[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1201-1202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-421]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[Report No. AUC-98-21-E (Auction No. 21); DA 98-2582]
Location and Monitoring Service Auction; Waiver of Electronic
Filing Requirement
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission will hold an auction for 528 multilateration
Location and Monitoring Service licenses to operate in the 902-928 MHz
band. This Public Notice announces that the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau waives the electronic filing requirement for Location and
Monitoring Service short-form (FCC Form 175) applications.
Dates: The Location and Monitoring Service auction will begin on
February 23, 1999. The deadline for filing short-form (FCC Form 175)
applications is January 25, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Garland or Kenneth Burnley,
Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, at (202) 418-0660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of a Public Notice
released on December 23, 1998. The complete text of this Public Notice
is available for
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inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Center, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 239, Washington, D.C., and
also may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor,
International Transcription Services, (202) 857-3800, fax (202) 857-
3805, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. In addition,
copies of the Public Notice may be retrieved from the FCC World Wide
Web Auctions site at http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/ auctions.
Synopsis of the Public Notice
A. Introduction
1. By public notice dated November 10, 1998, the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (``Bureau'') postponed the commencement of
the multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (``LMS'') auction
to February 23, 1999. See ``Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Postpones December 15, 1998 Auction Date for 528 Multilateration
Location and Monitoring Service Licenses; Commencement of the Auction
Postponed to February 23, 1999,'' Public Notice, 63 FR 63,730 (November
16, 1998) (``LMS Postponement Public Notice''). Thus, the short-form
(FCC Form 175) application deadline was postponed from November 16,
1998 to January 25, 1999. As a result of this postponement, applicants
are now required to file applications electronically. Beginning January
1, 1999, all short-and long-form applications must be electronically
filed. 47 CFR 1.2105(a) and 1.2107(c).
2. In order to avoid any uncertainty regarding filing requirements
that may result from this postponement, the Bureau hereby waives the
electronic filing requirement for LMS short-form applications and will
accept manually-filed applications. Nevertheless, the Bureau strongly
encourages potential applicants to utilize electronic filing for the
filing of their short-form applications. The electronic filing of
short-form applications is in the best interest of auction
participants, as well as members of the public monitoring Commission
auctions. The electronic filing requirement for long-form applications
remains in force.
3. The window for filing the FCC Form 175 is now open and will
remain open until 5:30 p.m. ET on January 25, 1999. Previously filed
electronic applications will remain intact.
Federal Communications Commission.
Amy Zoslov,
Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-421 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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