider or incumbent Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) this Order in a report to be sent to
supplier fails to submit the required and Fixed Service (FS) operations in the Congress and the Government
fingerprints within 30 days. band. Accountability Office pursuant to the
• Waiver of 1866(j)(3)(B) of the Act, Congressional Review Act (CRA), see 5
DATES: The certification requirements U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
which requires program instruction or are adopted effective August 20, 2018;
regulatory interpretation in order to except for Earth Station and Space I. Introduction
implement section 1866(j)(3) of the Act, Station Information Collections in 1. In this proceeding, the Commission
Provisional Period of Enhanced paragraphs 7–12, which contain is pursuing the joint goals of making
Oversight for New Providers of Services information collection requirements that spectrum available for new wireless
and Suppliers. CMS intends to have not been approved by the Office of uses while balancing desired speed to
implement the requirements of section Management and Budget. The FCC will the market, efficiency of use, and
1866(j)(3) of the Act for purposes of this publish a document in the Federal effectively accommodating incumbent
Demonstration and in the absence of Register announcing the effective date Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) and Fixed
regulation or other instruction in order for those requirements. Service (FS) operations in the band. To
to allow for a 1-year period of enhanced
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: gain a clearer understanding of the
oversight of newly enrolling providers operations of current users in the 3.7–
and suppliers under this Demonstration. Christopher Bair of the International
4.2 GHz band, the Commission is
• Waiver of section 1866(j)(8) of the Bureau, Satellite Division, at 202–418–
requiring certifications and collecting
Act and the regulations at 42 CFR 0945 or christopher.bair@fcc.gov. For
information regarding the Paperwork information on current FSS uses.
424.545, 42 CFR part 498, subparts D
and E, and 42 CFR 405.803(b), which Reduction Act contact Cathy Williams, II. Background
allow a provider or supplier the right to Office of Managing Director, at (202)
2. In the 2017 Mid-Band Notice of
request a hearing with an administrative 418–2918 or cathy.williams@fcc.gov. Inquiry (Mid-Band NOI), the
law judge and the Department Appeals SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a Commission began an evaluation of
Board in the case of denial. Under this summary of the Commission’s Order, whether spectrum in-between 3.7 GHz
Demonstration, denials of applications GN Docket No. 18–122, FCC 18–91, and 24 GHz can be made available for
for a waiver may be appealed at a CMS adopted on July 12, 2018, and released flexible use—particularly for wireless
level only, and any applicant to the on July 13, 2018. The complete text of broadband services.1
Demonstration will waive their right to this document is available for public
further appeal. III. Order: Collecting Information on
inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to
• Waiver of 1866(j)(7) of the Act and Satellite Usage of the Band
4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday
the regulations at 42 CFR 424.570 and through Thursday or from 8 a.m. to 3. The record in response to the Mid-
455.470, which specify that the 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Band NOI reflects that the
moratoria must be implemented at a Reference Information Center, 445 12th Commission’s information regarding
provider or supplier type level, in order Street SW, Room CY–A257, current use of the band is inaccurate
to allow a case-by-case waiver process Washington, DC 20554. The complete and/or incomplete. Therefore, the
to moratoria. text is available on the Commission’s Commission is collecting additional
Dated: August 6, 2018. website at http://wireless.fcc.gov, or by information to make an informed
using the search function on the ECFS decision about the proposals discussed
Seema Verma,
web page at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ herein—including the scope of future
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
ecfs/. Alternative formats are available FSS, FS, and potential mobile use of the
Medicaid Services.
to persons with disabilities by sending band and the appropriate transition
[FR Doc. 2018–17809 Filed 8–16–18; 4:15 pm]
an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling methodology. It is important that the
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the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Commission obtain a clear
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) understanding of the operations of
418–0432 (tty). current users in the band. This user data
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS will be vital to our consideration of how
COMMISSION Paperwork Reduction Act much spectrum could be made
The Commission, as part of its available, how incumbent operators
47 CFR Part 25 could be protected, accommodated, or
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
[GN Docket Nos. 18–122, 17–183, RM– burdens, intends to invite the general relocated, and the overall structure of
11791, RM–11778; FCC 18–91] public and the Office of Management the band going forward.
and Budget (OMB) to comment on the 4. In furtherance of the Commission’s
Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to goals of fostering more efficient and
information collection requirements
4.2 GHz Band intensive use of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band
contained in this document, as required
AGENCY: Federal Communications by the Paperwork Reduction Act of as expeditiously as possible while
1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, protecting existing operations in the
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Commission.
pursuant to the Small Business band from harmful interference, by this
ACTION: Final action.
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Order the Commission adopts the
SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 1 Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum
Communications Commission the Commission will also seek specific Between 3.7 and 24 GHz, GN Docket No. 17–183,
(Commission or FCC) adopts comment on how we might further Notice of Inquiry, 32 FCC Rcd 6373 (2017) (Mid-
certification and information collection reduce the information collection Band NOI).
