11/16/09
WTB Grants 700 MHz Band Licenses. Granting Auction 73 700 MHz licenses to Continuum 700 LLC.
Public Notice: Acrobat

9/14/09
FCC Announces Broadband Workshops on Health Care, Content and Spectrum for Week of September 14.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/11/09
Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2600 MHz Bands. Granted, in part, two petitions for reconsideration of the Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order in WT Docket 03-66, and tentatively concluded to modify the construction deadline for initial BRS licenses to provide licensees with four years from the license.
MO&O and FNPRM: Word | Acrobat

9/10/09
Commission Revises Applicable Ex Parte Procedures for Wireless Innovation and Investment Notice of Inquiry (FCC 09-66) and Extends Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
News Release (8/27/09): Word | Acrobat
NOI (8/27/09): Word | Acrobat

8/27/09
FCC Announces Wireless Innovation and Investment Notice of Inquiry.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NOI: Word | Acrobat
Presentation: Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat
Baker Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/24/09
WCS Coalition and Sirius-XM will conduct demonstration tests of potential interference or non-interference tests Tuesday, July 28, 2009-Thursday, July 30, 2009.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/17/09
Access Broadband over Power Line Systems/Carrier Current Systems.
FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
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The Spectrum Policy Task Force was established in June 2002 to assist the Commission in identifying and evaluating changes in spectrum policy that will increase the public benefits derived from the use of the radio spectrum (News Release). The Task Force was charged to:

• Provide specific recommendations to the Commission for ways in which to evolve the current "command and control" approach to spectrum policy into a more integrated, market-oriented approach that provides greater regulatory certainty, while minimizing regulatory intervention.

• Assist the Commission in addressing ubiquitous spectrum issues, including, interference protection, spectral efficiency, effective public safety communications, and implications of international spectrum policies.

In November 2002, the Task Force issued its Report to the Commission. In its Report, the Task Force said:

while the commission has recently made some major strides in how spectrum is allocated and assigned in some bands, principally through flexible rules and competitive bidding, spectrum policy is not keeping pace with the relentless spectrum demands of the market. the task force has begun the process of reexamining 90 years of spectrum policy to ensure that the commission's policies evolve with the consumer-driven evolution of new wireless technologies, devices, and services. the task force hopes and expects that this report will serve as a catalyst for further advancement of spectrum policy at the fcc.

The current objectives of the Task Force now center around achieving the Commission's strategic goals through the implementation and further development of its recommendations and other functions. See Presentation to the Commission, "One Year Later" (November 2003); News Release Word | Acrobat; and Powell Press Statement: Word | Acrobat.

The Spectrum Policy Task Force is comprised of senior staff from several Commission Bureaus and Offices, including attorneys, engineers and economists.