In the Matter of Applications for Consent to the Assignment of Licenses Pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act from Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession, to Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
This MO&O gives consent to the full assignment of six broadband Personal Communications Services licenses and grants to Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc. a limited waiver of section 1.2111 of the Commission's rules.
In the Matter of Applications for Assignment of Licenses of Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession, to Cricket Licensee (Reauction), Inc.
This Memorandum Opinion and Order grants to a limited waiver of the full payment provision of Sections 1.2111 and 24.714 of the Commission's rules and a waiver of the timing requirements of Section 24.714 of the Commission's rules.
Applications for Consent to the Assignment of Licenses From NextWave Personal Communications, Inc., and NextWave Power Partners, Inc., to Subsidiaries of Cingular Wireless LLC
Granted the applications of several NextWave Personal Communications entities to assign PCS licenses to Cingular Wireless.
Licenses of 21st Century Telesis Joint Venture and 21st Century Bidding Corporation for Facilities in the Broadband Personal Communications Services
This Order on Reconsideration denies a petition seeking reconsideration of a MO&O, in which the Commission affirmed the denial of 21st Century's requests for extension of an installment payment deadline or for a waiver of the installment payment rules and denied 21st Century's motion to file an untimely supplement to its initial petition for reconsideration.
Licenses of 21st Century Telesis, Inc.; for Facilities in the Broadband Personal Communications Services
This MO&O denies 21st Century's Request for Reconsideration of Auction and Industry Analysis Division's decision denying its request for extension of time to submit installment payments or, in the alternative, waiver of section 1.2110(f) of the Commission's rules.
In the Matter of Lakeland PCS LLC and Cricket Licensee (Lakeland) Inc. for Assignment of PCS License for Station KNLG741; Second Order on Reconsideration
This Order grants Lakeland's petition for reconsideration of the Reconsideration Order dated October 30, 2000, and reinstates the grant of the assignment application.
In the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules - Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Spectrum Cap Amendment of the Commission's Cellular/PCS Cross-Ownership Rule
This Order on Reconsideration address three petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's Fifth Memorandum Opinion and Order in PP Docket No. 93-253. This Order also addresses nine petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's Report and Order in WT Docket No. 96-59 and GN Docket No. 90-314. Finally, this Order reinstates provisions which, in the Competitive Bidding Sixth Report and Order, were inadvertently eliminated from one of the Commission's competitive bidding rules.
Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture of U S West Communications, Inc. Licensee of Certain Authorizations in the Personal Communications Service
The NAL found U S West, a participant in the Commission's
Broadband Personal Communications Services D, E, and F block auction,
apparently liable for a forfeiture in the total amount of $1,200,000.
SECOND ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND REPORT AND
ORDER (FCC 99-66)
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules -- Competitive Bidding Procedures
This Second Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order resolves the petitions for reconsideration of the Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order.
In the Matter of Request for Extension of the Commission's Initial Non-Delinquency Period for C and F Block Installment Payment
This MO&O denies the petitions for reconsideration filed
by SouthEast Telephone, Inc. and Wireless Ventures, Inc. and it denies
SouthEast's Emergency Request.
Commissioners Furchtgott-Roth and Tristani dissenting and issuing a joint statement: pdf
10/29/1998
ORDER (FCC 98-290)
In the Matter of Request for Extension of the Commission's Initial Non-Delinquency Period for C and F Block Installment Payments
This Order denies several licensees requests seeking waiver of the October 29, 1998, payment deadline for licensees that failed to meet the July 31, 1998, installment payments deadline.
In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing For Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees
This erratum corrects paragraph six on page four of the Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, WT Docket No. 97-82, FCC 97-342 (rel. October 16, 1997)..
Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum Disaggregation by Commercial Mobile Radio Services Licensees
In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we propose to modify
our broadband personal communications service (PCS) rules to expand
our geographic partitioning provisions to include all PCS licensees
and to permit spectrum disaggregation in the near term. We also solicit
comment on certain issues relating to these rules.
In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules -- Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Spectrum Cap Amendment of the Commission's Cellular/PCS Cross-Ownership Rule
This Report and Order modifies competitive bidding and ownership rules for the Personal Communications Services in the 2 GHz band ("broadband PCS"). The Commission also amends other broadband PCS rules in order to encourage sincere bidding, streamline the auction process, and lessen administrative burdens. In addition, in response to the remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. v. FCC, the Commission modifies its rules governing cellular licenses' ownership of broadband PCS licenses in all frequency blocks.
In the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding Amendment of the Commission's Cellular PCS Cross-Ownership Rule Implementation of Sections 3(n) and 332 of the Communications Act Regulatory Treatment of Mobile Services
This Order modifies the competitive bidding rules for
the "C Block" of Personal Communications Services in the 2 GHz band.
In the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding
This Fifth Memorandum Opinion and Order resolves issues associated
with our entrepreneurs' block rules, as well as other provisions we
established to ensure that small businesses, rural telephone companies
and businesses owned by minorities and women (collectively termed "designated
entities") have meaningful opportunities to participate in the provision
of broadband PCS.
Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding, PP Docket No. 93-253, 9 FCC Rcd 6858, 6866-6869 ¶¶ 47-60
This Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order resolves petitions for reconsideration or clarification of our rules governing the methodology and procedure for auctions to provide personal communications services in the 2 GHz band (called "broadband PCS").