[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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