Confidentiality request (Short term)

FCC ID: LDKTG2050

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FCCID_1779258

Date : 06/20/2012 FCC ID: LDKTG2050 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. NW Washington DC 20554 Pursuant to sections 0.407(d)(1)(ii) and 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, this letter requests confidential treatment of following material filed in support of the above- referenced application. Cisco requests the following documents be held as confidential until such time as the product is released per FCC Public Notice 04-1705  Set Up Photos  Product Exterior Photos  Product Internal Photos  User Manual  Product literature or description The information contained in the document presents information about a Cisco product that is being certified for commercial development. If competitors were to have access to this document both before and after release, they would have knowledge of Cisco’s proprietary technology and would be able to use this advance knowledge to their advantage. This could result in substantial competitive harm to Cisco’s ability to bring future product to market, should that decision be made. 1. Identification of any measures taken by the submitting party to prevent unauthorized disclosure.  Information about Cisco’s products currently under development is considered by the company to be commercially sensitive information that employees are not permitted to discuss outside the company. 2. Identification of whether the information is available to the public and the extent of any previous disclosure of information to third parties.  Information about product development is not routinely provided to the public, and is not available on Cisco’s web site. No information about this product has been disclosed. 3. Justification of the period during which the submitting party asserts that material should not be available for public disclosure.

 We further authorize the release of the above information after the official product launch scheduled for 9/1/2012. Or a period not to exceed 6 months which ever comes first. 4.) Explanation of degree to which information concerns a service subject to competition NA 5) Explanation of how disclosure of information could result in substantial competitive harm. Premature release of the information before Cisco is ready to market and or sell the product could have negative impact revenue goals and or effect sales of current products. Further release of the information before official product release will provide our competitors with an in sight into our new product lines or products before we are ready to publicly release them. 6) Identification of measures taken by submitting party to prevent unauthorized disclosure. Cisco internal business practices on handling confidential information address t his issue specifically. Unauthorized release of information by Cisco personnel is a violation of company policy. 7) Identification of whether the information is available to the public and the extent of any disclosure to 3rd parties. Upon announcement of the product or product line, the information that we are seeking temporary confidentiality for will be available to the public. Any pre lease of information to any 3rd party including a TCB is done under a NDA. 8) Justification on period during which the submitting party asserts that the material should not be available for public disclosure. The period of time for the request for temporary confidentiality is based on our plan public announcement of the product in question. This request is in addition to our request to with hold specific Cisco technology confidential for the life of the product per applicable regulations. Sincerely, Donald J Foster Cisco Systems, Inc. Compliance Engineer


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