[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 63112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22086]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 18-122; DA 20-1133; FRS 17114]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces C-Band Relocation 
Coordinator

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(Bureau) announces that RSM US LLP (RSM) satisfies the selection 
criteria established by the Commission in the 3.7 GHz Band Report and 
Order and will serve as the Relocation Coordinator for the 3.7-4.2 GHz 
transition process.

DATES: The Order was released on September 25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Gentry of the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility Division, at (202) 418-7769 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Order (DA 20-1133) 
released on September 25, 2020. The complete text of the Order is 
available for viewing via the Commission's ECFS website by entering the 
docket number, GN Docket No. 18-122. The complete text of the Order is 
also available for public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 
12th Street SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202-488-
5300, fax 202-488-5563, or you may contact BCPI at its website: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents from BCPI, please provide the 
appropriate FCC document number, for example, DA 20-998.

Synopsis

    On March 3, 2020, the Commission released the 3.7 GHz Band Report 
and Order (FCC 20-22), which adopted new rules to make available 280 
megahertz of mid-band spectrum for flexible use, plus a 20 megahertz 
guard band, throughout the contiguous United States by transitioning 
existing services out of the lower portion and into the upper 200 
megahertz of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-band). The 3.7 GHz Report and 
Order allowed a search committee of eligible Fixed Satellite Service 
(FSS) space station operators to select, not later than July 31, 2020, 
a Relocation Coordinator that will be responsible for managing the 
overall transition and coordinating relocation actions among eligible 
FSS space station operators, incumbent FSS earth station operation, and 
new 3.7 GHz Service flexible-use licensees. The 3.7 GHz Report and 
Order required that the Relocation Coordinator ``must be able to 
demonstrate that it has the requisite expertise to perform the duties 
required, which will include: (1) Coordinating the schedule for 
clearing the band; (2) performing engineering analysis, as necessary, 
to determine necessary earth station migration actions; (3) assigning 
obligations, as necessary, for earth station migrations and filtering; 
(4) coordinating with overlay licensees throughout the transition 
process; (5) assessing the completion of the transition in each PEA and 
determining overlay licensees' ability to commence operations; and (6) 
mediating scheduling disputes.''
    On July 31, 2020, eligible space station operators announced that 
they had selected RSM to serve as the Relocation Coordinator. The 
search committee determined that RSM has the requisite expertise to 
fulfill the criteria the Commission adopted in the 3.7 GHz Report and 
Order and codified in its rules. In a public notice, the Bureau sought 
comment on whether RSM satisfies these criteria. In response, the 
satellite operators submitted a filing describing RSM's qualifications, 
organizational structure, and plan to satisfy each of the 
responsibilities set forth in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order. No 
commenters opposed RSM's selection.
    After reviewing the record regarding RSM and its qualifications, 
the Bureau finds and announces by this Order that RSM has demonstrated 
that it has the requisite expertise to perform the duties that section 
27.1413(b) of our rules, 47 CFR 27.1413(b), requires a relocation 
coordinator for the C-band transition to be capable of performing.

Federal Communications Commission.
Amy Brett,
Associate Division Chief, Competition and Infrastructure Policy 
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2020-22086 Filed 10-5-20; 8:45 am]
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