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PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission

News Media Information 202 / 418-0500

445 12th St., S.W.

Internet: http://www.fcc.gov

Washington, D.C. 20554

TTY: 1-888-835-5322

DA 13-126
January 31, 2013

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU AND OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCE WORKSHOP ON

SMALL CELL AND SPECTRUM SHARING CONCEPTS IN THE 3.5 GHz NPRM

In December 2012, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) that would make 100 MHz of spectrum available for shared small cell use in the
3550-3650 MHz band (3.5 GHz Band).1 The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of
Engineering and Technology will host a workshop on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, starting at 9:00AM in
the Commission Meeting Room at the FCC Headquarters Building in Washington, DC to further explore
the concepts and proposals raised in the NPRM.
The goal of the workshop is to bring together top innovators and thinkers in the small cell,
database management, and spectrum sharing fields to discuss technological developments. The workshop
will explore small technology in the context of the 3.5 GHz Band as well as database and dynamic
spectrum sharing technologies that could be utilized to manage access to the Band.
The Bureaus will release a more detailed agenda closer to the date of the workshop.

Attendance

. This workshop is open to the public. All attendees are advised to arrive
approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop to allow time to go through our security
process. Attendees are encouraged to pre-register by submitting their name and company affiliation via
email to Cecilia Sulhoff (Cecilia.sulhoff@fcc.gov) in order to expedite the check-in process the day of the
event. Please use “3.5 GHz Workshop” as the subject line in your email.

Accessibility Information.

To request information in accessible formats (computer diskettes,
large print, audio recording, and Braille), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the FCC’s Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). This document can
also be downloaded in Word and Portable Document Format (PDF) at: http://www.fcc.gov.
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Paul Powell at (202) 418-1613 or by e-mail:
paul.powell@fcc.gov. Please e-mail Cecilia Sulhoff at cecilia.sulhoff@fcc.gov to pre-register for
attendance.
For more news and information about the Federal Communications Commission, please visit: www.fcc.gov.

1 See Amendment of the Commission’s Rules with Regard to Commercial Operations in the 3550-3650
MHz Band, GN Docket No. 12-354, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 15594
(2012).

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