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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
July 29
In the Matter of the Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in 2 GHz Band (IB Docket No. 99-81/RM 9328). Reply Comments - The Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.; Statement of Adaptive Broadband Corporation in Support of the Emergency Request for Limited Exception to Application Freeze.
In the Matter of Numbering Resource Optimization Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission's Rule Prohibiting Technology Specific or Service Specific Area Code Overlays (CC Docket No. 99-200/RM 9258)/Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy Petition for Waiver to Implement a Technology Specific Overlay in the 508, 617, 781, and 978 Area Codes (NSD File No. L-99-17)/California Public Utilities Commission and the People of the State of California Petition for Waiver to Implement a Technology Specific or Service Specific Area Code (NSD File No. L-99-36). Comments - Prof. Bill Neill.
In the Matter of Creation of a new Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25). Comments - Robert K. Norton, Jr., SUNBURY Broadcasting Corporation (WKOK-AM/WQKK-FM/WEGH-FM), Franklin Broadcasting Company, Inc., Janice L. Banko/WKAB-FM, Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting, Franklin Broadcasting Company, Inc., Committee on Democratic Communications National Lawyers Guild, KXEW(AM), KOHT(FM), Dearborn County Broadcasters, V-Soft Communications/Doug Vernier, V-Soft Communications/Doug Vernier, Ken Misch/WDKB FM Radio, Tana Sue Knetsch/WDKB FM Radio, Ronald L. Kruse/WDKB.
In the Matter of File No. NSD-L-99-24 and (CC Docket No. 92-105). Comments - Metro Regional Transit Authority.
In the Matter of Rulemaking on Number Conservation and Area Code Relief (CC Docket No. 99-200). Comments - North Carolina Utilities Commission.
July 30
In the Matter of Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format (CC Docket No. 98-170/FCC-99-72). Comments - The National Association of Attorneys General.
In the Matter of Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25/RM 9208/RM 9242). Comments - Wisconsin Rapids Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WFHR/WGLX Radio, Sorenson Broadcasting, John L. Zolkoske/Cascade Range Radio Corporation Northband Radio, LLC.
In the Matter of Mathews County Public Schools, Virginia Petition for Waiver of Urban Designation in E-Rate Applications (CC Docket No. 96-45). Comments - Mathews County School Board.
In the Matter of Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996/Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers Long Distance Carriers MCI WorldCom, Inc. Request for Waiver (CC Docket No. 94-129). Petition for Expedited Waiver of Commission's Rules - MCI Telecommunications Corporation.
In the Matter of the Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in 2 GHz Band (IB Docket No. 99-81/RM 9328). Reply Comments - The Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.; Statement of Adaptive Broadband Corporation in Support of the Emergency Request for Limited Exception to Application Freeze - Adaptive Broadband Corporation; Comments - Iridium, LLC; Reply Comments - Iridium, LLC.
In the Matter of Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format (CC Docket No. 98-170). Petition for a Waiver or Stay - SBC Communications, Inc.
In the Matter of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Requests Comment on the Construction Requirements for Commercial Wide-Area 800 MHz Licensees Pursuant to Fresno Mobile Radio, Inc. v. FCC (PR Docket No. 93-144/DA-99-974). Reply Comments - Nextel Communications, Inc.
In the Matter of Revised Competitive Bidding Authority (WT Docket No. 99-87). Comments - Citizens Water Resources, Western Communications, Inc., The Lubrizol Corporation.
In the Matter of Numbering Resource Optimization Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission's Rule Prohibiting Technology Specific or Service Specific Area Code Overlays (CC Docket No. 99-200/RM 9258)/Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy Petition for Waiver to Implement a Technology Specific Overlay in the 508, 617, 781, and 978 Area Codes (NSD File No. L-99-17)/California Public Utilities Commission and the People of the State of California Petition for Waiver to Implement a Technology Specific or Service Specific Area Code (NSD File No. L-99-36). Comments - The Colorado Public Utilities Commission, The Florida Public Service Commission, State of New York Department of Public Service, MCI WorldCom, Inc., SBC Communications, Inc., WINSTAR Communications, Inc., AT&T Corporation, BellSouth Corporation, The United States Telephone Association, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc., Time Warner Telecom, The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Paging Network, Inc., Connect Communications Corporation, The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, NARUC.
