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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  00-  1189  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  May  31,  2000 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  SEEKS  COMMENT  ON  APPLICATION  OF  INTERACTIVE  WIRELESS  ACCESS,  INC.,  FOR  TEMPORARY  USE  OF  218-  219  MHZ  SERVICE 


 FREQUENCIES  IN  NORWALK,  CONNECTICUT 


 Comment  Date:  June  30,  2000  Reply  Date:  July  17,  2000 
 On  April  6,  2000,  Interactive  Wireless  Access,  Inc.,  (Interactive)  applied  for  temporary  use  of  frequency  block  “A”  of  the  218-  219  MHz  Service  in  the  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  market  to  operate  a  private  radio  system 
 using  automated  utility  meter  reading  technology.  Interactive  notes  that  this  frequency  block  is  not  available  for  grant  of  an  initial  license  at  this  time,  and  requests  temporary  use  thereof  until  such  time  as  the  Commission 
 grants  a  license. 
 The  218-  219  MHz  Service  is  a  short-  distance  communications  service  that  allows  one-  and/  or  two-  way  communications  for  both  common  carrier  and  private  operations  on  a  fixed  or  mobile  basis.  The  frequencies 
 subject  to  Interactive’s  application  –  the  218.0-  218.5  MHz  frequency  block  in  Market  M042,  the  Bridgeport-Stanford-  Norwalk-  Danbury  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area  –  are  unlicensed. 


 Interactive  contends  that  the  public  would  benefit  if  it  were  allowed  to  use  the  frequencies  on  an  experimental  and  temporary  basis  because  these  frequencies  will  not  be  used  until  such  time  that  the  Commission 
 conducts  another  auction  for  licenses  in  the  218-  219  MHz  Service.  We  seek  comment  on  Interactive’s  proposed  use  of  frequency  block  “A”  in  the  218-  219  MHz  Service. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  addressing  Interactive’s  application  on  or  before  June  29,  2000.  Parties  interested  in  submitting  reply  comments  must  do  so  on  or  before  July  14,  2000.  All  comments  should 
 reference  the  subject  application,  include  the  DA  number  of  this  Public  Notice,  and  should  be  filed  with  the  Office  of  the  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  325,  Washington, 
 D.  C.  20054.  A  copy  of  each  filing  should  be  sent  to  International  Transcription  Services,  Inc.  (ITS),  1231  20  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20036,  (202)  857-  3800,  and  to  Jamison  Prime,  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  4-  A734,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 


 The  full  text  of  the  application,  comments  and  reply  comments  will  be  available  for  inspection  and  duplication  during  regular  business  hours  in  the  Reference  Information  Center  (RIC)  of  the  Consumer 
 Information  Bureau  (CIB),  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  A257.  Copies  may  also  be  obtained  from  ITS.  For  further  information  regarding  the  public  reference  file  for  this 
 application  contact  Maria  Ringold,  Chief,  Wireless  Branch,  RIC,  (202)  418-  0271. 
 Unless  otherwise  provided,  applications  are  subject  to  treatment  by  the  Commission  as  restricted  proceedings  for  ex  parte  purposes  under  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1208.  Because  of  the  policy  implications  and  potential 
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 impact  of  this  proceeding  on  persons  not  parties  to  the  application,  we  believe  it  would  be  in  the  public  interest  to  treat  this  matter  as  a  permit-  but-  disclose  proceeding  under  the  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200(  a), 
 1.1206.  Therefore,  subsequent  to  the  release  of  this  Public  Notice,  ex  parte  presentations  that  are  made  with  respect  to  the  issues  involved  in  the  subject  application  will  be  allowed  but  must  be  disclosed  in  accordance  with 
 the  requirements  of  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 
 For  further  information,  contact  Jamison  Prime  of  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch  of  the  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  0680  or  via  email  to 
 jprime@  fcc.  gov. 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 
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