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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2  TTY  202  /  418-  2  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc  ftp  fcc 
 DA  01-  1474 
 Released:  June  22,  2001 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  THAT  FOREST  INDUSTRIES  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  IS  CERTIFIED  AS  A  FREQUENCY 
 COORDINATOR  FOR  800/  900  MHz  BUSINESS  AND  INDUSTRIAL/  LAND  TRANSPORTATION  FREQUENCIES 


 On  April  18,  2001,  the  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau  (Bureau),  released  an  Order  finding  it  in  the  public  interest  to  expand  competition  among 
 frequency  coordinators  in  the  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  private  land  mobile  radio  (PLMR)  frequencies.  1 
 Additionally,  the  Division  concluded  that  United  Telecom  Council  (UTC),  the  Industrial 
 Telecommunications  Association,  Inc.  (ITA),  the  Personal  Communications  Industry  Association,  Inc. 
 (PCIA),  and  MRFAC,  Inc.  (MRFAC)  -  -  each  of  which  was  already  certified  as  a  frequency  advisory 
 committee  (FAC)  for  the  Industrial/  Business  (I/  B)  Pool  of  PLMR  frequencies  below  512  MHz,  and  each 
 of  which  had  requested  certification  for  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  bands  -  -  were  qualified  to  be  FACs  for 
 800  MHz  and  900  MHz  Business  and  Industrial/  Land  Transportation  (I/  LT)  frequencies.  2  Consequently, 
 UTC,  ITA,  PCIA,  and  MRFAC  were  certified  to  coordinate  those  PLMR  frequencies. 


 Other  FACs  currently  certified  to  coordinate  below  512  MHz  I/  B  frequencies  were  invited  to  perform  the 
 same  function  for  frequencies  in  the  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  Business  and  I/  LT  categories.  3  They  were 
 provided  with  forty-  five  days  from  the  date  the  Order  was  released  (April  18,  2002)  to  notify  the  Bureau 
 of  their  intention  to  coordinate  these  frequencies.  4  The  forty-  five  days  has  elapsed  with  only  one  other 
 FAC  indicating  interest  in  coordinating  the  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  PLMR  frequencies.  Specifically,  by 
 correspondence  dated  April  25,  2001,  Forest  Industries  Telecommunications  (FIT)  has  provided  the 
 required  notification.  5  We  hereby  certify  FIT  to  coordinate  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  Business  and  I/  LT 
 channels. 


 1  In  the  Matter  of  United  Telecom  Council,  Informal  Request  for  Certification  as  a  Frequency  Coordinator  in  the 
 PLMR  800  MHz  and  900  MHz  Bands,  Order,  DA  01-  944,  ¶  9  (WTB  PSPWD  2001). 
 2  Id.,¶¶  11,  18. 


 3  Id.,  ¶  13. 
 4  Id.,  ¶  18. 
 5  See  Letter  from  Paul  J.  Feldman,  Counsel  for  Forest  Industries  Telecommunications  to  D’wana  Terry,  Chief, 
 Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Federal  Communications 
 Commission  (dated  April  25,  2001). 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Freda  Lippert  Thyden,  Esq.,  of  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  Public 
 Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  0680,  TTY 
 (202)  418-  7233,  fthyden@  fcc.  gov. 


 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 
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