In the Matter of Relicensing of Certain Part 90 Frequencies to Require Spectrally Efficient Use. Petition for Rulemaking - The American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Inc.
In the Matter of Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25). Comments - Barry Broadcasting Company/WBCH-AM/WBCH-FM, Radio Free Nashville, John Jonik, Deforest Broadcasting Co. Inc., J. Rodger Skinner, Jr., Community Powered Radio, The National Association of Media Brokers, Radio NewburyPort, LLC, Bick Broadcasting Company; Statement - Mushtaq Kapasi, Pitkin County, WEOK Broadcasting Corporation, Sunburst Media, LP, The George Washington University, John Kennedy/WGEL Radio, City of Allentown, Arkansas Broadcasters Association, Miami University.
In the Matter of Rulemaking on Number Conservation and Area Code Relief (CC Docket No. 99-200). Comments - Nextel Communications, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Omnipoint Communications, Inc., AirTouch Communications, Inc., GTE Service Corporation, RCN Telecom Services, Inc., The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Mitretek Systems, Inc.Qwest Communications Corporation, The National Telephone Cooperative Association, The North American Numbering Plan Administrator, US West Communications, Inc., Ameritech, NENA, Choice One Communications, Inc., GST Telecommunications, Inc., Liberty Telecom, Primeco Personal Communications, L.P., The Personal Communications Industry Association.
In the Matter of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Requests Comment on the Construction Requirements for Commercial Wide-Area 800 MHz Licensees Pursuant to Fresno Mobile Radio, Inc. v. FCC (PR Docket No. 93-144). Reply Comments - Chadmore Wireless Group, Inc., Southern Company.
In the Matter of Reading Broadcasting, Inc. for Renewal of License of Station WTVE(TV), Channel 51, Reading, Pennsylvania (MM Docket No. 99-153)/Adams Communications Corporation for Construction Permit for a New Television Station on Channel 51, Reading, Pennsylvania. Consent Motion for Extension of Time - Reading Broadcasting, Inc.
August 2
In the Matter of Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25/RM 9208/RM 9242). Comments - Russell Oasis, Faith Sound, Inc., Sacred Heart University, Inc., U.S. Broadcasting, Jerry Papenfuss/Result Radio Group, Noncommercial Educational Radio Members of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Amaturo Group, Ltd., Randall C. Wright, Alan Potamkin, National Religious Broadcasters, Gary L. Randall, Bliss Communications, Inc., WGUL-FM, Inc., American Association of Independent Radio Stations, Intecollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc., Renard Communications Corporation, Hibernia Communications, LLC, Northeast Broadcasting Company, Inc., Rick Herrick and Parallel Broadcasting, Inc., CUE Corporation, National Lawyers Guild Committee on Democratic Communications, The Freedom Network L.L.C., Eastern Kentucky University, Steve A. James, Cram Communications, LLC, Penn-Jersey Educational Radio Corporation/WDVR-FM, Pensacola Christian College, Inc., Mrs. Diane Fleming, Athens Broadcasting Co. Inc., Alabama Broadcasters Association, Gloria Ellen Mouw, RayMark Broadcasting Company, Inc., Michael Robert Birdsill, WZOE 1490, Kidd Communications, Midwestern Broadcasting Company, Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation, W. Russell Withers, Jr., Futronics, Inc., Pilot Communications, LLC, Southern Minnesota Broadcasting Company, Prettyman Broadcasting Company, WOLF Radio, Inc., KIOW-FM, Edward P. Mannix, National Association of Broadcasters, The Jet Broadcasting Co., Inc., The New York State Thruway Authority, Susan Trescott-Ness, USA Digital Radio, Inc., Christian Broadcasting, Inc., Connecticut College Broadcasting Association, Inc., Faith Academy, d/b/a WFEN, Media Services Group, Inc., Sound of Life, Inc., Spirit of America, Inc., Straus Media Group, Inc., The Michigan Music Is World Class Campaign, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Mega Communications, L.L.C., Southern California Broadcasters Association, Inc., Big City Radio, Inc., Station Resource Group, The National Federation of Community Broadcasters, The Walt Disney Company ("ABC"), Cox Radio, Inc., The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Americom Las Vegas Limited Partnership, National Public Radio, Inc., National Public Radio Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association, The Bott Broadcasting Company, Bott Communications, Inc., Evangelistic Alaska Missionary Fellowship, Inc., New Wavo Communication