[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 32751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12278]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[AU Docket No. 14-252; GN Docket No. 12-268; DA 16-516]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on Atlantic 
Tele-Network, Inc., and SAL Spectrum, LLC, Petition for Waiver To Claim 
Eligibility for a Rural Service Provider Bidding Credit in Auction 1002

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; comment sought.

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SUMMARY: The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau seeks comment on 
petition filed by Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc., and SAL Spectrum, LLC, 
requesting, to the extent necessary, waiver of the Commission's rules 
to enable SAL to claim eligibility for a rural service provider bidding 
credit in its application to participate in Auction 1002.

DATES: Comments are due on or before May 26, 2016, and reply comments 
are due on or before June 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments and reply comments on 
or before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. When 
filing documents, please reference AU Docket No. 14-252 and GN Docket 
No. 12-268.
    [ssquf] Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
    [ssquf] Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file 
an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or 
rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers 
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
    Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial 
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service 
mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, 
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
    [ssquf] All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for 
the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 
12th St. SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with 
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of 
before entering the building.
    [ssquf] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton 
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
    [ssquf] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail 
must be addressed to 445 12th St. SW., Washington DC 20554.
    People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible 
formats (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an 
email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: For further information contact 
Mark Montano, [email protected], 202-418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Incentive Auction 
1002 Rural Service Provider Waiver Petition Comment Public Notice (DA 
16-516) in AU Docket No. 14-252 and GN Docket No. 12-268, released on 
May 11, 2016. The complete text of this document is available for 
public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday 
through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the 
FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the 
Commission's Web site at http://wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the 
search function on the ECFS Web page at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.
    1. On May 3, 2016, Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (ATN), and its 
wholly-owned subsidiary SAL Spectrum, LLC (SAL) (together Petitioners), 
filed a petition requesting, to the extent necessary, waiver of 47 CFR 
1.2110(f)(4) to enable SAL to claim eligibility for a rural service 
provider bidding credit in its application to participate in Auction 
1002, the forward auction portion of the broadcast incentive auction. 
The Bureau seeks comment on the petition.
    2. In its application, SAL seeks a rural service provider bidding 
credit, which provides an eligible applicant with a 15 percent discount 
on its winning bid(s). To be eligible, an applicant must, inter alia, 
be a service provider that together with its controlling interests, 
affiliates, and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has fewer 
than 250,000 combined wireless, wireline, broadband, and cable 
subscribers. Petitioners claim that ATN subsidiaries serve ``slightly 
more than 62,000 wireline, wireless, broadband, and cable subscribers'' 
in the United States, that ``ATN's foreign subsidiaries serve more than 
250,000 wireline, wireless, broadband, and cable subscribers,'' and 
that ``ATN's total worldwide subscriber base is fewer than 500,000.'' 
Petitioners seek a waiver, to the extent necessary, of any requirement 
that foreign subscribers be considered in determining SAL's 
qualifications for the bidding credit.
    3. Procedural Matters: This proceeding has been designated as a 
``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's 
ex parte rules. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy 
of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral 
presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a 
different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons 
making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda 
summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or 
otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte 
presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and 
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted 
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already 
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda or other 
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such 
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other 
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where 
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the 
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex 
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must 
be filed consistent with 47 CFR 1.1206(b).

Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. 2016-12278 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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