*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 10150.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION News Media Information: (202) 418- 0500 445 12th STREET, S. W. Fax- On- Demand: (202) 418- 2830 WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov DA 01- 1546 July 11, 2001 AUCTION OF LICENSES FOR 747- 762 AND 777- 792 MHz BANDS (AUCTION No. 31) IS POSTPONED Report No. AUC- 01- 31- B (Auction No. 31) The auction of licenses in the 747- 762 and 777- 792 MHz bands (Auction No. 31), previously scheduled to begin on September 12, 2001, will be delayed pending Commission resolution of petitions for reconsideration and clarification of the Commission’s Third Report and Order in WT Docket No. 99- 168, CS Docket No. 98- 120, and MM Docket No. 00- 39. 1 Upon release of the Commission’s order acting on those petitions for reconsideration, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will release a public notice announcing key dates for Auction No. 31. Action by Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau For further information, contact Howard Davenport or William Huber, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Legal Branch at (202) 418- 0660. - FCC - 1 Service Rules for the 746- 764 and 776- 794 MHz Bands, and Revisions to Part 27 of the Commission’s Rules; Carriage of the Transmissions of Digital Television Broadcast Stations; Review of the Commission’s Rules Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television, WT Docket No. 99- 168, CS Docket No. 98- 120, MM Docket No. 00- 39, Third Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 2703 (2001). Shortly after receiving petitions for reconsideration and clarification of this decision, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau established a pleading cycle with respect to those filings. See Pleading Cycle Established for Responses to Petitions For Reconsideration of the Third Report and Order in WT Docket No. 99- 168, CS Docket No. 98- 120, and MM Docket No. 00- 39, Public Notice, DA 01- 788 (March 29, 2001). That Public Notice also identifies the parties that filed petitions, and provides instructions for obtaining copies of those filings. 1