[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24389]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 22-352; FCC 22-80; FR ID 112394]


Expanding Use of the 12.7-13.25 GHz Band for Mobile Broadband or 
Other Expanded Use

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; extension of temporary application freeze.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) extends the existing, 180-day freeze on filing certain 
applications pending the outcome of new proceeding, GN Docket No. 22-
352.

DATES: The temporary, 180-day, application freeze was extended on 
October 28, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simon Banyai, Broadband Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-1443 or 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
in GN Docket No. 22-352, FCC 22-80, adopted on October 27, 2022, and 
released on October 28, 2022. The full text of this document is 
available on FCC's website at https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-examine-127-ghz-band-next-gen-wireless-0. To request materials in accessible 
formats (braille, large print, computer diskettes, or audio 
recordings), please send an email to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202) 
418-0432 (TTY).

Background

    On October 28, 2022, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry 
and Order, GN Docket No. 22-352, Expanding Use of the 12.7-13.25 GHz 
Band for Mobile Broadband or Other Expanded Use (FCC 22-80). In the 
Order portion of this item, the Commission noted that on September 19, 
2022, the International, Media, Public Safety and Homeland Security, 
and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus (Bureaus) announced a 
temporary, 180-day, freeze, effective as of September 19, 2022, on 
filing new or modified applications for licenses in the 12.7 GHz 
band.\1\ The purpose of this freeze was ``to preserve the current 
landscape of authorized operations in the 12.7 GHz band pending the 
Commission's consideration of actions that might encourage the larger 
and more effective use of radio in the public interest.'' \2\ The 
Bureaus noted that ``[t]he Commission or the Bureaus may extend the 
freeze if doing so is deemed necessary to avoid undermining the purpose 
of the freeze.'' \3\ In view of the Commission's adoption of the Notice 
of Inquiry, the accompanying Order extends the temporary freeze pending 
the outcome of GN Docket No. 22-352. The Bureaus retain jurisdiction to 
modify the freeze notwithstanding this order.
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    \1\ See 180-Day Freeze On Applications for New Or Modified 
Authorizations for the 12.7-13.25 GHz Band, Public Notice, DA 22-974 
(IB, PSHSB, MB, and WTB Sept. 19, 2022) (Freeze Public Notice), 87 
FR 63494 (Oct. 19, 2022).
    \2\ Freeze Public Notice at 1.
    \3\ Freeze Public Notice at 1-2.
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Ordering Clause

    Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 301, 
302(a), 303(e), 303(f), and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302(a), 303(e), 303(f), and 303(r), 
this Notice of Inquiry and Order is adopted and effective upon release.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24389 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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