**DA 03-1758**

> **Released:** **May 21, 2003**

**OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC
PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS RELEASE JOINT STAFF PAPER REGARDING
UNLICENSED DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED REGULATORY ISSUES**

**ET Docket No. 03-126**

**Comments Due: August 21, 2003**

The Office of Engineering and Technology and the Office of Strategic
Planning and Policy Analysis released a staff Working Paper regarding
unlicensed devices. The Working Paper evaluates the history of
unlicensed wireless devices, their governing regulation, the current
technological state of the art, an overview of the market, and an
analysis of potential regulatory issues. This paper is intended to
stimulate discussion and critical comment within the FCC, as well as
outside of the agency. The analyses and views in the Working Paper are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of other
members of the Office of Engineering and Technology, Office of Strategic
Planning and Policy Analysis, other Commission Staff, or any
Commissioner. This document is available on the FCC's World Wide Web
site at
[www.fcc.gov/osp/workingp.html](http://www.fcc.gov/osp/workingp.html).

We welcome comment on both the observations made in the paper and the
conclusions drawn by the authors. We request that interested parties
submit written comments in **ET Docket No. 03-126.** Comments may be
filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) as
an electronic file via the Internet at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. In completing the transmittal
screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service
mailing address, and ET Docket No. 03-126. Parties may also submit an
electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To obtain filing instructions for
e-mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to <ecfs@fcc.gov>, and
should include the following words in the body of the message: "get form
\<your e-mail address\>." A sample form and directions will be sent in
reply. Additional information on ECFS is available at
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>.

Filings may also be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will
receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the
Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110,
Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be

held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be
disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail
(other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be
sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal
Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be
addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554. All filings
must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

Office of Engineering and Technology contact: Neal McNeil, 202-418-2408
voice, 202-418-1744 fax, 202-418-2989 TTY, Neal.McNeil@fcc.gov.

Office of Strategic Planning contact: Kenneth Carter, 202-418-1706
voice, 202-418-2807 fax, 202-418-7286 TTY, Kenneth.Carter@fcc.gov.

-FCC-