Report No. DC-2587         ACTION IN DOCKET CASE            
April 20, 1994


          FCC PROPOSES FURTHER REVISIONS TO PART 22 OF THE RULES
                   GOVERNING THE PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICES
                          (CC DOCKET NO. 92-115)

     The FCC has proposed further revisions to Part 22 of its
rules
governing the Public Mobile Services.  The Commission said the
revisions put forth today are intended to eliminate unnecessary
information collection requirements, streamline licensing
procedures, reduce the processing and review burden on the
Commission's staff, and ensure that licensees in the public
mobile
services are fully qualified to provide service to the public as
expeditiously as possible, and expedite the licensing of
applicants
for 931 MHz paging frequencies.  

     The FCC previously proposed in a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
in this docket comprehensive changes to the licensing procedures
for mobile services subject to Part 22 and to the regulations
governing the provision of those services.  The Commission stated
that the additional revisions proposed today are intended to
further streamline and improve processing and operational rules
applicable to Public Mobile Services.

     Specifically, the Commission proposed further revisions to
Part 22 of the rules to: 1) require cellular licensees filing FCC
Form 489s to state that any extensions into adjacent markets do
not
cover any unserved area; 2) reduce the size of maps submitted
with
applications from 1:250,000 to 1:500,000; 3) eliminate licensing
for internal cell sites; 4) revise the requirements governing the
updating of information for existing cellular systems; and 5)
modify the procedures for processing 931 MHz paging applications.

     The Commission said the proposed revisions to FCC Form 489
would enhance the ability of FCC staff to ensure that a cellular
licensee's extensions of its Service Area Boundary into an
adjacent
cellular market does not intrude into unserved areas.  In
addition,
reducing the map size required for cellular applicants would make
the maps more manageable for applicants, members of the public,
and
FCC staff as well as saving filing space. 


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     Similarly, eliminating the listing on license authorizations
of internal cell sites and narrowing the information licensees
are
required to submit to update the Commission's system files would
reduce administrative costs and improve the public's access to
relevant information.

     The Commission also proposed to amend the rules governing 
931
MHz paging applications to require applicants to specify the
frequency for which they seek authorization.  The frequency
requested must be available at the time the application is filed.

An application found acceptable for filing would be placed on
public notice, commencing a 30-day cut-off filing window for the
requested frequency.  Timely filed competing applications would
be
treated under the proposed rules as mutually exclusive.  In
additional, the Commission proposed that applicants for 931 MHz
paging frequencies with applications pending when final rules
become effective be given 60 days from the effective date of a
final order in this proceeding to amend their applications to
specify frequencies for which they seek authorization.  The
pending
applications will then be placed on public notice to permit the
filing of mutually exclusive applications.  Mutually exclusive
amended applications and new-filed competing applications will be
considered as one processing group.

     The Commission proposed to subject mutually exclusive
applications for 931 MHz paging frequencies filed after July 26,
1993 to the competitive bidding process.  The Commission further
proposed to utilize the competitive bidding process for initial
applications filed before July 26, 1993 that are found to be
mutually exclusive after amendment.  Comments are requested,
however, on whether the Commission should use lotteries for the
latter group of applications.  The Commission proposed to define
an
initial application as one that request the location of a new
facility more than two kilometers (1.6 miles) from any existing
facility operating on the same frequency or an application that
requests a new frequency.

     Action by the Commission April 20, 1994, by Further Notice
of
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 94-102).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello and Barrett.

                                   -FCC-

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