PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. CL-96-36 March 8, 1996 The following Phase 2 applications for unserved area have been accepted for filing. This does not mean the applications are ready for grant and, on further review, additional information may be requested or the applications may later be found defective. The applications listed below were filed after January 1, 1995 and mutually exclusive applications are processed using the procedures in rule Section 22.131(b)(3). Final action will be not be taken on any of these applications earlier than 31 days following the date of this notice. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 2/8/96 KNKN357 267B 02126-CL-P2-96 South Dakota 8 - Kingsbury Limited Partnership 2/9/96 KNKA208 28A 02125-CL-P2-96 Westel-Indianapolis Company 2/9/96 KNKN331 539A 02130-CL-P2-96 GCC License Corporation 2/12/96 KNKA618 173B 02127-CL-P2-96 Mississippi Cellular Telephone Company 2/12/96 KNKA519 241B 02128-CL-P2-96 Pueblo MSA Limited Partnership 351B,355B 2/15/96 KNKA571 276A 02146-CL-P2-96 WWC Holding Co., Inc. 2/15/96 KNKN227 254B, 02147-CL-P2-96 Modoc RSA Limited Partnership 337B 2/20/96 KNKA504 141A 02171-CL-P2-96 Duluth/Superior Cellular, Inc. 484A,487A ____________________________________________________ The following applications for major modifications to cellular systems have been accepted for filing. Some of the applications may have de minimis extensions into an adjacent MSA/RSA market. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 2/26/96 KNKN209 341A 02148-CL-MP-96 Mammoth Cellular, Inc. 2/27/96 KNKN454 518A 02165-CL-MP-96 Missouri #15 Rural Cellular, Inc. 2/28/96 KNKN684 378A 02176-CL-MP-96 Palmer Wireless Holdings, Inc. 2/28/96 KNKQ320 473B 02177-CL-MP-96 Pacific Telecom Cellular of Michigan, Inc. 2/28/96 KNKN672 610A 02178-CL-MP-96 USCOC of Oregon RSA #5, Inc. 2/28/96 KNKN729 464B 02179-CL-MP-96 Northern Maine Cellular Partnership Interested persons will have thirty (30) days from the date of this notice to submit Petitions/Comments on the above applications. Oppositions may be filed within ten (10) days, replies may be filed within five (5) days. No further pleadings will be accepted. The following applications for renewal of developmental authority have been accepted for filing. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 2/28/96 KNKA304 20A 02201-CL-MR-96Interstate Mobilephone Company 2/28/96 KNKA265 30A 02202-CL-MR-96Interstate Mobilephone Company The following Phase 2 applications for unserved area have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 00190-CL-P2-96 KNKR251 289B,634B Quick Call Cellular Partners 635B 01491-CL-P2-96 KNKN672 135A,229A USCOC of Oregon RSA 5, Inc. 336A 01494-CL-P2-96 KNKQ213 601A Tulsa Cellular Telephone Company 01495-CL-P2-96 KNKQ344 325A Northern Arkansas Cellular, Inc. 01499-CL-P2-96 KNKQ393 135A Central Oregon Cellular, Inc. 01500-CL-P2-96 KNKQ393 171A,337A Central Oregon Cellular, Inc. The following applications for major modifications of cellular systems have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 00951-CL-MP-96 KNKN613 611B Crook County RSA Limited Partnership 05759-CL-MP-95 KNKN690 666B(1) Sprint Cellular Company 01167-CL-MP-96 KNKA305 57B United States Cellular Telephone Company (Greater Tulsa) 01229-CL-MP-96 KNKQ282 697B(1) Western Sub-RSA Limited Partnership 01292-CL-MP-96 KNKN536 415B(1) Iowa RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership 01312-CL-MP-96 KNKA271 78B Century Cellunet of Southern Michigan Cellular Limited Partnership 01330-CL-MP-96 KNKQ275 612B Pennsylvania RSA 1 Limited Partnership 01331-CL-MP-96 KNKN664 371A USCOC of Georgia RSA #1, Inc. 01333-CL-MP-96 KNKQ295 588B Cincinnati SMSA Limited Partnership 01335-CL-MP-96 KNKN513 418A USCOC of Iowa RSA #1, Inc. 01336-CL-MP-96 KNKQ357 413A Iowa RSA #2, Inc. 01342-CL-MP-96 KNKA734 290B(1) Century Cellunet of La Crosse Limited Partnership 01352-CL-MP-96 KNKN238 694B US West New Vector Group, Inc. 01399-CL-MP-96 KNKN577 406B Indiana RSA #4 Limited Partnership 01430-CL-MP-96 KNKQ275 612B Pennsylvania RSA 1 Limited Partnership 01446-CL-MP-96 KNKN669 369A Florida RSA #10, Inc. 01465-CL-MP-96 KNKQ296 369B Centel Cellular Co. of Ft. Walton Beach Limited Partnership 01475-CL-MP-96 KNKQ357 413A Iowa RSA #2, Inc. 01503-CL-MP-96 KNKN630 601A United States Cellular Telephone Company (Greater Tulsa) The following application for