[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-813]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 02-3372]


Clarifies Public Notice Relating to Verification of ITFS, MDS, 
and MMDS License Status and Pending Applications

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document clarifies two issues relating to a Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) Public Notice released on October 18, 
2002 requiring all Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), 
Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS), and Multichannel Multipoint 
Distribution Service (MMDS) (collectively, the ``Services'') licensees 
and applicants to review licensing information and associated technical 
data.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW., TW-
A325, Washington, DC 20554. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for filing 
instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Legal Matters: contact John J. 
Schauble, Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Public Safety and Private 
Wireless Division, at (202) 418-0680.
    For all questions regarding data corrections, and how to file those 
corrections, contact the Licensing Support Hotline at 1-888-225-5322 
and select option 2.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Federal 
Communications Commission's Public Notice, DA 02-3372, released on 
December 5, 2002. The full text of this document is available for 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the Federal 
Communications Commission Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text may be purchased from the 
Federal Communications Commission's copy contractor, Qualex 
International, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: www.fcc.gov. 
Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by 
contacting Brian Millin at (202) 418-7426 or TTY (202) 418-7365 or at 
[email protected]. Licensees and applicants should visit http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/itfs&mds/licensing/inventory.html in order to 
review the tables. For all questions regarding technical aspects of 
public access to BLS data, contact the FCC Technical Support Hotline: 
Call 202-414-1250 (TTY 202-414-1255) or e-mail to [email protected]. The 
hotline is available Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern 
Time. All calls to the hotline are recorded.
    On October 18, 2002, 67 FR 69529, November 18, 2002, the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) issued a public notice requiring all 
Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), Multipoint Distribution 
Service (MDS), and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) 
(collectively, the ``Services'') licensees and applicants to review 
licensing information and associated technical data. Licensees and 
applicants are required to verify the available information concerning 
their licenses and applications, make any necessary corrections 
concerning that data, and, under certain circumstances, submit 
corrections or responses to that data by February 3, 2003. By this 
public notice, WTB clarifies two issues relating to the BLS License 
Inventory Public Notice.
    First, with respect to licenses in the Services, if a licensee 
believes that all information pertaining to a license (including both 
the license tables and the additional technical information available 
at http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/itfs&mds/licensing/inventory.html) 
is accurate, the licensee is not required to submit a response with 
respect to that license. With respect to pending applications filed 
prior to March 25, 2002, however, a response is required even if all 
the information relating to that pending application is correct. 
Specifically, the applicant must: (1) affirm, in writing, within sixty 
days of the release of this public notice, that continued processing of 
the application is requested, by contacting the FCC at the addresses 
listed below, and (2) submit a copy of the application with the written 
affirmation request.
    If the information requested is being sent via United States Postal 
Service, licensees and applicants must use the following address: 
Federal Communications Commission, MDS/ITFS Database Corrections, 1270 
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.
    Correspondence sent by overnight mail couriers (e.g., Federal 
Express, United Parcel Service, Airborne), hand-delivery or messenger 
must be addressed to: Federal Communications Commission, MDS/ITFS 
Database Corrections, 1120 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.
    Second, ITFS licensees and applicants are not required to verify 
data relating to receive sites. The FCC notes that ITFS licensees are 
currently prohibited from registering new receive sites. Moreover, 
while receive sites registered prior to September 17, 1998 are still 
entitled to interference protection, most such receive sites receive 
protection because they are located within the thirty-five mile 
protected service area of the ITFS station. Under those circumstances, 
and given the fact that many ITFS stations have a large number of 
registered receive sites, the FCC concludes that it would be unduly 
burdensome to require ITFS licensees to verify data relating to receive 
sites at this time. The FCC encourages ITFS licensees with 
grandfathered receive sites outside the thirty-five mile protected 
service area to review the data relating to receive sites and to submit 
corrections if the data does not accurately reflect the receive site, 
as registered with the FCC on September 17, 1998. The FCC nonetheless 
note that the prohibition on registering new ITFS receive sites remains 
in effect.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-813 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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