*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 10118.doc* 1 PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET, S. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554 DA 01- 1624 News media information 202/ 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202/ 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Released: July 11, 2001 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU UPDATES ITS LICENSING RECORDS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES FOR BROADBAND PCS C, D, E and F BLOCK LICENSES The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has updated its licensing records consistent with 47 C. F. R. § 24. 203. Prior to the update many Broadband PCS licenses (i. e., some C block licenses and all D, E, and F block licenses) were inadvertently issued with a first (five- year) and a second (ten-year) construction deadline. The second deadline has been removed from licenses that have construction requirements pursuant to 47 C. F. R. § 24. 203( b) and therefore have only one (five- year) construction deadline. The updated licenses include 10 MHz C block licenses 1 won in Auction No. 35; all D, E, and F block licenses; and 15 MHz C block licenses resulting from disaggregation pursuant to the C block restructuring options 2 and either retained by electors or won in Auction No. 22 or 35. No updates were necessary for A or B block licenses or 30 MHz C block licenses. The Bureau will not reissue the updated licenses. However, a Duplicate License (DU) may be obtained, free of charge, by submitting a request to the Bureau via the Universal Licensing System (ULS). Please note: if the address of record in ULS needs to be updated, you must first file an Administrative Update (AU) to change the address of record prior to submitting the request for a Duplicate License. Below is a brief overview regarding how to submit a DU and an AU request via ULS. The following are the steps necessary to request a DU via ULS. x Login to ULS using the licensee TIN and password and hit Continue. x Select “Duplicate License” as the application purpose and hit Continue. x Select the appropriate call signs for which a duplicate license is requested, provide an electronic signature and hit Duplicate. This will submit the request to the Bureau. x Click on the file number( s) for a printed version of the DU request. 1 See Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licenses, WT Docket No. 97- 82, Sixth Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 16,266 (2000). 2 See Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licenses, WT Docket No. 97- 82, Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 8345 (1998); Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licenses, WT Docket No. 97- 82, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 16,436 (1997). 1 2 The following are the steps necessary to request an AU via ULS. x Login to ULS using the licensee TIN and password and hit Continue. x Select “Administrative Update” as the application purpose and hit Continue. x Select the appropriate call signs to update, provide an electronic signature and hit Continue. This will provide the fields that can be updated. x Update the relevant fields and hit Continue. This will submit the request to the Bureau. x Click on the file number( s) for a printed version of the AU request. For additional information regarding this matter, contact James Brown of the Bureau’s Commercial Wireless Division at (202) 418- 1546 or jkbrown@ fcc. gov. 2