interim operating authority to provide service to the RSA pending the grant of permanent authority to another carrier has been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 01280-CL-P2-96 KNKP866 307A(3) GTE Mobilnet of Birmingham Incorporated This authorization is granted only to permit interim operations within the specified market until a permanent authorization is granted and that permittee is ready to begin providing service to the public. The interim authorization is granted because the initial lottery winner's application in this market has been dismissed, leading to a lengthy period of time before service can be provided to the public, and the public interest requires the early establishment of a competing cellular service in this market and protection to competition in the adjacent market. The existing licensee in the adjacent market on the same block of frequencies appears to be the most efficient provider of interim service to the public. This interim authorization is expressly contingent on the interim operator complying with the following conditions: 1. Construction and operation pursuant to this authorization is at the interim operator's own risk. The interim operator may not demand any compensation for its expenses for construction or operation pursuant to this authorization from the permanent licensee. Nothing in this authorization requires the interim operator to sell its equipment to the permanent licensee. 2. The interim operator must fully cooperate with the permanent licensee in effectuating a smooth transition to the provision of service in the market by the permanent licensee without disruption of service to the public. The interim operator must cease operations in the market on the date of initiation of permanent service or within 30 days of written notice by the permanent permittee to the interim operator of the day and time that it intends to initiate service, whichever date occurs later. 3. This authorization may only be transferred in conjunction with the transfer of the authorization in the adjacent market and then only after approval is obtained from the Commission. This authorization must be identified as an interim operation authorization in the transfer application filed with the Commission. 4. The interim operator must cooperate with the permanent licensee in transferring the customer base associated with the market to the permanent licensee, but only in accordance with subscriber decisions and good faith negotiations on terms and conditions of the transfer. The interim operator shall not interfere with the permanent licensee's efforts to transfer subscribers associated with the market to the permanent licensee. The interim operator may only recover from the permanent licensee the interim operator's direct costs in originally obtaining a transferred subscriber, i.e., payments made to agents or employees that are directly attributable to a transferring customer. The interim operator shall maintain records of sufficient detail to permit an audit that such direct costs have been incurred with respect to a particular subscriber. These authorizations do not convey to the licensee the right to receive protection from the capture of subscriber traffic, co-channel interference or first-adjacent-channel interference in any area outside of the authorized Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) of the system. Moreover, any facility authorized herein with a service area boundary (SAB) extending into the CGSA of any other operating cellular system on the same channel block, regardless of when such other cellular system was/is authorized, is subject to the following condition: In the event that the licensee of the other cellular system requests that the SAB of the facilities authorized herein be removed from its CGSA, the licensee herein must reduce transmitting power or antenna height (or both) as necessary to remove the SAB from the CGSA, unless written consent from the licensee of the other cellular system, allowing the SAB extension, is obtained. All of the above applications will be available for public inspection in Room 5608, 2025 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., during the normal cellular reference room hours. Copies of these documents may be obtained from: International Transcription Service, Inc. 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202-857-3800 - FCC -