PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                              
   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                              
   
   Report No. 2249                                     January 20, 1998

                                                                                  PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND CLARIFICATION OF ACTION IN
                         RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS

                                                                                  Petitions for reconsideration and clarification have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking
    proceedings listed in this Public Notice and published pursuant to 47 CFR Section 1.429(e).  The         full text
of these documents are available for viewing and copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,             N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be
purchase form the Commission's copy contractor, ITS,         Inc.  (202) 857-3800.  Oppositions to these petitions must be
filed within 15 days of the date of        public notice of the petitions in the Federal Register.  See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the
    Commission's rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1).  Replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days             after the time for
filing oppositions has expired.
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  SUBJECT:      Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish Competitive Service 
                  Safeguards for Local Exchange Carrier Provision of Commercial Mobile 
                  Radio Service
                  Implementation  of Section 601(d) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
                  (WT Docket No.96-162)
                                                                              
  FIILED BY:      -Jeanne W. Stockman, Attorney, for Aliant Communications Co. on 01-02-98.
                  -Robert J. Keller, Attorney, for Guam Cellular and Paging, Inc. on 01-02-98.
                  -Michael S. Wroblewski, Attorney, for Independent Telephone and 
                   Telecommunications Alliance on 01-02-98. 
                   
  SUBJECT:        Rules and Policies on Foreign Participation in the U. S. Telecommunications
                  Market (IB Docket No. 97-142)
                  Market Entry and Regulation of Foreign-Affiliated Entities
                  (IB Docket No. 95-22)
                  
   FILED BY:       -W. Kenneth Ferree, Attorney, for PanAmSat Corporation on 01-08-98.
                   -Robert J. Aamoth, Attorney, Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. LTD. on 01-08-98.
                   -Stanley J. Moore, Attorney, for SBC Communications on 01-08-98.
                   -Scott A. Shefferman, Attorney, for MCI Telecommunications Corporation on
                    01-08-98.
                   -Jonathan B. Banks, Attorney, for BellSouth Corporation on 01-08-98.
                   -John L. Bartlett, Attorney, for Aeronautical Radio, Inc. on 01-08-98.
                   -J. Gregory Sidak on 01-08-98. 
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