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ART says that the Branch never returned its application while American's application was under review, rather the Branch retained its application and then later dismissed it. ART requests that its application be treated as "returned" rather than "dismissed" and that the Branch allow it to refile its application now that final action, in the form of a  S4'dismissal, has been taken with respect to American's application. While ART might have been eligible to refile its application had it been returned prior to November 13, 1995, we do not believe  S'that this ultimately is of decisional significance given the 39 GHz Freeze Order and its effect on an applicant's eligibility to refile its application after November 12, 1995. When the Branch took final  Si'action on American's application on November 14, 1996, the 39 GHz Freeze Order precluded the  S7'acceptance of new 39 GHz applications.n 7D {O'ԍ39 GHz Freeze Order, 11 FCC Rcd 1156 (WTB, 1995).n Thus, on November 14, 1996, any new 39 GHz  S'applications submitted by ART would have been subject to the 39 GHz Freeze Order and, therefore, would have been returned as unacceptable for filing. 7. Finally, ART submits that a grant of its petition for reconsideration is in the public interest  S9 'because it will "promote effective use" of the 39 GHz spectrum.W9  yO'ԍART Petition for Reconsideration at 7.W We are not persuaded by ART's public interest argument. We believe that the public interest is served when applicants adhere to the  S 'Commission's filing requirements. The cutoff rule is important because it establishes a deadline by  S 'which applications must be filed in order to maintain eligibility. f  {O'ЍMcElroy Electronics Corp. v. FCC, 86 F.3d 248, 253 (D.C. Cir. 1996). The purpose of this rule is "to attract all competitive applications for a particular (frequency) within a fixed and reasonably short time  S:'frame," so that the Commission can comparatively consider such applications in an efficient manner.:  {O'ЍId. (citing Florida Institute of Technology v. FCC, 952 F.2d 549, 550 (D.C. Cir. 1992) ). Further, we note that one of the underlying purposes of the Commission's 39 GHz rule making  S'proceeding has been to promote effective use of the 39 GHz spectrum.}  {O'ЍSee Report and Order and Second NPRM, 12 FCC Rcd at 18607. } Therefore, based on the facts and circumstances described herein, we find that a dismissal of ART's Petition for Reconsideration is in the public interest because it is consistent with the specific requirements, spirit, and integrity of the Commission's 39 GHz licensing rules and processes.  S'. IV. ORDERING CLAUSE  S'\  So'8. IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 405 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i); 405 and Section 1.106 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106, the petition for reconsideration filed by Advanced Radio Technology Limited on September  S'19, 1997 IS DENIED.",l(l(,,"Ԍ9. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.131, 0.331.  >X` hp x(#T$%'0*,.8135@8: