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Fairfax Drive, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 222031633  X - ` xRe:` ` Personal Communication Network Inc.'s Request for Waiver of Section x` ` 24.709(c)(2)(i) of the Commission's Rules Dear Ms. Virtue:   xOn May 22, 1996, Personal Communication Network, Inc. ("PCN"), a successful bidder  Xb- xfor licenses in the Broadband C Block Personal Communications Services ("PCS")[Xb- yO-  /ԍxPersonal Communication Network, Inc.'s BTA markets include: Bangor, Maine (BTA 030); Waterville,  xJAugusta, Maine (BTA 465); Burlington, VT (BTA 063); ElmiraCorningHornell, New York (BTA 127); LewistonAuburn, Maine (BTA 251); RutlandBennington, Vermont (BTA 388).[, filed an FCC  xForm 600 which included, as Exhibit E, a request for waiver of Section 24.709(c)(2)(i) of the  xCommission's rules. Specifically, PCN requested "a waiver of Rule 24.709(c)(2)(i) to the extent  xLit require[d] applicants to report each affiliate's revenues separately." Thus, PCN sought relief  xfrom reporting its affiliates' gross revenues and assets by separate audited financial statements. Upon review of the Applicant's arguments, we grant PCN's request. x   xIn support of its request, PCN argues that "[t]he financial statements of the applicant's  xzparent, Electronics Communications Corp. ("ECC"), and its whollyowned subsidiaries, Free  x Trade Distributors, Inc., Trade Zone Distributors, Inc., and Electrocomm Wireless, Inc., are  xprepared on a consolidated basis." PCN contends that because "the figures for each subsidiary  xand ECC are not readily segregable" such calculations "would be a burden to prepare." Further,  xPCN explains that "[s]uch audited reports are not prepared in the normal course of ECC's business."  X -    xThe Commission has amended the C Block Auction rules to provide that "when an  xiapplicant does not otherwise use audited financial statements, its gross revenues and total assets  X- xmay be certified by its chief financial officer or its equivalent."g\- {Ot%-  ԍx See Public Notice,"Entrepreneurs' C Block Reauction Closes,"  FCC 961153 (rel. July 17, 1996);   In the  {O>&- xMatter of Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of the Commission's Rules, Report and Order, WT Docket 9659, 11 FCC Rcd 7824 (1996).g In so doing, the Commission  xLexplained that it "did not intend to discriminate based upon a company's particular accounting"  ,**qq"  X- xpractices."  {Oy-  ԍxSee In the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act Competitive Bidding,  {OC-Sixth Report and Order, PP Docket 93253, 11 FCC Rcd 136, 166 (1995).  The Commission stated that "requiring broadband PCS C Block applicants with  xlimited resources to obtain audited financial statements solely for the purpose of supporting the  X- xlongform applications [was] excessively burdensome."$ {O-  ԍxSee In the Matter of Waiver of Certain Provisions of Sections 24.720 and 24.813 of the Commission's  {Oq-Rules, Order, DA 96705 (rel. May 8, 1996). Pursuant to Section 24.819(a)(ii) of the  xCommission's rules, requests for waiver may be granted upon an affirmative showing that the  x."unique facts and circumstances of a particular case render application of the rule inequitable,  X- xyunduly burdensome or otherwise contrary to the public interest."V {O -ԍxSee 47 C.F.R 24.819(a)(ii).V Because PCN states that its  xfinancial statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with its affiliates, and to do otherwise  xwould be unduly burdensome, we find that disclosure of total assets on a consolidated basis is sufficient in this instance.   xFor the reasons stated above Personal Communication Network, Inc.'s request for waiver  xjIS GRANTED. This action is taken pursuant to the delegated authority under Section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331. x` `  hh@hSincerely, x` `  hh@hDavid Furth x` `  hh@hChief, Commercial Wireless Division x` `  hh@hWireless Telecommunications Bureau