DA 00-2317
                                   October 17, 2000

          APPLICATION FOR REVIEW FILED BY Wi-LAN, INC.
                      ACCEPTED FOR FILING

On September 20, 2000, Wi-LAN, Inc.,  submitted an Application for Review of a DENIAL of a Petition for
Reconsideration by the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET).  In the Petition for
Reconsideration, Wi-LAN had contested the denial of its Application for Equipment Authorization under
Section 47 CFR 14.247 of our Rules. Wi-LAN's application was for a direct sequence spread spectrum
device using wide-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (WOFDM).

We hereby provide the public the opportunity to comment on Wi-LAN's Application for Review.  Interested
parties are invited to file comments by November 16, 2000, and reply comments by December 1, 2000.  
All comments should reference Wi-LAN's "Application for Review" and DA 00-2317, and should be filed
with the Office of Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.., TW-A325,
Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy of each filing should be sent to International Transcription Service, Inc.
(ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857-3800 and to Raymond LaForge, Federal
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, Laboratory Division, 7435 Oakland
Mills Road, Columbia, MD 21046.  

The full text of  Wi-LAN's "Application for Review" is available for public inspection and copying during
regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room
CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554.  This document may also be purchased from the Commission's copy
contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW, 20036, telephone 202-857-3800,
facsimile 202-857-3805, TTY 202-293-8810. 

For ex parte purposes any comments filed in response to this Public Notice shall be treated as a "permit-but-
disclose" proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules.  See 47 CFR  1.1200 and
1.1206. 

For further information on the Wi-LAN Petition, contact Raymond LaForge, Laboratory Division, Office
of Engineering and Technology, 301-362-3041. 
     
     
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