PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.; TW-A325
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20554
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December 30, 1999   
                                
           EXTENSION OF DEADLINE AND CLARIFICATION: 
FORUM ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW UNLICENSED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES

In a Public Notice dated November 16, 1999, the FCC announced
that it would sponsor a forum on "Opportunities for New Wireless
Technologies," to be co-hosted by the FCC's Office of
Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) and the Office of
Engineering and Technology (OET).  The forum, which will be held
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room on
February 16, 2000, will be open to the public.

This second Public Notice extends the deadline for applications
to participate from December 31, 1999 to January 14, 2000.  

Speakers will include FCC personnel, representatives from
companies whose products showcase particular new technologies,
and representatives of industry and trade groups associated with
these technologies.  The focus will be on unlicensed spectrum
use, including wireless Internet access, wireless LANs, and
ultrawideband, as well as the business opportunities involved
with these technologies. 

Companies and organizations participating in the forum will be
invited solely at the discretion of OCBO and OET.  Any company
interested in participating should therefore send a copy of its
company profile and a description of its technology or service to
the representatives of OCBO and OET listed below.  Preference
will be given to small companies which have not taken part in an
FCC forum, tutorial, or similar demonstration in the past.  

We hereby clarify the limits on participation stated earlier:
Participants must either be marketing or using equipment which is
already authorized by the Commission (or for which an application
for authorization has been submitted to the FCC), or be a trade
group of companies involved with the new wireless technologies.  

Selections of participants will be announced in a Public Notice
to be issued in January 2000.

For further information or to submit a request to participate,
contact:
OCBO: Maura McGowan at FCC, 445 12th Street S.W., Room 7 C 360,
Washington, D.C.  20554 (Tel. 202-418-0987, fax 202-418-0235;
mmcgowan@fcc.gov) or 
OET: Dr. Lynn L. Remly, FCC, 445 12th Street S.W., Room 7 C 115,
Washington, D.C.  20554 (Tel. 202-418-2930, fax 202-418-1944;
lremly@fcc.gov).  (TTY 202-418-2989)