The full filing available in PDF format.

On July 18, 2008, Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Media Access Project Elizabeth Broomfield, Summer Intern, Media Access Project, Alex Curtis, Director of Policy and New Media, Public Knowledge, and Michael Calabrese, Vice President, Director of Wireless Futures Program, New America Foundation, met first with Renee Crittendon, wireless advisor to Commissioner Adelstein, and then later that day with Wayne Leighton, wireless advisor to Commissioner Tate, on behalf of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition with regard to the above captioned matter.

MAP/PISC Press Release and Full Filing

Before the
Federal Communications Commission

In the Matter of

Complaint of Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) Against Shure, Inc., Nady Systems, Inc., VocoPro, Audio2000, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, Audix Microphones, Electro Voice, Hisonic International, Inc., Pyle Audio, et al.

Petition To Create A General Wireless Microphone Service (GWMS)

To: Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission

INFORMAL COMPLAINT AND PETITION FOR RULEMAKING

Media Access Project, on behalf of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC), submits the attached Informal Complaint and Petition for Rulemaking pursuant to Rules 1.41 and 1.401, 47 CFR §§1.41, 1.401.

The full filing is available in PDF format.

Notice of Ex Parte Presentation; Consolidated Application for Authority to Transfer Control of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
MB Docket No. 07-57

The original filing is available in PDF format.

On June 3, 2008, Jef Pearlman and Ari Abramowitz of Public Knowledge, Harold Feld and Elizabeth Broomfield of Media Access Project, Ben Scott of Free Press, and Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation met with Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, his legal advisor, Renée Roland Crittendon, and two interns. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss several issues regarding AWS-3 spectrum, particularly its service rules.

We covered four major issues in this meeting: prioritization of network capacity, the open devices and applications requirement, content filtering and restrictions on spectrum eligibility, and buildout requirements.

The original filing is available in PDF format.

On June 3, 2008, Jef Pearlman and Ari Abramowitz of Public Knowledge, Harold Feld and Elizabeth Broomfield of Media Access Project, Ben Scott of Free Press, and Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation met with Chairman Kevin Martin and Brent Greenfield. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss several issues regarding AWS-3 spectrum, particularly its service rules.

We covered four major issues in this meeting: the negative consequences of a proprietary interface, prioritization of network capacity, the mechanisms of content filtering, and spectrum allocation.

This document is also available in PDF Format.

May 14, 2008

Chairman Kevin Martin
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

RE: Docket 07-57
XM/Sirius Applications for Transfer

Dear Mr. Chairman:

On May 13, 2008, Georgetown Partners, LLC ("GP") submitted a written ex parte presentation in this docket addressing certain proposals Media Access Project ("MAP") and Public Knowledge ("PK") have made with respect to the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.

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Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of the Petition of Public Knowledge et al. for Declaratory Ruling Stating that Text Messaging and Short Codes are Title II Services or are Title I Services Subject to Section 202 Nondiscrimination Rules.

RM-_______
WT Docket No. 08-7

REPLY COMMENTS OF
Public Knowledge, Free Press, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Media Access Project, New America Foundation, U.S. PIRG, Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, CREDO Mobile, Inc.

April 14, 2008

This original filing is available in PDF
Format.

Before the

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of the Petition of

Public Knowledge et al.

for Declaratory Ruling Stating that Text Messaging and Short Codes are
Title II Services or are Title I Services Subject to Section 202
Nondiscrimination Rules

RM-_______

WT Docket No. 08-7

COMMENTS OF
Public Knowledge, Free Press, Consumer Federation of America,
Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Media Access Project, New America Foundation,
U.S. PIRG, Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, CREDO Mobile, INC.

Jeffrey Pearlman

Public Knowledge

1875 Connecticut Ave. NW

Suite 650

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 518-0020

jef@publicknowledge.org

March 14, 2008

COMMENTS OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ET AL.

Public Knowledge et al. applaud the Commission’s decision
to seek public comment on the December 11, 2007 Petition (“the
Petition”) filed by Public Knowledge and a coalition of concerned
public interest organizations, short code service providers, and
legislators, in which we described how mobile carriers are engaging in
unjust and unreasonable discrimination in text messaging services, as
well as how this discrimination violates both the law and Commission
policy.

This document is also available in PDF format.

March 10, 2008

ELECTRONIC FILING

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
Office of the Secretary
445 Twelfth St., NW
Washington, DC 20554

Re: Notice of Ex parte presentation in MB Docket No.07-57

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January 11, 2008

Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
Office of the Secretary
445 Twelfth St., SW
Washington, DC 20554

Re: Notice of Ex parte presentation in MB Docket No.07-57

Dear Ms. Dortch:

On January 11, 2008, Rashmi Rangnath, Public Knowledge Staff Attorney and I met with the following Media Bureau Staff: Senior Deputy Chief, Roy Stewart, Deputy Chief, Marcia Glauberman, Deputy Chief, Rosemary Harold, Associate Chief, William Freedman, and staff attorneys Joel Rabinovitz and Royce Sherlock. The purpose of the meeting was to renew Public Knowledge's support for the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio with Sirius Satellite Radio and to discuss the four conditions we have urged the Commission to impose should it approve the merger. These conditions are outlined in our July 9, 2007 comments and the Notice of Ex Parte presentation filed on December 7, 2007. The conditions are: