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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1380 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  re  Application  of  ) 
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 SKYTEL  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.  )  File  No.  0000116397 
 ) 
 for  Authorization  to  Operate  in  ) 
 the  Air-  Ground  Radiotelephone  ) 
 Service  on  the  454.875  MHz  ) 
 Channel  at  New  London,  CT  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  8,  2001  Released:  June  11,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau: 


 1.  On  April  25,  2000,  Skytel  Communications,  Inc.  (“  Skytel”)  filed  the  above-captioned 
 application.  On  May  19,  2000,  Stratophone,  LLC  (“  Stratophone”)  filed  a  request  to 
 dismiss  the  application  1  on  the  ground  that  the  proposed  transmitter  is  within  800  kilometers  (497 
 miles)  of  Stratophone’s  existing  transmitter  in  violation  of  section  22.813(  a)  of  the  Commission’s 
 rules.  2  Subsequently,  on  May  23,  2000,  Skytel  withdrew  its  application,  rendering  Stratophone’s 
 request  moot. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  sections  4(  i)  and  309(  d)  of  the 
 Communications  Act,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  309(  d),  and  section  0.331  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.  331,  the  request  to  dismiss  filed  by  Stratophone,  LLC  on  May 
 19,  2000,  IS  DISMISSED  as  moot. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Paul  D’Ari 
 Chief,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch 
 Commercial  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


 1  Request  to  Dismiss  at  1. 
 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  22.  813(  a). 
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