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                                                         DA 97-209
                                                  January 29, 1997
                                                                  
                                 
                WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU 
           POSTPONES FEBRUARY 18, 1997 AUCTION DATE FOR
      981 INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND DATA SERVICE (IVDS) LICENSES
                                 

Report No. AUC-96-13-E (Auction No. 13)

     Pursuant to authority delegated by  0.131 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.131, the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today has decided to delay the commencement of the IVDS
auction to give the Commission an opportunity to consider a Petition for Rulemaking and numerous
informal requests of potential bidders and license holders seeking to obtain additional flexibility for
the service.  In light of this action, any manually filed applications will be returned, and any
electronically filed applications will be purged from the database.  A subsequent Public Notice will
be released announcing a new short-form filing deadline and auction procedures.

     The IVDS Auction Seminar will be held as scheduled on Thursday, January 30, 1997, as an
informal forum with FCC staff to discuss issues and options regarding potential service changes.  The
forum will be held from 10:00 a.m.   12:30 p.m. EST at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 
400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20001, hotel phone (202) 737-1234.


Action by, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.


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