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DA 00-130
Released: January 28, 2000
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON REQUEST FOR WAIVER TO USE OUT OF BAND SPECTRUM
Comments Due: February 4, 2000
On January 19, 2000, subsidiaries of Omnipoint Corporation (“Omnipoint”) listed below (collectively, the “Omnipoint Licensees”), Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, LLC and Voicestream Wireless Corporation filed a request for waiver of Section 24.229(b) of the Commission’s rules and the terms of the Omnipoint Licensees’ licenses to permit operation on a temporary basis on spectrum out of the bands designated for those licenses, in accordance with a temporary spectrum use arrangement described in their request for which the Omnipoint Licensees have been granted special temporary authority until January 31, 2000. According to their request, Omnipoint seeks this waiver in order to provide uninterrupted GSM PCS service to customers and roamers in the Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD area while it transitions GSM users to spectrum licensed to the Omnipoint Licensees.
Interested parties must file comments on Omnipoint's request no later than February 4, 2000. All comments should reference the Omnipoint request and this Public Notice. An original and four copies of all pleadings must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street S.W., Suite TWA325, Washington, D.C. 20554.
One copy of each filing should be sent to Roger Noel, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street S.W., Room 4B-115, Washington, DC 20554. Copies should also be sent to: Office of Public Affairs, Public Reference Center, 445 12th Street S.W., Suite CYA257, Washington, DC 20554 and International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
Copies of Omnipoint’s waiver request and comments will be available for inspection and duplication during regular business hours in the Office of Public Affairs, Public Reference Center, 445 12th Street S.W, Suite CYA257, Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies may also be obtained from ITS, 1231 20th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 8573800.
If you have questions about this Public Notice, please direct them to Roger Noel of the Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, by electronic mail to rnoel@fcc.gov or by telephone to (202) 4180620.
