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    Before the
             Federal Communications Commission
                  Washington, D.C.  20554
  
  
  In re Applications of            )      
                                   )
  Vodafone AirTouch, plc and Bell Atlantic     )    File Nos. 0000032969, et al.
  Corporation                                                 )              
            )                      
                                   )                                    
            )
  Platte River Cellular Limited Partnership                   )    File No. 0000033002           
                                   )
  Colorado 7   Saguache Limited Partnership                   )    File No. 0000033053
                                   )
  San Isabel Cellular of Colorado Limited Partnership         )    File No. 0000033084
                                   )
  Wyoming   Park Limited Partnership    )                     File No. 0000033037           
            )
                                   ) 
  For Consent to Transfer of Control or   )
  Assignment of Licenses and Authorizations    )
  
  
  
                  ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
  
  Adopted:  February 13, 2001             Released:  February 14, 2001
  
  By the Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:  
  
  1.   We have before us a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Timothy E. Welch,
  Esq., on his own behalf, of a March 30, 2000 order granting consent to the transfer of control or
  assignment of licenses from Vodafone AirTouch plc ("Vodafone") to Bell Atlantic Corporation,
  now Verizon Communications, Inc.  The Petition is specifically addressed to the grant of four of
  the transfer of control applications involved in the merger of former Bell Atlantic and Vodafone
  properties to form Verizon Wireless.  Mr. Welch argues that the Order fails adequately to
  address the merits of certain of his submissions or validate certain claims regarding the conduct
  of Vodafone's counsel.  We conclude that our treatment of Mr. Welch's submissions was
  adequate, and we deny the Petition.
      
            2.   Reconsideration is appropriate only where the petitioner either
            shows a material error or omission in the original order or raises additional facts
            not known or not existing until after the petitioner's last opportunity to present
            such matters.  A petition for reconsideration that simply reiterates arguments
            previously considered and rejected will be denied. 
  
            3.   In the Order, we found that Mr. Welch's submission did not
            constitute a petition to deny or other comment on proposed transfers of control. 
            We declined to address the substance of his submission because we found that it
            did not have decisional relevance for the issues in this proceeding and did not
            rise to a level that required further inquiry in the context of this proceeding. 
            While Mr. Welch claims that our conclusion regarding the nature of his
            December 15, 1999 submission was inaccurate, he has not provided any
            information that supports a different conclusion.
  
            4.   Further, Mr. Welch is not correct that the designation of this
            proceeding as "permit-but-disclose" for ex parte purposes requires us to address
            the merits of every such submission, particularly those that are not decisionally
            relevant.   Mr. Welch's allegations did not present a prima facie case of
            misconduct that needed to be explored further before granting the applications
            herein, and he presents nothing further in his Petition.  Mr. Welch is, of course,
            free to file a formal complaint against Vodafone pursuant to Section 208 of the
            Act.
  
  5.   Accordingly, 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) and 405, and sections 0.331 and
  1.106 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331 and 1.106, the Petition for Reconsideration
  filed by Timothy E. Welch IS DENIED.
  
  
                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
       
  
  
  
                      James D. Schlichting, Deputy Chief           
                           Wireless Telecommunications Bureau