[EIDXA] NTIA New Release

[Jim Spencer]

NTIA New Release
June 4, 2004


For Immediate Release

Contact: Clyde Ensslin or
Ranjit de Silva
202-482-7002

NTIA FILES COMMENTS WITH FCC
ON BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE SYSTEMS

Recommends Commission's Rulemaking proceed without delay

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration today filed comments with the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) providing technical guidance for the responsible
deployment of broadband over power line (BPL)
systems and urging the Commission to complete its BPL rulemaking proceeding
without delay.

Today's NTIA Comments in ET Docket No. 03-104, ET Docket No. 04-37:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/2004/BPLComments_06042004.doc


On April 26, President Bush called for the establishment of technical
standards to make possible new broadband technologies such as the use of
high speed communications directly over power lines.  On April 27, NTIA
released a Phase One study that examined the potential interference to
federal government radio systems that could result from the deployment of
BPL, and identified appropriate techniques that will mitigate this
interference.

(Phase One Study:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/2004/bpl/index.html)


Today's comments build upon the results of NTIA's Phase One study by
providing technical analysis of the issues raised in the FCC's BPL Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).  NTIA's comments, together with the rules
proposed in the FCC's NPRM will reduce the risk of interference to critical
federal radiocommunication systems, and provide a firm technical foundation
for the responsible deployment of BPL.

"The cooperative efforts of the FCC and NTIA will contribute significantly
toward fulfillment of the President's vision for universal affordable
broadband Internet access for all Americans by 2007," said Acting NTIA
Administrator Michael D. Gallagher.

NTIA's comments endorse the Commission's proposed field strength limits and
provide recommendations for reducing the risk of interference to authorized
radiocommunication systems. Specifically, NTIA recommends the use of
mandatory power control, adoption of limited coordination areas and
exclusion of critical frequency bands.  NTIA also made recommendations
regarding refinements to the FCC's proposed compliance measurement
procedures for BPL systems.

NTIA expects to complete its Phase Two study later this year. However, in
order to quickly address issues that have an immediate impact on the FCC's
rulemaking, the most significant issues considered in the comprehensive
Phase Two study are provided in a technical appendix of today's filing.
NTIA expects its Phase Two study to complement any conclusions reached by
the Commission and, therefore, recommends that the Commission's rulemaking
proceed without delay.

Source:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2004/bpl_06042004.doc


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