**DA 08-1521**

**Released: June 26, 2008**

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU REMINDS 700 MHZ BAND LICENSEES OF
QUARTERLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DTV CONSUMER EDUCATION
OUTREACH**

**MB DOCKET NO. 07-148**

In this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB)
reminds 700 MHz Band licensees holding license authorizations obtained
in Auction 73 that they must file quarterly reports indicating whether
outreach efforts have been taken to educate consumers about the
transition from analog broadcast television service to digital broadcast
television (DTV), and detailing what specific efforts, if any, were
undertaken.

This requirement, set forth in Commission rule section 27.20,[^1] was
established in the Commission's *DTV Consumer Education Initiative
Report and Order* (adopted February 19, 2008) that addresses consumer
education about the DTV transition.[^2] Because the DTV transition must
be completed by February 17, 2009, the quarterly reporting requirement
extends only through the first quarter of 2009 (the last quarter that
would cover the DTV transition). This reporting requirement applies to
each licensee holding a Wireless Communications Services license
authorization in the following spectrum blocks: Block A in the 698--704
MHz and 728--734 MHz bands, Block B in the 704--710 MHz and 734--740 MHz
bands, Block E in the 722--728 MHz band, Block C in the 746--757 MHz and
776--787 MHz bands, and Block D[^3] in the 758--763 MHz and 788--793 MHz
bands.

The first report that must be filed by a licensee is the quarterly
report of the first quarter in which that licensee obtains the 700 MHz
license authorization.[^4] The quarterly reports are due no later than
the following dates:

-   **2^nd^ Quarter 2008** (covering April-June) -- Due no later than
    **July 10, 2008**;

-   **3^rd^ Quarter 2008** (covering July-Sept.) -- Due no later than
    **October 10, 2008**;

-   **4^th^ Quarter 2008** (covering Oct.-Dec.) -- Due no later than
    **January 12, 2009**; and

-   **1^st^ Quarter 2009** (covering Jan.-March) -- Due no later than
    **April 10, 2009**.

Thus, for example, if the license is issued prior to July 1, 2008, the
first report must be filed no later than July 10, 2008. If the license
is issued on or after July 1, 2008, through and including September 30,
2008, the first report must be filed no later than October 10, 2008. If
the license is issued on or after October 1, 2008, through and including
December 31, 2008, the first report must be filed no later than January
12, 2009.[^5] If the license is issued on or after January 1, 2009,
through and including March 31, 2009, the first report must be filed no
later than April 10, 2009.[^6]

Specifically, each licensee must file a quarterly report with the
Commission "indicating whether, in the previous quarter, it has taken
any outreach efforts to educate consumers about the transition from
analog broadcast television service to digital broadcast television
service (DTV) and, if so, what specific efforts were undertaken."[^7]
Thus, each licensee is obligated to file a quarterly report regardless
of whether it has in fact taken any outreach efforts during the previous
quarter.

Each quarterly report, either paper or electronic, must be filed with
the Commission in MB Docket Number 07-148. If the quarterly report is a
paper filing, the cover sheet must clearly state "Report." If the report
is filed electronically using the Commission's Electronic Comment File
System (EFCS), the "Document Type" on the cover sheet should indicate
"REPORT."[^8]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Joyce Jones, Attorney Advisor,
Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)
418-1327. Press inquiries should be directed to Matthew Nodine, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-1646.

Action by the Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau.

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 27.20.

[^2]: DTV Consumer Education Initiative, MB Docket No. 07-148, *Report
    and Order*, 23 FCC Rcd 4134, at ¶ 59 (2008) (*Order*), *available
    at*
    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-56A1.doc,
    *Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking*, 23 FCC Rcd 7272 (2008)(*Order on Reconsideration*),
    *available at*
    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-119A1.doc.
    *See* *also* Media Bureau Announces Effective Date For the Rules in
    the DTV Consumer Education Initiative, *Public Notice*, MB Docket
    No. 07-148, DA 08-757 (rel. Mar. 28, 2008), *available at*
    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ attachmatch/DA-08-757A1.doc.

[^3]: Because the reserve price for the D Block was not met, there was
    no winning bidder for that license. The Commission chose not to
    immediately re-offer the D Block license in Auction 76, making
    Auction 76 unnecessary. This decision provided time for the
    Commission to re-evaluate the D Block license conditions. *See*
    Auction of the D Block License in the 758-763 and 788-793 MHz Bands,
    AU Docket No. 07-157, *Order*, 23 FCC Rcd 5421 (2008), *available
    at*
    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-91A1.doc.
    *See also* Service Rules for the 698-746, 747-762, and 777-792 MHz
    Bands, WT Docket 06-150, *Second Further Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking*, FCC 08-128 (rel. May 14, 2008), *available at*
    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ attachmatch/FCC-08-128A1.doc.
    We note that any licensee granted authority, on or prior to March
    31, 2009, to operate on the Block D, would be subject to the
    reporting requirements of rule section 27.20, 47 C.F.R. § 27.20.

[^4]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 27.20(b). The reporting requirements terminate
    once the licensee has filed its quarterly report covering the first
    quarter of 2009. 47 C.F.R. § 27.20(c).

[^5]: Because January 10, 2009, falls on a Saturday, quarterly filings
    due on this day may be filed on the next business day (January 12,
    2009). 47 C.F.R. § 1.4(j).

[^6]: *See id.*

[^7]: *See* *id*. § 27.20(b).

[^8]: *See id*.