PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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November 16, 1999        
                                
FCC'S OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND 
     OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TO HOST FORUM ON
          OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES

On February 16, 2000, the FCC will sponsor a forum on
"Opportunities for New Wireless Technologies," co-hosted by the
FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) and
the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET).

The forum will be in the Commission Meeting Room at the Portals,
445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC from 9 AM until 12:30 PM. 
Those presenting new technologies will be available after the
forum for demonstrations and questions until 2 PM.

Speakers will include FCC personnel, representatives from
companies whose products showcase particular new technologies,
and representatives of industry and trade groups associated with
these technologies.  The focus will be on unlicensed spectrum
use, including wireless Internet access, wireless LANs, and
ultrawideband, as well as the business opportunities involved
with these technologies. 

Time will necessarily be limited.  Companies and organizations
participating in the forum will be invited solely at the
discretion of OCBO and OET.  Any company interested in
participating should therefore send a copy of its company profile
and a description of its technology to the representatives of
OCBO and OET listed below.  Preference will be given to small
companies which have not taken part in an FCC forum, tutorial, or
similar demonstration in the past.  Participants must either be
marketing equipment which is already authorized by the Commission
(or is in the process of being authorized), or be a trade group
of companies involved with the new wireless technologies.  

Selections of participants will be made by December 31, 1999 and
will be announced in a Public Notice to be issued in January
2000.


For further information or to submit a request to participate,
contact:

OCBO: Maura McGowan at Portals 7 C 360 (202-418-0987) or OET: Dr.
Lynn L. Remly at Portals 7 C 115 (202-418-2930).  (TTY 202-418-
2989)