Federal Communications Commission DA 13-298
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Amendment of the Commission’s Rules with 
Regard to Commercial Operations in the 3550-
3650 Band
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GN Docket No. 12-354
ORDER
Adopted:  February 28, 2013 Released:  February 28, 2013
By the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; Chief, International Bureau; Chief, Office of 
Engineering and Technology:
1. On December 12, 2012 the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) in the above captioned proceeding proposing to create a Citizens Broadband Service in the 3550-
3650 MHz Band (3.5 GHz Band) for innovative small cell uses.
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  The NPRM established February 20, 
2013 as the deadline for comments and March 22, 2013 as the deadline for reply comments.
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2. Following the release of the NPRM, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office 
of Engineering and Technology announced they would hold a public workshop on the 3.5 GHz NPRM on 
March 13, 2013.
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  As announced, the workshop will focus on small cell technology “in the context of the 
3.5 GHz Band as well as database and dynamic spectrum sharing technologies that could be utilized to 
managed access to the Band.”
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  The workshop will likely elicit detailed discussions about many aspects of 
the NPRM, and will take place only seven business days prior to the reply comment deadline.  In the 
interest of developing a comprehensive record in response to the NPRM, including through the workshop 
and in response to ideas explored at the workshop, we extend the reply deadline established in the NPRM 
for two weeks on our own motion.  Accordingly, reply comments in the above-captioned proceeding are 
due April 5, 2013.  
                                                     
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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, 27 FCC Rcd 15594 (2012).
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Id.  
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Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology Announce Workshop on Small 
Cell and Spectrum Sharing Concepts in the 3.5 GHz NPRM, Public Notice, 28 FCC Rcd 442 (WTB/OET 2013).
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Id.
Federal Communications Commission DA 13-298
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3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), and 5(c) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), and pursuant to the 
authority delegated in Sections 0.31, 0.51, 0.131, 0.241, 0.261, and 0.331 of the Commission’s rules, 47 
C.F.R. §§ 0.31, 0.51, 0.131, 0.241, 0.261, 0.331, WE EXTEND the reply comment deadline for the above 
proceeding as discussed herein.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Ruth Milkman
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Mindel DeLaTorre
Chief, International Bureau
Julius Knapp
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology