Recent FCC Activity William Hurst Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology Laboratory Division October 2010

Recent FCC Activity 2 Hearing Aid Compatibility 8/5/2010  POLICY STATEMENT AND SECOND REPORT AND ORDER AND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC )  Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets  pdf - Word pdfWord 10/12/2010  PUBLIC NOTICE (DA )  WTB Requests That Comments in Hearing Aid Compatibility Proceeding Address Effects of New Legislation  pdf - Word pdfWord

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 3 KDB Publications Recent KDB Publications  – 7/22/2010, TCB Roles & Responsibilities  – 7/22/2010, Accredited Test Firm Roles & Responsibilities  – 7/22/2010, Post-Market Surveillance for TCBs  – 7/22/2010, Accredited Test Lab Checklist  – 9/29/2010, Transmitters Certified under Multiple Rule Parts  – 10/14/2010, Authorized Individual Policy  – 10/14/2010, UNII / DFS Device Approval  – 10/14/2010, Permit But Ask

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 4 Measurement Guidance New Draft Publications  KDB – Pre-Calibrated Field Method  KDB – Linear / Log Average Detector  KDB – Average Detector for Part 15B Measurement  KDB – Guidelines for ERP and EIRP  KDB – Power Measurement >1 MHz Digital Systems  KDB – Push-to-talk SAR

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 5 Drafts for Public Comment Revisions of Current Publications:  KDB – Software Configuration Control  KDB – Guidance for Band  KDB – Modular Equipment Guide  KDB – Permissive Change Policies  KDB – LTE SAR Evaluation  KDB – Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 6 Equipment Authorization Certification Trends

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 7 Top Ten Equipment Classifications CategoryDescriptionPercentFCC Rules DSSPart 15 Spread Spectrum Transmitter18.715C DTSDigital Transmission System16.115C DXXPart 15 Low Power Communication Device Transmitter C JBPPart 15 Class B Computing Device Peripheral B PCEPCS Licensed Transmitter held to ear9Licensed 24 DSCPart 15 Security/Remote Control Transmitter4.515C TNBLicensed Non-Broadcast Station Transmitter4.4Licensed 22 PCBPCS Licensed Transmitter4.1Licensed 24 NIIUnlicensed National Information Infrastructure TX 3.615E 8CCPart 18 Consumer Device118 Total86.7

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 8 MRA Status – Phase I A total of 283 accredited testing laboratories have been recognized by the FCC:  Australia - 2  Canada - 8  Chinese Taipei - 42  Europe - 42  Hong Kong - 4  Korea - 27  Japan – 51  Singapore – 1  United States – 104  Vietnam – 0  Israel - 2

October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 9 MRA Status – Phase II Mutual acceptance of approvals (Phase II) is operational with the following countries:  Canada  European Union  Singapore  Hong Kong  Japan A total of 35 Telecommunication Certification Bodies (TCBs) have been recognized by the FCC:  United States – 19  Europe – 11  Canada – 2  Singapore – 1  Japan – 1  Hong Kong - 1

Thank you William Hurst Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology Laboratory Division