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IEEE Members Encouraged to Comment
on FCC Spectrum Policy 

Washington (06 June 2002) — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it is seeking public comment on a range of radio spectrum issues, including recommendations for enhancements and information on emerging technologies and future spectrum allocation.

To guide the public, the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force has developed a series of 28 questions to help it assess radio spectrum policies. The five categories are: 1) Market-Oriented Allocation and Assignment Policies; 2) Interference Protection; 3) Spectral Efficiency; 4) Public Safety Communications; and 5) International Issues.

Go to www.fcc.gov/sptf for more information, instructions and access to the questions. You may respond to as many questions as you choose, or file comments on any spectrum-related issue. Comments must be filed by 8 July, 2002; reply comments by 23 July, 2002. The task force is supposed to provide a report to the commission by October 2002.

IEEE-USA encourages interested IEEE members to review the FCC Public Notice and respond with comments and recommendations. The IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy will also review the notice and prepare a response. U.S. IEEE members can contact Deborah Rudolph at d.rudolph@ieee.org for more information.

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers created in 1973 to promote the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 235,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to http://www.ieeeusa.org.

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Last Updated: 24 April 2002
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