PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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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”),[1] 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.[2] 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 TW‑A325, 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 CY‑A257, 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 CY‑A257, Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies may also be obtained from ITS, 1231 20th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857‑3800.
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 or by telephone to (202) 418‑0620.
[1] According to Omnipoint’s request, the Omnipoint Licensees are Omnipoint DC Area DE License, LLC (holder of the Washington, DC Block E PCS License, Call Sign KNLH327; the Charlottesville, VA Block E PCS license, Call Sign KNLF962; the Cumberland MD Block E PCS license, Call Sign KNLF323; the Fredericksburg, VA Block D PCS license, Call Sign KNLH324; the Hagerstown, MD-Chambersburg, PA-Martinsburg, WV Block D PCS license, Call Sign KNLH325; and the Salisbury, MD Block E PCS license, Call Sign KNLH326); Omnipoint DC-Baltimore F License, LLC (holder of the Baltimore Block F PCS license, Call Sign KNLF963); and Omnipoint DC-Salisbury D License, LLC (holder of the Salisbury, MD Block D PCS License, Call Sign KNLF965.)
[2] According to Omnipoint’s request, APC PCS, LLC d/b/a Sprint PCS (“Sprint”), the licensee of the out-of-band spectrum that is the subject of this request, is aware of and has consented to this request.