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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  TWELFTH  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  00-  842  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  April  13,  2000 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Establishes  Pleading  Cycle  for  Request 
 for  Authorization  to  Participate  in  the  AirCell  System 
 On  December  24,  1998,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (Bureau)  issued  an  order  granting,  in  part,  AirCell,  Inc.  's  (AirCell)  Petition  for  Waiver.  1  In  that  order,  the  Bureau  granted  a  request 
 for  waiver  of  section  22.925  of  the  Commission's  rules,  2  subject  to  certain  conditions.  In  the  AirCell 
 Order,  the  Bureau  stated  that  future  cellular  operators  seeking  to  become  participants  in  the  AirCell  system  must  file  requests  for  waiver. 


 On  March  20,  2000,  AirCell  and  California  RSA  No.  3,  Limited  Partnership,  a  California  Limited  Partnership  d/  b/  a  Golden  State  Cellular,  filed  a  petition  for  waiver  of  section  22.925  and  for  authorization 
 to  participate  in  the  AirCell  system. 
 The  deadline  for  filing  Oppositions  to  this  waiver  request  is  April  27,  2000.  The  deadline  for 
 filing  Replies  to  any  Oppositions  is  May  4,  2000. 


 As  with  all  other  matters  associated  with  the  AirCell  proceeding,  3  including  previous  waiver  petitions,  this  waiver  request  will  be  treated,  for 
 ex  parte  purposes,  as  a  "permit-  but-  disclose"  proceeding,  subject  to  the  applicable  requirements  set  forth  under  Section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission's  rules, 


 47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b),  as  revised. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Wilbert  E.  Nixon,  Jr.,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Commercial  Wireless  Division  at  202-  418-  0620. 


 1  See  In  re  AirCell,  Inc.,  Petition,  Pursuant  to  Section  7  of  the  Act,  For  a  Waiver  of  the  Airborne  Cellular 
 Rule,  or  in  the  Alternative,  For  a  Declaratory  Ruling,  Order,  DA  98-  2590  (Dec.  24,  1998)  (AirCell  Order). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  22.925.  Section  22.925  prohibits  the  airborne  use  of  cellular  telephones. 


 3  See  "Commission  Requests  Comment  on  a  Petition  for  Waiver  of  Rules  to  Permit  Airborne  Operation 
 of  Specially  Designed  Terminal  Equipment  in  the  Cellular  Radiotelephone  Service,"  DA  97-  2309,  Public  Notice 
 (rel.  Oct.  31,  1997). 
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