Motorola Ex Parte filing

Motorola, Inc., Global Government Affairs
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004 T: (202) 371-6900

October 22, 2008

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office of the Secretary 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554

Re: ET Docket 04-186
Dear Ms. Dortch:

Pursuant to Section 1.1206(b)(2) of the Commission's Rules, this is to notify you that on October 22, 2008, Motorola CEO Greg Brown and I had a telephone conversation with Chairman Martin and his legal advisor, Charles Mathias, regarding the above captioned proceeding.

During the discussion Mr. Brown expressed his support for the Commission's TV White Space initiative and urged the Chairman to move forward with adoption of rules at the Commission meeting on November 4. Mr. Brown noted the significant potential that unlicensed use of the white spaces will have for cost effective deployment of a wide variety of fixed and mobile broadband services, particularly for enhancing broadband deployment to rural areas. Access to broadband services is an important economic growth engine providing new opportunities to American businesses and consumers that live and compete in an increasingly connected world.

Over more that 4 years of debate the Commission has considered all aspects of the technology necessary to allow use of the TV White Space while fully protecting incumbents. Based on this careful deliberation, including extensive testing of devices, the Chairman has put forward a plan that allows the TV White Space effort to move forward responsibly. The time is right to provide a clear path for fixed and mobile broadband deployment using geolocation enabled technology. The technology has support from the broadcast community and was proven to provide highly reliable protection in the Commission's testing. In addition, providing flexibility for sensing-only devices pursuant to additional testing to ensure that commercial products can fully protect incumbents makes sense. Motorola supports the Commission moving forward on this well balanced proposal.

Pursuant to the Commission's Rules, one copy of this notice is being filed electronically with the Commission. If you require any additional information please contact the undersigned at (202) 371-6953.

Sincerely,
/s/ Steve B. Sharkey _
Steve B. Sharkey

Senior Director, Regulatory and Spectrum Policy

Cc: Chairman Martin
Charles Mathias