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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

445 12th STREET, S.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 **DA 00-1139**

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**FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR PUBLIC FORUM**

**ON SECONDARY MARKETS IN RADIO SPECTRUM**

Released: May 23, 2000

As previously announced (Public Notice 4/13/00, DA 00-862), the FCC will
hold a Public Forum addressing issues related to the development of
secondary markets for radio spectrum on Wednesday, May 31, 2000, from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Public Forum will be held at the Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, DC, in the
Commission Meeting Room.

The forum will be open to the public and seating will be available on a
first come, first served basis. FCC Chairman William Kennard and other
FCC Commissioners will provide opening remarks followed by three panel
discussions structured around the following questions: (1) Can spectrum
demand be satisfied in part through secondary markets? (2) What can we
learn from other market models? and (3) How can FCC policies facilitate
the development of secondary markets? The Commission appreciates all of
the requests submitted for participation on the panels and regrets that
not all requests could be accommodated. All interested parties are
encouraged to attend the forum. The attached agenda provides the names
and affiliations of the panelists. Each panelist has been asked to speak
for 5-7 minutes. Opportunity for questions and answers will follow each
panel.

Dale Hatfield, Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology and
Robert Pepper, Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy will moderate the
discussions. Chiefs or their designees from the Mass Media Bureau,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and International Bureau will also
participate in the discussion. The public input received will help FCC
staff in preparing recommendations for Commission action, if
appropriate, in this area.

The forum will be closed captioned and will be carried live on the
Internet through RealAudio from the FCC website at:
http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/. A transcript of the forum will be
available 10 business days after the event on the FCC\'s Internet site.
The URL address for the FCC\'s Internet Home Page is http://www.fcc.gov.
Transcripts may also be obtained from the FCC\'s duplicating contractor,
International Transcription Service, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington,
DC 20036, by calling ITS at (202) 857-3800, TTY (202) 293-8810, or
faxing ITS at (202) 857-3805.

Audio and video tapes of the forum may be purchased from Infocus, 341
Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, by calling Infocus at (703) 834-0100
or by faxing Infocus at (703) 834-0111. Copies of the transcript in
other alternative formats (computer diskette, large print, and Braille)
are available to persons with disabilities by contacting Martha Contee
at (202) 418-0260 voice, (202) 418-2555 TTY, or at mcontee@fcc.gov.

For additional information contact Lisa Gaisford, Office of Engineering
and Technology, 202-418-7280, TTY 202-418-1169 or
[lgaisfor@fcc.gov]{.underline}.

News media contact: Meribeth McCarrick, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, 202-418-0654, TTY 202-418-7233 or <mmccarri@fcc.gov> or Linda
Parris, Office of Media Relations, 202-418-7121,
[lparis@fcc.gov]{.underline}.

#### Federal Communications Commission

#### Public Forum on Facilitating Secondary Markets in Spectrum

#### Wednesday, May 31, 2000, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

#### Preliminary Agenda

###### ***Introduction:*** Dale Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC

***Opening Remarks***: FCC Chairman William Kennard

## FCC Commissioners

***Moderators***: Dale Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and
Technology, FCC

Robert Pepper, Chief, Office of Plans and Policy, FCC

## Panel Format: 5-7 minute presentations followed by questions and answers.

## 

## 

## Panel 1: How can spectrum demand be satisfied through secondary markets?

> Eli Noam\*, Professor, Professor and Director of Columbia Institute
> for TeleInformation,
>
> Columbia University Graduate School of Business

Morgan O'Brien, Vice Chairman, Nextel Communications

Caressa Bennet, Counsel for the Rural Telecommunications Group

Peter Cramton, Chairman, Spectrum Exchange, and

> Professor of Economics, University of Maryland

Mark Crosby, President and CEO, Industrial Telecommunications
Association

## Panel 2: What can we learn from other market models?

Sharon Crowe, Vice President, Bandwidth Markets, Williams Communications

Laurence Green, Director, Strategy Unit, U.K. Radiocommunications Agency

Mike Antonovich, Senior Vice President, Broadcast Services, PanAmSat
Corporation

####### Richard Reece, Chairman, Red Bat Communications

## Panel 3: How can FCC policies and rules facilitate secondary markets?

# 

> Tom Hazlett, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Rich Barth, Vice President and Director of Telecommunications Strategy
and Regulation,

> Motorola Corporation

####### Joe Mitola, Consulting Scientist, Mitre Corporation

### Michelle Farquar, Attorney, Hogan and Hartson

Robert Shiver, Chief Executive Officer and President, Securicor Wireless
Holdings, Inc.

\* Invited, but not confirmed.