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

2. Recent FCC Activity 2 Hearing Aid Compatibility 8/5/2010  POLICY STATEMENT AND SECOND REPORT AND ORDER AND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 10-145)  Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets  pdf - Word pdfWord 10/12/2010  PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 10-1936)  WTB Requests That Comments in Hearing Aid Compatibility Proceeding Address Effects of New Legislation  pdf - Word pdfWord

3. October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 3 KDB Publications Recent KDB Publications  641163 – 7/22/2010, TCB Roles & Responsibilities  974614 – 7/22/2010, Accredited Test Firm Roles & Responsibilities  610077 – 7/22/2010, Post-Market Surveillance for TCBs  853844 – 7/22/2010, Accredited Test Lab Checklist  149672 – 9/29/2010, Transmitters Certified under Multiple Rule Parts  852134 – 10/14/2010, Authorized Individual Policy  443999 – 10/14/2010, UNII / DFS Device Approval  388624 – 10/14/2010, Permit But Ask

4. October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 4 Measurement Guidance New Draft Publications  KDB 449343 – Pre-Calibrated Field Method  KDB 966099 – Linear / Log Average Detector  KDB 714737 – Average Detector for Part 15B Measurement  KDB 412172 – Guidelines for ERP and EIRP  KDB 971168 – Power Measurement >1 MHz Digital Systems  KDB 643646 – Push-to-talk SAR

5. October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 5 Drafts for Public Comment Revisions of Current Publications:  KDB 594280 – Software Configuration Control  KDB 552295 – Guidance for 3650-3700 Band  KDB 996369 – Modular Equipment Guide  KDB 178919 – Permissive Change Policies  KDB 941225 – LTE SAR Evaluation  KDB 285076 – Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)

6. October 2010 Recent FCC Activity 6 Equipment Authorization Certification Trends

7. 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 13.915C JBPPart 15 Class B Computing Device Peripheral 11.415B 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Thank you William Hurst Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology Laboratory Division William.Hurst@fcc.gov