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     PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.; TW-A325
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20554
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January 25, 2000    
                                
FCC ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS FOR FORUM ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW UNLICENSED
                     WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES

In a Public Notice dated November 16, 1999, the FCC announced that it would
sponsor a forum on "Opportunities for New Wireless Technologies," to be co-
hosted by the FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) and
the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET).  The forum, which will be held
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room on February 16, 2000,
will be open to the public.  No registration is required.

Speakers from the FCC will include Mr. Dale Hatfield, Chief, OET; Mr. Francisco
Montero, Director, OCBO; Mr. David Farber, the FCC's Chief Technologist; and
several staff members.  

Each presenter will limit its discussion and demonstration to 15 minutes.  The
focus will be on unlicensed spectrum use and related business opportunities
only, including wireless Internet access, wireless LANs, and ultrawideband. 
Presentations will focus on the product or service offered and not on policy
issues or potential changes in the Commission's Rules. 

Entities invited to participate as presenters are:
Young Design, Inc.  (Falls Church, VA)
Clearwire Technologies, Inc.  (Arlington, TX and Buffalo, NY)
Wireless, Inc. (Barrington, IL)
Proxim, Inc.  (Sunnyvale, CA)
Spectralink  (Boulder, CO)
Western Multiplex  (Sunnyvale, CA)
The Ultrawideband Coalition
Time Domain, Inc.  (Huntsville, AL)
Xtreme Spectrum, Inc.  (Greenbelt, MD)

Other entities which applied to participate may be asked to offer materials and
answer questions informally, if they choose.

For further information, contact:  OCBO: Maura McGowan at FCC, 445 12th Street
S.W., Room 7-C360, Washington, D.C.  20554 (Tel. 202-418-0987, fax 202-418-0235;
mmcgowan@fcc.gov) or OET: Dr. Lynn L. Remly, FCC, 445 12th Street S.W., Room 7-
C115, Washington, D.C.  20554 (Tel. 202-418-2930, fax 202-418-1944;
lremly@fcc.gov).  (TTY 202-418-2989)