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NTIA respectfully petitions the Federal Communications Commission to commence a rulemaking to add a new section to Part 20 of the Commission’s rules and regulations. The rule sought by this petition would require a provider of certain commercial mobile services, upon request, to unlock any wireless device furnished by that provider, so that the requesting person may use that device in conjunction with another lawfully obtained commercial mobile service.

In the matter of Implementing Public Safety Broadband Provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of2012; Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band; Service Rules for the 698-746, 747-762 and 777-792 MHz Bands.

Implementing Public Safety Broadband Provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, PS Docket No. 12-94

NTIA requests the FCC to reconsider an aspect of the Order in the above-referenced docket. 

Letter from Assistant Secretary Strickling to the FCC regarding LightSquared Subsidiary LLC; Request for Modification of its Authority for an Ancillary Terrestrial Component, SAT-MOD-20I01118-00239; Call Sign: S2358

NTIA transmitted to the FCC a letter from Assistant Secretary Strickling and a report titled, Assessment of LightSquared Terrestrial Broadband System Effects on GPS Receivers and GPS-dependent Applications, prepared by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, Timing Systems Engineering Forum (NPEF) on behalf of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (EXCOM).

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