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certification requirement by revising a future version of the relevant application form for new, renewed, <br /> and modified station licenses to require licensees subject to the narrowbanding mandate to indicate <br /> whether or not the requested operations comply with the narrowbanding requirements. The Commission <br /> also will have discretion to inquire of licensees regarding existing licenses for which no such certification <br /> is received because the license was not renewed or modified before January 1, 2013. <br /> Will the Commission take any other action to remind licensees of the upcoming narrowbanding <br /> deadlines? <br /> Yes. In addition to this Public Notice and the measures discussed above, the Commission will in <br /> the near future begin placing a special condition on all new, renewed, and modified licenses for stations in <br /> the radio services and frequencies subject to the narrowbanding mandate to remind licensees of the <br /> January 1, 2013 deadline. The special condition will be removed from the license at some point after the <br /> licensee notifies the Commission that the station is in compliance with the narrowbanding deadline, as <br /> discussed above. <br /> May a station that does not meet the January 1, 2013 narrowbanding deadline operate after that <br /> date on a secondary basis? <br /> No. As of January 1, 2013, the Commission's rules will prohibit Industrial/Business and Public <br /> Safety Radio Pool licensees in the 150 -174 MHz and 421 -512 MHz bands from operating with wideband <br /> channels (unless their equipment meets the narrowband efficiency standard), even if the license still lists a <br /> wideband emission designator. Operation in violation of the Commission's rules may subject licensees to <br /> enforcement action, including admonishments, monetary forfeitures, and/or license revocation, as <br /> appropriate. <br /> Can previously certified multimode equipment be manufactured or imported after January 1, <br /> 2011? <br /> Yes, under certain circumstances. The equipment certification for previously certified multimode <br /> equipment containing a wideband 25 kHz mode will continue to be valid, and such equipment may <br /> continue to be manufactured and imported, only if the modes of operation are enabled primarily through <br /> software rather than firmware or hardware, and users are not provided with the programming software <br /> necessary to activate the wideband 25 kHz mode. <br /> For further information, licensees and frequency coordinators may contact Mr. Melvin Spann of <br /> the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility Division, (202) 418 -1333, Melvin.Spann @fcc.gov, <br /> or Mr. Zenji Nakazawa of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418- <br /> 7949, Zenji.Nakazawa @fcc.gov; and equipment manufacturers may contact Mr. Andy Leimer of the <br /> Office of Engineering and Technology, (301) 362 -3049, Andrew.Leimer @fcc.gov. <br /> -FCC- <br /> 3 <br /> • <br />