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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  A325 
 WASHINGTON,  DC  20554  DA  01-  174  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  January  24,  2001 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  GRANTS  CONSENT  FOR 
 ASSIGNMENT  AND  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  OF  BROADBAND  PCS  LICENSES 


 Pursuant  to  sections  4(  i)  and  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended, 
 (the  “Act”),  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  310(  d),  and  section  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  0.331,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  approves,  subject  to  the  conditions  set  forth 
 below,  the  following  applications  requesting  Commission  consent  to  assign  or  transfer  control  of 
 broadband  Personal  Communications  Services  (“  PCS”)  licenses  to  certain  subsidiaries  and 
 affiliates  of  VoiceStream  Wireless  Corporation  (“  VoiceStream”): 


 AT&  T  Wireless  PCS,  LLC  to  Omnipoint  Holdings,  Inc.  Partial  Assignment  of  KNLF249  and  KNLF253 
 File  No.  0000192987 
 DCR  PCS,  Inc.,  Debtor-  in-  Possession  to  CIVS  IV  License  Sub  I,  LLC  Assignment  of  12  broadband  PCS  licenses 
 File  No.  0000249749 
 John  S.  Boyd  to  Cook  Inlet/  VS  GSM  IV  PCS,  LLC  Transfer  of  Control  of  WPOJ697,  WPOJ698,  and  WPOJ699  (BCN 
 Communications,  L.  L.  C.) 
 File  No.  0000262664 


 AT&  T  Wireless  PCS,  LLC  to  Omnipoint  Holdings,  Inc.  Partial  Assignment  of  KNLF206  and  KNLF279 
 File  No.  0000280603 
 Our  action  here  is  without  prejudice  to  any  future  action  by  the  Commission  addressing 
 the  issue  of  VoiceStream's  foreign  ownership.  See  Letter  from  Ernest  F.  Hollings,  Ranking 
 Democrat,  Committee  on  Commerce,  Science  and  Transportation,  U.  S.  Senate  to  William  E. 
 Kennard,  Chairman,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  IB  Docket  00-  187  (filed  Nov.  30, 
 2000). 
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 Furthermore,  on  January  4,  2001,  Cook  Inlet/  VS  GSM  IV  PCS,  LLC  (“  CIVS  IV”),  CIVS 
 IV  License  Sub  I,  LLC  (“  CIVS  IV  License  Sub”),  and  BCN  Communications,  L.  L.  C.  filed  an 
 Expedited  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Under  Section  310(  b)(  4)  of  the  Communications  Act 
 of  1934,  As  Amended  (“  Expedited  Petition”).  The  Expedited  Petition  was  filed  in  anticipation  of 
 the  proposed  exercise  by  Cook  Inlet/  VS  GSM  IV  PCS  Holdings,  LLC  of  its  right  to  call 
 additional  capital  from  VoiceStream  PCS  BTA  I  Corporation,  a  wholly  owned  indirect 
 subsidiary  of  VoiceStream.  Pursuant  to  the  proposed  capital  call,  VoiceStream’s  indirect  equity 
 interest  in  CIVS  IV,  CIVS  IV  License  Sub,  and  BCN  would  increase  from  49.9  percent  to 
 approximately  85  percent.  The  Expedited  Petition  remains  pending.  See  File  No.  ISP-  PDR-20010104- 
 00001.  The  consents  granted  herein  to  CIVS  IV  and  CIVS  IV  License  Sub  (File  Nos. 
 0000249749  and  0000262664)  are  without  prejudice  to  Commission  action  on  the  Expedited 
 Petition. 


 Pursuant  to  section  1.103  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  103,  the  consents 
 granted  herein  are  effective  upon  release  of  this  Public  Notice.  Pursuant  to  sections  1.106(  f)  and 
 1.115(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.106(  f),  1.115(  a),  petitions  for  reconsideration 
 and  applications  for  review  may  be  filed  within  thirty  days  of  the  release  of  this  public  notice. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Lauren  Kravetz  and  John  Branscome,  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  at  (202)  418-  7240. 


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