PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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                                                     DA 98-2582
                                              December 23, 1998
                                
         ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENT WAIVED FOR THE  
           LOCATION AND MONITORING SERVICE AUCTION  
                                
Report No. AUC-98-21-E (Auction No. 21)

          By public notice dated November 10, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
("Bureau") postponed the commencement of the multilateration Location and Monitoring
Service ("LMS") auction to February 23, 1999.  Thus, the short-form (FCC Form 175)
application deadline was postponed from November 16, 1998 to January 25, 1999.  As a result
of this postponement, applicants are now required to file applications electronically.

     In order to avoid any uncertainty regarding filing requirements that may result from
this postponement, the Bureau hereby waives the electronic filing requirement for LMS short-form applications and will accept manually-filed applications.  Nevertheless, the Bureau
strongly encourages potential applicants to utilize electronic filing for the filing of their short-form applications.  The electronic filing of short-form applications is in the best interest of
auction participants, as well as members of the public monitoring Commission auctions.  The
electronic filing requirement for long-form applications remains in force.      

     The window for filing the FCC Form 175 is now open and will remain open until 5:30
p.m. ET on January 25, 1999.  All previously filed electronic applications will remain intact. 


Action by Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.



     Copies of the LMS Postponement Public Notice and this public notice may be obtained
from the Commission's duplicating contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS),
2131 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202)857-3800.  Copies are also available
for public inspection in the Public Reference Room, Room 5608, 2025 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554, and the FCC World Wide Web Auctions site at
http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/auctions.         

For further information:  Media Contact:  Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654.
Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:  Kenneth
Burnley, Legal Branch at (202) 418-0660; Kathryn Garland, Operations at (717) 338-2801.


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