Group, Inc. et al., New Mexico Broadcasters Association, Salem Communications Corporation, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Bonneville International Corporation, Buckley Broadcasting Corporation, Pilot Communications, L.L.C., WBCH-FM/AM (Barry Broadcasting Company), AKA Condom Lady formerly of Radio Mutiny, Susquehanna Radio Corporation, Minority Members of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Lurunn Broadcasting System, LLC, Mississippi Valley Broadcasting, LLC, Broadcasters to Preserve Existing Public Service, Lane Broadcasting Corporation, LANCOM, Inc., LB Radio Corporation, Shockley Communications Corporation, Coltre Broadcasting, Inc., The Rocky Mountain Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Wright Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Emmis Communications Corporation, The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, Smith and Fisher, The Alliance for Community Media, Peter and John Radio Fellowship, Inc., KHWY, Inc., Delmarva Broadcasting Company, Calvary Chapel of Twins Falls, Inc., The Curators of the University of Missouri, Educational Media Foundation, The Named State Broadcasters Associations, Howard G. Bill, West Virginia Radio Corporation, Gulf Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc., Elyria-Lorian Broadcasting Company, Willis Broadcasting Corporation, Charles & Trish Goodman/Excellent Radio, Tuned In Broadcasting, Inc., Summit American, Inc., East Kentucky Broadcasting Corporation, Z-Spanish Media Corporation, Main Street Broadcasting Company, Inc., Vern Kaspar, Greater Media, Inc., Cumulus Media, Inc., Dewey Matthew Runnels, Saga Communications, Inc.; Supplemental Comments - International Assoication of Audio Information Services, American Library Association, Sheyboygan County Broadcasting Company, Inc., Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc., Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, Radio One, Inc., Frederick R. Vobbe, WOLV FM, Hepco Communications, Inc.
In the Matter of Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CS Docket No. 96-85). Petition for Reconsideration - The Wireless Communications Association International, Inc.; Petition for Reconsideration and Partial Stay of Small Cable Affiliation Rules - American Cable Association; Petition for Clarification and Reconsideration - National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors; National Association of Counties; United States Conference of Mayors and Montgomery County, Maryland.
In the Matter of Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 96-98); Interconnection Between Local Exchange Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio Services Providers (CC Docket No. 95-185). Ex Parte Comments - United States Department of Commerce.
In the Matter of Implementation of Sections 309(j) and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended/Promotion of Spectrum Efficient Technologies on Certain Part 90 Frequencies/Establishment of Public Service Radio Pool in the Private Mobile Frequencies Below 800 MHz (WT Docket No. 99-87/RM 9332). Comments - Radscan, Inc., The American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Inc., Blooston, Mordkowfsky, Jackson & Dickens, The International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc., The International Municipal Signal Association, The American Petroleum Institute, The Chadmore Wireless Group, Inc., The Boeing Company, American Water Works, CELLNET Data Systems, Inc., Trimble Navigation Limited, WINSTAR Communications, Inc., Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc., Mark IV Industries, Limited, L.V.H.S. Division, INTEK Global Corporation, Small Business In Telecommunications, Hewlett-Packard Company, Forest Industries Telecommunications, SCANA Corporation, The Association of American Railroads, Central and Southwest Corporation, Nextel Communications, Inc., Union Electric Company d/b/a American UE and Central Illinois Public Service Company d/b/a AMEREN CIPS, CINERGY Corporation, ENTERGY Services, Inc., Commonwealth Edison Company, City of Lincoln Water System, OSC on Site Communications, The Central Station Alarm Association, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., James D. Ericson, The Personal Communications Industry Association, Inc., DeKalb County, Georgia Water and Sewer Division, Ray's Radio Shop, Inc.
In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b) Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Thorndale, Texas)(MM Docket No. 99-243/RM 9675). Motion for Stay of Proceedings - Cameron Broadcasting Company.
In the Matter of REGIONET Wireless License, LLC Amendment of Part 80 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Automated Maritime Telecommunications System Stations (RM 9964). Reply Comments - Regionet Wireless License, LLC.
In the Matter of NSD-L-99-24/(CC Docket No. 92-105). Comments - Bi-State Development Agency.
In the Matter of Rulemaking on Number Conservation and Area Code Relief (CC Docket No. 99-200). Petition for Reconsideration - The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.
In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b) Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Mason, Texas)(MM Docket No. 99-21/RM 9337). Counterproposal - Munbilla Broadcasting Corporation.
In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Mason, Texas)(MM Docket No. 99-215/RM 9337). Comments and Expression of Interest - Kent S. Foster; Comments - Foxcom, Inc.
In the Matter of Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on 711 Access to Telecommunications Relay Services (CC Docket no. 92-105/NSD File No. 24/DA-99-1170). Comments - GTE Service Corporation.
August 3
In the Matter of Rulemaking on Number Conservation and Area Code Relief (CC Docket No. 99-200). Commnets - Gilbert Yablon, Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee.
In the Matter of Implementation of Sections 309(j) and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended/Promotion of Spectrum Efficient Technologies on Certain Part 90 Frequencies/Establishment of Public Service Radio Pool in the Private Mobile Frequencies Below 800 MHz (WT Docket No. 99-87/RM 9332). Comments - United Water, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, United Water Idaho, Inc., .
In the Matter of Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on 711 Access to Telecommunications Relay Services (CC Docket no. 92-105/NSD File No. 24). Comments - Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, San Francisco Public Transportation Department.
In the Matter Ref: File No. NSD-L-99-36 and CC Docket No. 96-98. Comments - G. K. Mercola.
In the Matter of Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local Telecommunications Markets (WT Docket No. 99-271). Comments - Tillman Real Estate.
In the Matter of Review of Freedom of Information Action Control No. 99-163; CC Docket No. 99-117. Comments - BellSouth Corporation.
In the Matter of Ameritech Corporation Telephone Operating Companies' Continuing Property Records Audit et al. Review of Freedom of Information Action Control No. 99-163; CC Docket No. 99-117 ASD File No. 99-22. Application for Review and Review of Freedom of Information Action - US West Communications, Inc.
REVIEW OF FOIA ACTION In the Matter of MCI WorldCom, Inc. Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA Control No. 99-163/CC Docket No. 99-117). Ameritech's Application for Review of the CCB's Action Granting MCI WorldCom's FOIA Request.
In the Matter of Requests for Comment on Wireless E911 Phase I Implementation Days (CC Docket No. 94-102). Comments - The King County E911 Program.
In the Matter of Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25/RM 9208/RM 9242). Comments - Virginia Voice for the Print Handicapped, Minority Media and Telecommunicaitons Council, WLDR Sunny 102 FM, Carl Kakasuleff, Civil Rights Organizations; Erratum to Comments - The New York State Thruway Authority.
August 4
In the Matter of Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local Telecommunications Markets (WT Docket No. 99-217); Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 96-98). Comments - Ellis Erb, Inc.; Motion for Extension of Time - Electric Utilities Coalition.
In the Matter of Implementation of the Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CS Docket No. 96-85). Errata - Attorneys for National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors; National Association of Counties; United States Conference of Mayors and Montgomery County, Maryland.
In the Matter of Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming (CS Docket No. 99-230). Comments - AT&T Corporation.
In the Matter of Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25/RM 9208/RM 9242). Comments - WCPE Great Classical Music, WNPV-AM, WGAD-AM, William O. Barry, David W. Schmidt, Lawrence J. Krudwig.
In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b) Table Assignments FM Broadcast Stations (Middlebury, Berlin, and Hardwick, Vermont)(MM Docket No. 98-72/RM 9368). Notificiation of License Assignment - Bulmer Communications of Vermont, Inc.
In the Matter of Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on 711 Access to Telecommunications Relay Services (CC Docket no. 92-105/NSD File No. 24). Comments - LYNX Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b) Table of Allotments FM Broadcast Stations (Cross Plains, Texas et al.)(MM Docket No. 98-198/RM 9304). Reply Comments and Counterproposal - Wagonwheel Broadcasting of Santa Anna.