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12/26/2000
LETTER (DA 00-2905)
Auction 35
Letter to Robert Pettit, on behalf of Noverr Publishing Inc.
This letter clarifies the Commission's anti-collusion rule with respect to auction applicants that failed to submit upfront payments and, therefore, never became qualified to bid.
12/21/2000
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 00-433)
Auction 5, 35
Southern Communications Systems, Inc.; Request for Limited Rule Waiver to Comply with PCS Installment Payment for C Block License in the Cleveland, TN BTA
This MO&O affirms the the Commission's waiver order and denies Southern's Petition for reconsiderations.
12/21/2000
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 00-434)
Auction 5, 11, 35
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.
12/21/2000
ORDER (DA 00-2889)
Auction 35
21st Century Telesis Inc.; Request for Partial Reconsideration of Public Notice DA 00-2038; Request for Stay Public Notice DA 00-2038.
This Order denies 21st Century Telesis, Inc.'s Request for Stay and Petition for Partial Reconsideration.
12/20/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2849)
Auction 38
Auction of Licenses for the 700 MHz Guard Bands Scheduled for February 13, 2001 Pre-Auction Seminar Reminder January 4, 2001
This Public Notice announces a free pre-auction seminar for Auction No. 38 on January 4, 2001.
12/14/2000
ORDER (DA 00-2825)
Auction 35
In the Matter of Nextel Communications Inc.'s Petition for Expedited Action to Modify the Auction Design for Auction No. 35, C and F Block Re-auction
This Order denies Nextel Communications' Petition that the WTB revise the bidding procedures for Auction No. 35 to allow package (combinatorial) bidding.
12/14/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2836)
WTB Releases Additional Information Regarding the Procedures for Obtaining a Tribal lands Bidding Credit and List of Tribal Lands Data to be used in calculating tribal land bidding credit amounts in auctions where licenses are issued by Economic Areas (EA)
This Public Notice provides additional information regarding the application process for applicants seeking a tribal lands bidding credit.
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12/13/2000
SECOND ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT AND ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (FCC 00-411)
Auction 2
In the Matter of Amendment of Part 95 of the Commission's Rules to Provide Regulatory Flexibility in the 218-219 MHz Service
In this Order, the Commission adopts major actions: Affirm that the restructuring plan is limited to existing licensees that: (i) were current in installment payments as of March 16, 1998; (ii) were less than ninety days delinquent on the last payment due before March 16, 1998; or (iii) had properly filed grace period requests under the former installment payment rules; Decline to expand the options offered in the restructuring plan to include disaggregation; Decline to expand the options offered in the restructuring plan to include the return of the down payment; Affirm that the twenty-five percent bidding credit granted to all winning small business bidders in the 1994 auction of this service will not be extended to all winning bidders in the 1994 auction of this service; and Affirm that the new Part 1 rules regarding installment payments will apply to licensees in this service.
12/13/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2802)
Auction 32
AM Auction No. 32 Mutually Exclusive Applications Subject to Auction Settlement Period Section 307(b) Filing Period Extended to February 28, 2001 Submissions
This Public Notice extends the filing deadline to February 28, 2001.
12/12/2000
LETTER (DA 00-2760)
Auction 35
Letter to Ms. Lynn R. Charytan, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Counsel for MPCS Wireless, Inc.
This letter grants a request for waiver filed by MPCS Wireless, Inc.
12/8/2000
ORDER (FCC 00-418)
Auction 53
First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
This Report and Order permits non-geostationary satellite orbit fixed-satellite service providers to operate in certain segments of the Ku-band and adopted rules and policies to govern operations.
12/7/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2752)
Auction 36
800 MHz SMR Service Lower 80 Channels Auction Closes
This Public Notice provides detailed information concerning winning bidders, down payments, bid withdrawal payments and/or deposits, FCC Forms 601 and 602 filing requirements, requests for rule waivers, and licensing matters.
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12/6/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE
Auction 35
Supplement to Attachment B; Auction of Licenses for the C and F Block Broadband PCS Spectrum
This attachment replaces Attachment B of DA 00-2725 released on December 1, 2000.
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12/6/2000
NEWS RELEASE
Auction 36
800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Services (Lower 80 Channels) Auction Raises $28,978,385.00
800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Service (SMR) (Lower 80 Channels) auction ended on Tuesday, December 5, 2000, raising a total net revenue of $28,978,385.00. The winners may provide analog or digital services used for voice communications, paging, data and facsimile services. The SMR marketplace is allowing new acknowledgement paging and inventory tracking, credit card authorization, automatic vehicle location, fleet management, remote database access and voicemail.
12/1/2000
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2725)
Auction 35
Auction of Licenses for the C and F Block Broadband PCS Spectrum; 87 Qualified Bidders
This Public Notice identified 87 applicants found to be qualified to bid for the 422 licenses in the C and F block broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) spectrum auction ("Auction No. 35"). Auction No. 35 is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, December 12, 2000.
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12/1/2000
LETTER (DA 00-2721)
Auction 35
James Barker, Latham & Watkins, Attorneys at Law
This letter is in response to the "Request for Waiver and Leave to Amend" that was filed on behalf of Theta Communications, L.L.C.
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