PUBLIC NOTICE

          Federal Communications
Commission
          1919 M St., N.W.
          Washington, D.C. 20554


                                                  Released: May 29, 1998
                                      
                                      
 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES ANTENNA REGISTRATION SOFTWARE
COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS95, REQUIRES REGISTRATIONS WITH NEW SOFTWARE BEGINNING
                             TUESDAY, JUNE 1; 
                     FLAT FILE FORMAT TO BE ELIMINATED

   In a Report and Order released November 30, 1995, WT Docket 95-5,
the Commission adopted rules to streamline the Commission's antenna
clearance process and thereby decrease the number of filings regarding
antenna clearance.  Detailed information concerning the Commission's
antenna registration procedures may be found in WTB Fact Sheet #15
available from the FCC's Forms Distribution Center at (800) 418-FORM
(3676) or from the internet at http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/antenna.  Since
1996, the Commission has encouraged electronic filing of antenna
structure registration information via (1) interactive filing using free
software available from our website, and (2) flat file format for
transmitting large databases via e-mail.

   To better serve our customers, we have updated our free interactive
filing/review software to ensure compatibility with Windows95.  Users of
the current software will continue to be able to file electronically
without the use of Windows95, but must download the new software. 
Effective Monday, June 1, electronic antenna structure registrations must
be made with the Windows95-compatible interactive software. The new
software will be available for downloading, free of charge, at the
Commission's antenna homepage on the internet
(http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/antenna) on that date.  Persons using the old
filing/review software on or after June 1 will receive an error message
and will be unable to complete electronic registrations or review the
registration database.  Between now and June 1, the public will be able
to continue to download and use the existing software.  For additional
information or assistance in downloading or using the electronic filing
software, please contact the FCC Technical Support Group at (202) 414-
1250.

   As stated above, the Commission currently permits owners to submit
large databases of antenna information in a prescribed flat file format
via e-mail.  This filing method was necessary to accommodate the
registration of more than 75,000 existing antenna structures (i.e., those
constructed prior to July 1, 1996) that were to be registered between
July 1, 1996, and June 30, 1998.  Because all existing antenna structure
must be registered by June 30, 1998, we do not anticipate a need for flat
filing after that date.  Therefore, we intend to eliminate the flat
filing option after the final window closes in June 1998 and require
electronically-filed registrations to be submitted via our interactive
software.  This approach should allow owners to complete their large
submissions of registration information, even in cases where the
Commission has granted additional time to owners of registering multiple
structures in several states.    
                       
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