[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64898-64899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28582]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 03-3310]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Confirms Certain 220 MHz Phase 
I Licenses Cancelled as a Result of Spectrum Audit

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As a result of certain licensees' failure to respond to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) audit inquiries, the Bureau 
announces that certain licenses have been presumed non-operational for 
one year or more and therefore have cancelled automatically. Action has

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been taken in the Universal Licensing System to terminate the licenses 
that are set forth in Attachment A of the Public Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise D. Walter, Commercial Wireless 
Division, at 202-418-0620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice, DA 03-3310, released on October 22, 2003. The full text of the 
Public Notice 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 http://wireless.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].
    1. On May 14, 2003, 452 letters were mailed to all licensees 
operating in the QT, QD, and QO radio services inquiring into the 
operational status of each license held. Each licensee was required to 
respond and certify, by June 13, 2003, that its authorized station(s) 
had not permanently discontinued service (i.e., discontinued operations 
for one year or more). The audit letter, mailed to each licensee at its 
address of record, included the call signs of the licensee's 
authorizations involved in this audit. In addition, the Bureau released 
an initial Public Notice, 68 FR 19822, April 22, 2003 announcing the 
audit, as well as several follow-up Public Notices, 68 FR 31704, May 
28, 2003 and 68 FR 41133, July 10, 2003 explaining that the audit was 
underway and setting forth the audit process.
    2. In the audit letters that were mailed to the individual 
licensees, as well as in the Bureau's Public Notices, the Bureau 
expressly indicated that a response to the audit letter was mandatory. 
The Bureau also indicated that failure to provide a timely response 
might result in the Commission's presumption that station at issue was 
non-operational for one year or more and therefore automatically 
cancelled. The Bureau's second audit letter explicitly stated that 
failure to timely respond to the audit letter would result in the loss 
of the licensee's authority to operate on the station(s) at issue in 
the audit letter. The Bureau has received no response to either of the 
audit letters for the station licenses that are set forth in Attachment 
A of the Public Notice. The Bureau therefore presumes that the stations 
identified in Attachment A have been non-operational for a period of 
one year or more, and confirms that these station licenses have 
cancelled automatically pursuant to 47 CFR 90.157 of the Commission's 
rules. Action has been taken in the Universal Licensing System to 
terminate these licenses.

Federal Communications Commission.
Roger Noel,
Deputy Division Chief.
[FR Doc. 03-28582 Filed 11-14-03; 8:45 am]
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