Auctions

This Public Notice provides information concerning winning bidders, down payments, FCC Form 601 filing requirements, and other licensing matters.

Auction 17, the LMDS auction, closes after round 128 on March 3, 1998.

This Order grants in part and denies in part the petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the rulings in the Second Report and Order adopted on September 25, 1997.

The Commission staff, in coordination with the Department of Justice, Civil Division, expects to recommend a proposed transaction that would resolve the Pocket Communications bankruptcy proceeding. This Public Notice begins the process for receiving alternative proposals and evaluating whether a better alternative is constituted for the United States.

This Public Notice announces that the 220 MHz Service Auction will be delayed pending Commission resolution of petitions for reconsideration.

This Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $1,200,00.00 holds that Western PCS BTA I Corporation apparently violated the Commission's rules by discussing bidding strategy with a competing auction participant for the Olympia Washington market in the Commission's Broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) D, E and F block auction and failed to timely notify the Commission.

This Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $1,200,00.00 holds that US West apparently violated the Commission's rules by discussing bidding strategy with a competing auction participant for the Olympia Washington market in the Commission's Broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) D, E and F block auction and failed to timely notify the Commission.

This Order grants the Emergency Petition for Reconsideration of Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. ("VTF").

This Erratum makes minor corrections to the text of and final rules adopted in the "Third Report and Order.