PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News Media Information: (202) 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov DA 98-792 April 24, 1998 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (GWCS) AUCTION GWCS Auction Originally Scheduled for May 27 Report No. AUC-98-19-B (Auction No. 19) The General Wireless Communications Service ("GWCS") auction, previously scheduled to begin May 27, 1998, will be postponed until further notice. The Commission will not accept short-form applications (FCC Form 175); any such applications on file will be returned. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will announce a revised schedule for the GWCS auction, including revised short-form filing and upfront payment deadlines, in subsequent public notices. To keep apprised of the FCC's auction schedule, reports and orders, public notices, and all other relevant auction-related documents, the FCC strongly advises that all interested parties regularly visit its Internet web site. The World Wide Web address for the Auctions Home Page is: http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/auctions.html. For further information contact Kathy Garland or Arthur Lechtman, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0660. Media Contact: Meribeth McCarrick, 418-0654. -FCC-