DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 18, No. 41                                              March 3,1999

**Before an entry denotes that the item is part of the FCC's implementation of the 1996 Telecom Act. While we will attempt to flag all Telecom Act-related items, this marking is unofficial and informational only.

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NEWS RELEASES

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AMATEUR STATION SEQUENTIALLY ASSIGNED CALL SIGNS. WTB Contact: Bill Cross at (202) 418-0660. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/News_Releases/1999/nrwl9009.wp

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Report No: IHF-00002. Released: March 3, 1999. INTERNATIONAL HIGH FREQUENCY RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Contact: Tom Polzin at (202) 418-2148.

Released: March 3, 1999. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - MARCH 2. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt030299.pdf

Report No: N-108-A. Released: March 3, 1999. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATONS FILED UNDER RULES PART 68. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Part68_Actions/1999/03mar99r.txt

Report No: 3669. Released: March 3, 1999. CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ACTION - COMMISSION APPROVES TRANSFER OF CONTROL FROM TCI TO AT&T - CS DOCKET NO. 98-178. Contact: Darlene Reeder, WTB at (717) 338-2673. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1999/da990388.wp

Released: March 3, 1999. CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ACTION - COSERV, L.L.C. FILES AN APPLICATION FOR OPEN VIDEO SYSTEM CERTIFICATION. (DA No. 99-436). Contact: Sunil Dalevoy at (202) 418-1032; TTY: (202) 418-7172. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1999/da990436.wp

Report No: SES-00056. Released: March 3, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION RE: ACTIONS TAKEN. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9044.pdf

Report No: SES-00057. Released: March 3, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9045.pdf

Report No: 44440. Released: March 3, 1999. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990303.txt

Report No: 24440. Released: March 3, 1999. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990303.txt

Released: March 3, 1999. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe, Office of the Secretary, at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/1999/ex990303.html

Report No: 166. Released: March 3, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9053.pdf

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TEXTS

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CABLE ONE. Denied complaint filed against Cable One's July 1, 1998, rate increase for cable programming services tier in Santa Rosa, CA. Denied operator's Petition for Reconsideraiton of DA 96-591 and found additional refund liability from May 15, 1994, through July 13, 1994. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: February 25, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-403). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990403.wp

NORTHLAND CABLE TELEVISION, INC. Granted Petition for Reconsideration filed by Northland Cable Television and denied complaint filed against Northland Cable concerning its charges for cable programming services tier in Moses Lake, WA. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: February 22, 1999. by Order on Recon. (DA No. 99-390). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990390.wp

MEDIAONE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC. Denied complaint filed against Mediaone of Massachusetts, Inc.'s July 1, 1998, rate change for cable programming services tier in the Town of Andover, MA. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: February 24, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-392). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990392.wp

COMCAST CABLEVISION OF INDIANA. Denied complaint filed against Comcast Cablevision of Indiana's November 1, 1998, rate increase for cable programming services tier in the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: February 25, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-402). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990402.wp

COMCAST CABLEVISION OF MACOMB, INC. Denied complaint filed against Comcast Cablevision of Macomb, Inc.'s cable programming services tier rate in Macomb, MI. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: February 22, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-389). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990389.wp

COMCAST CABLEVISION OF WEST FLORIDA, INC. Denied complaint filed against Comcast Cablevision of West Florida's November, 1, 1998, rate increase for cable programming services tier in Sarasota, Florida. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: February 25, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-401). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990401.wp

MT. LEBANON CABLEVISION, INC. D/B/A ADELPHIA CABLE COMMUNICATIONS. Denied complaint filed against Mt. Lebanon Cablevision, Inc.'s d/b/a Adelphia Cable Communications' August 1, 1998, rate change for cable programming services tier rate in Mt. Lebanon, PA. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: February 22, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-391). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990391.wp

IMPSAT USA, INC. Granted IMPSAT USA, Inc's request that the Commission remove the settlement rate condition from its authorization, pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, to provide facilities-based services between the United States and Italy. Action by Chief, Telecommunications Division. Adopted: March 1, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-376). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/da990376.wp

AT&T CORP./ MCI WORLDCOM, INC. Approved in part the petitions of AT&T Corp. and MCI WorldCom, Inc. to decrease their accounting rates for international switched voice and switched digital service with Singapore, and of AT&T to decrease its accounting rates for international switched voice service with Brunei and Taiwan. Action by Chief, Telecommunications Division. Adopted: March 2, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-431). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/da990431.wp

KUSK(TV), PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. Issued $8,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against KISK(TV), Prescott, Arizona, for repeated violations of the Commission's rule limiting the amount of commercial matter that may be aired during children's programming; granted KUSK(TV)'s license renewal application. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: March 2, 1999. by Letter. (DA No. 99-437). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da990437.wp

TRI-STATES PCS, INC. Granted Tri-States' Emergency Petition for Waiver requesting permission to amend its short-form application for participation in Auction 22 to delete from its application spectrum returned to the Commission by Tri-States' affiliate DiGiPH PCS, Inc. This amendment will make Tri-States' short-form application accepted for filing. Action by Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division. by Letter. (DA No. 99-423). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990423.wp

AMENDMENT OF PART 87 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES - INVOLVING RADIO TECHNOLOGIES AND AVIATION SERVICES AND AMENDMENT OF PART 17 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES INVOLVING ANTENNA CONSTRUCTION, MARKING AND LIGHTING. Amended Part 87 of the Commission's rules to implement state-of-the-art radio technologies and promote operational flexibility in the Aviation Services. Amended Part 17 of the Commission's rules to incorporate by reference two recently revised Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circulars. As a result, this action unifies federal guidelines concerning the painting and lighting of antenna structures. Dkt No.: WT- 96-1, WT- 96-211. Action by the Commission. Adopted: February 25, 1999. by R&O. (FCC No. 99-40). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/fcc99040.wp

ADDENDA: The following items, released March 2, 1999, did not appear in Digest No. 40:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Released: March 2, 1999. CORRECTION TO "FCC TO HOLD SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN SERIES ON TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR INDIANS ON RESERVATIONS SET FOR MARCH 23 IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA (BO DOCKET NO. 99-11).Comment period closes May 28, 1999. (DA No. 99-430). Contact: OCBO: Eric Jensen at (202) 418-0990 or Belford Lawson at (202) 418-7264; CCB: William Kehoe at (202) 418-7122. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OCBO/da990430.wp

Released: March 2, 1999. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe, Office of the Secretary at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/1999/ex990302.html

Report No: 2030. Released: March 2, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS.

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SINTRA CAPITAL CORPORATION. Denied Sintra Capital Corporation's Petition for Reconsideration of the dismissal of its application requesting authorization to operate systems in the 38.6 to 40.0 GHz band in the area of Waco, Texas. Action by Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division. Adopted: March 1, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-422). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990422.wp

ADDENDA: The following items, released February 25, 1999, did not appear in Digest No. 37:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Report No: 2029. Released: February 25, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS.