I expect that this item will be on the FCC open meeting agenda on the 14th of this month, and Paul Rinaldo and I will cover it, in the couerse of our meetings for drafting Novice Refarming PRM. Using RealPlayer, you can watch UWB and other FCC sausage-making at 9:30 AM EST at www.fcc.gov. 73, Chris W3KD << House Commerce Committee Chmn. Tauzin (R-La.) told investment community Wed. that he was enthusiastic about ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology and hoped FCC would look at it carefully. Proposal to permit UWB products to operate as unlicensed Part 15 devices is expected to be on FCC agenda at Feb. 14 meeting, he said in speech at Precursor Group conference in Washington. Tauzin said he visited UWB company Time Domain and was impressed by its founder Larry Fullerton, "an interesting guy who has been called the new Marconi." Tauzin told investors UWB was trend to watch, explaining how technology goes through walls, could result in high-tech home security systems, communications devices for military, disaster recovery aids. "My hope, my prayer, to the Commission is to give it a good look," he said. Tauzin said that taking up "twin issues" of privacy and security were among his Committee's most important tasks this year. "The first battle line" is copyright, he said, "how to provide a digital product without losing value... coupled with security needs." He said other "things to watch" were: (1) Efforts to develop privacy policy that would "enhance private efforts to self-regulate. (2) Broadband deployment. (3) Digital TV transition. (4) "Increasing capacity of wireless communications." >>