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• expected end-of-life for satellite; Federal Register. The Commission also Competition Policy Division, Room 5–
• the approximate dates that any directs the Bureaus to consider whether C225, 445 12th St. SW, Washington, DC
additional C-band satellites with a additional information should be 20554, (202) 418–2783, sherwin.siy@
currently pending application in IBFS collected from either FSS earth station fcc.gov. For additional information
are planned for launch to serve the operators or satellite licensees and to concerning the Paperwork Reduction
United States market (note whether this seek notice and comment regarding the Act information collection requirements
satellite is a replacement); need to initiate a second information contained in this document, send an
• whether any additional C-band collection if such additional information email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Nicole
satellites that do not have a currently is necessary to supplement the Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
pending application in IBFS are information submitted in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
planned for launch to serve the United proceeding. summary of the Commission’s Report
States market and the approximate date and Order in WC Docket Nos. 17–244
of such launch (note whether this IV. Ordering Clauses
and 13–97; FCC 18–95, adopted July 12,
satellite is a replacement); 13. It is further ordered that pursuant 2018 and released July 13, 2018. The
• for each transponder operating in to section 4(i) of the Communications full text of this document is available for
the 3.7–4.2 GHz range that is Act of 1934, as amended, that this Order public inspection during regular
operational and legally authorized to is adopted effective upon publication in business hours in the FCC Reference
serve customers in the United States, for the Federal Register. This Order Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th
the most recent month,6 provide the contains information collection Street SW, Room CY–A257, Washington
following: requirements subject to the Paperwork DC 20554. It is available on the
• the frequency range of transponder Reduction Act of 1995 that are not Commission’s website at https://
and transponder number; 7 effective until approved by the Office of docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-
• the capacity in terms of the number Management and Budget. 18-95A1.pdf.
of megahertz on each transponder that 14. It is further ordered that the notice
are currently under contract (also of inquiry, GN Docket No. 17–183, Synopsis
provide this data for one month in Expanding Flexible Use in the Mid-Band I. Introduction
2016); 8 Spectrum Between 3.7–24 GHz, adopted
• For each day in the most recent 1. The systems we use to make and
on August 3, 2017, is terminated as to
month, please provide the percentage of route telephone calls are changing. With
the 3.7–4.2 GHz band.
each transponder’s capacity (megahertz) this Report and Order (Order), we set
Federal Communications Commission. the stage for more efficient use of the
utilized and the maximum capacity
utilized on that day. (Parties should use Marlene Dortch, telecommunications network and pave
the most recent month of data and Secretary, Office of the Secretary. the way for nationwide number
provide the date range at which the data [FR Doc. 2018–17296 Filed 8–17–18; 8:45 am] portability (NNP). We eliminate rules
was collected; they may also BILLING CODE 6712–01–P that were intended for a market that was
supplement the data with historical divided along more static, segmented
trend data over recent months up to categories of telecommunications
three years if they feel it displays FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS providers. Those rules are far less
utilization variances); COMMISSION applicable to today’s more integrated
• the center frequency and bandwidth providers and pricing plans, and the
of the Telemetry Tracking and 47 CFR Parts 51 and 52 North American Numbering Council has
Command beam(s); and [WC Docket Nos. 17–244, 13–97; FCC 18– identified them as barriers to the
• the call sign and geographic 95] achievement of NNP.
location (using NAD83 coordinates) of 2. We forbear from the interexchange
each TT&C receive site. Nationwide Number Portability; dialing parity requirements for
12. The Commission will seek Numbering Policies for Modern competitive local exchange carriers
approval from the Office of Management Communications (LECs), creating a more level playing
and Budget (OMB) before the field with the incumbent LECs who
AGENCY: Federal Communications received forbearance from the
information collection becomes
Commission. interexchange dialing parity obligations
effective, and following OMB approval,
the Commission will publish notice of ACTION: Final rule. in 2015, and ensuring that both
the effective date of the information categories of LECs will be able to route
SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal calls more efficiently in a future NNP
collection and filing deadline in the Communications Commission environment. We also ease the
6 The ‘‘most recent month’’ will be defined in the
(Commission) adopts final rules based requirement that the second-to-last
Bureaus’ forthcoming public notice and will be a
on public comments to promote carrier handling a call request query the
month following release of this Order. nationwide number portability. These local number portability database,
7 For purposes of this information collection, rules eliminate unnecessary toll allowing any carriers earlier in the chain
‘‘transponder number’’ refers to a standard 36 interexchange dialing parity to make the query if they so choose.
megahertz wide transponder and that transponder requirements and database query
numbering (1–24) is based on the former center- This greater flexibility allows carriers in
frequency requirement for C-band space stations. requirements that may result in the call path to determine who is best
See 47 CFR 25.211(a) (2014). While this rule is no obstacles and inefficiencies in an placed to bear the costs of performing
longer in effect, most satellites providing service to eventual nationwide number portability
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the United States in the 3.7–4.2 GHz band are the query, and also ensures that any
regime. carrier—including originating carriers—
configured in accordance with the transponder plan
described in the rule. DATES: Effective September 19, 2018. can perform the query, a necessary step
8 The information collected will provide
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For in certain NNP solutions.
comparative data of transponder usage over time
and allow the Commission and the public to
further information about this 3. These changes will help set the
evaluate options for the future use of the 3.7–4.2 proceeding, please contact Sherwin Siy, stage for further progress towards
GHz band. FCC Wireline Competition Bureau, implementation of number portability
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| Dates | The certification requirements are adopted effective August 20, 2018; except for Earth Station and Space Station Information Collections in paragraphs 7-12, which contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those requirements. | |
| Contact | Christopher Bair of the International Bureau, Satellite Division, at 202-418-0945 or [email protected] For information regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act contact Cathy Williams, Office of Managing Director, at (202) 418-2918 or [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 42043 |
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