On February 15, 2012, Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") adopted and released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in WT Docket No. 12-40; FCC 12-20, to amend Parts 1 and 22 of the Commission's rules to change the licensing model for the 800 MHz Cellular Radiotelephone ("Cellular") Service from site-based to geographic-based, and to delete obsolete provisions associated with the legacy site-based regime. Subsequently, on November 7, 2014, the Commission adopted a Report and Order ("R&O") in that same proceeding (WT Docket No. 12-40; FCC 14-181). The revised Cellular Service licensing model adopted in the R&O eliminates certain filing requirements that have outlived their usefulness in this mature commercial wireless service that was launched in the early 1980s; it also streamlines application content requirements and certain other filing requirements that remain in place, reflecting technological changes and increased competition among Cellular Service providers, and deletes obsolete provisions associated with the legacy site-based regime.
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47 USC 309
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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47 USC 222
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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47 USC 154
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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47 USC 303
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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47 USC 332
Name of Law: Communicaitons Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has program changes to the information collection to reflect the adoption of the R&O in WT Docket No. 12-40, FCC 14-181, which eliminates the need for certain Cellular Service applications and streamlines filing requirements that remain in place. Specifically, the Commission has decreased the number of respondents by 300, the number of responses by 300, the annual burden hours by 900 hours, and the annual cost by $371,250.
There are no adjustments to this collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.