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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             News Media Contact:
May 8, 2000                             Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654
                                   e-mail: mmccarri@fcc.gov 

Wireless Bureau Chief Announces Electronic Filing Now Available for ULS 

Washington, DC -- Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, announced today that Universal Licensing System (ULS) users can now file applications
and notifications over the Internet for all services previously only available by dial up connection
to the Commission's Wide Area Network. 

The Wireless Bureau handles all FCC domestic wireless telecommunications programs
and policies including licensing and regulatory functions.  The ULS is the Commission's
interactive on-line licensing application, modification and renewal system for wireless
telecommunications services.  ULS also serves as a research tool that enables interested parties to
obtain information via the Internet regarding the status of applications filed in ULS and licenses
issued by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.   ULS opened to Internet filers on April 29,
2000.                                                                                                                                                    
            

     Sugrue noted that many ULS users had requested the ability to access ULS through the
Internet in order to utilize their high speed Internet connectivity.    Other users had asked about
Internet filing, even though they   and the Commission -- expressed some concern in the past
about the security of transactions over the Internet.  "We now have the technology in place,"
Sugrue said, "that assures the integrity and security of data transmitted over the Internet along
with high speed connectivity.   This is another step forward in the expanding functionality of
ULS."    

     Rapid growth in wireless telecommunications services is a major force now driving the
convergence of major sectors of the information technology and communications industries. 
Industry requires computer-ready data to analyze opportunities for future service expansion, and
fast, efficient processing of its requests for operating licenses.   Continuing expansion of the ULS
assists the Commission in its role as a facilitator as well as the regulator of growth in wireless
services.

     ULS filers can access ULS by going to the ULS home page, www.fcc.gov/wtb/uls and
clicking on "ONLINE FILING."  The Bureau will continue to provide dial up access; dial up
information may also be found at the ULS home page, by clicking on "Connecting to ULS." 

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