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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  No.  01-  1932 
 August  15,  2001 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  SERVICE  GRANTS  321  RENEWALS  IN  THE  CF  RADIO  SERVICE 


 Under  the  Commission’s  previous  rules,  all  common  carrier  39  GHz  licensees  who  were  licensed  before 
 August  1,  1996  were  subject  to  a  fixed  license  term  ending  February  1,  2001,  regardless  of  the  grant  date 
 of  their  individual  licenses.  1  In  the  39  GHz  R&  O,  the  Commission  adopted  performance  rules  that 
 required  39  GHz  licensees  to  demonstrate  substantial  service  in  order  to  obtain  license  renewal.  2  The 
 purpose  of  the  substantial  service  showing  is  to  ensure  “that  service  is  being  provided  to  the  public.”  3 
 The  Commission  stated  that  one  example  of  a  substantial  service  showing  might  consist  of  four  links  per 
 million  population  within  a  39  GHz  licensee’s  service  area.  4 


 By  this  Public  Notice,  we  announce  the  grant  of  the  321  renewal  applications  listed  in  Attachment  A. 
 Given  the  Commission’s  suggestion  that  the  existence  of  four  links  per  million  population  within  a 
 service  area  might  constitute  substantial  service,  we  believe  that  licensees  providing  at  least  one  link  for 
 each  250,000  people  located  within  their  service  area  are  operating  at  the  link-  to-  population  ratio 
 suggested  by  the  Commission.  These  applicants  have  demonstrated  that  they  have  at  least  one  link  for 
 each  250,000  people  located  within  their  service  area.  We  therefore  conclude  that  these  applicants  have 
 made  a  sufficient  substantial  service  showing. 


 We  grant  these  applications  pursuant  to  Section  309(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended, 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  309(  a),  and  Section  0.331  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.  331,  because  it  will  serve 
 the  public  interest,  convenience  and  necessity. 


 For  further  information,  the  news  media  should  contact  Meribeth  McCarrick,  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  0654.  For  questions  regarding  legal  matters  and  licensing 
 issues,  contact  Roberto  Mussenden,  Esq.,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Public  Safety  and 
 Private  Wireless  Division,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  at  (202)  418-  0680. 


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


 1  See  Amendment  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  Regarding  the  37.  0-  38.  6  GHz  and  38.  6-  40.0  GHz  Bands,  Report  and 
 Order  and  Second  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  12  FCC  Rcd  18600,  18620-  18621  ¶  36  (1997)  (39  GHz  R&  O). 
 2  Id.  at  12  FCC  Rcd  18623,  ¶  41.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  101.  17. 


 3  39  GHz  R&  O,  12  FCC  Rcd  at  18624,  ¶  46. 
 4  Id.  at  12  FCC  Rcd  18625,  ¶  46. 
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