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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  445  12th  St.  SW  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  01-  208 
 Released:  January  26,  2001 


 JOSEPH  J.  SIMONS,  TRUSTEE,  SEEKS  EXTENSION  OF 
 WIRELESS  ASSETS  TRUST 


 On  June  26,  2000,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  granted  consent  for  Bell 
 Atlantic  Corporation,  now  known  as  Verizon  Communications,  Inc.  (“  Verizon”),  GTE  Corporation 
 (“  GTE”),  and  Vodafone  AirTouch  Plc  (“  Vodafone”)  to  place  certain  wireless  licenses  in  trust  for  purposes 
 of  divestiture.  See  In  re  Applications  of  GTE  Corporation,  Vodafone  AirTouch  PLC,  and  Bell  Atlantic 
 Corporation  for  Consent  to  Transfer  Control  of  or  Assign  Properties  to  Divestiture  Trust  and  for 
 temporary  Waivers  of  the  CMRS  Spectrum  Cap  Rule,  DA  00-  1414  (WTB,  rel.  June  26,  2000)  (“  Trust 
 Order”).  On  August  29,  2000,  wireless  assets  for  operations  in  Chicago  and  Cincinnati,  including  PCS 
 licenses,  were  transferred  to  trusts  administered  by  the  approved  trustee,  Joseph  J.  Simons,  Esq. 
 (“  Trustee”).  Pursuant  to  the  Trust  Order,  any  such  divestiture  trust  was  limited  to  180  days  duration. 
 On  January  12,  2001,  the  Trustee  formally  requested  that  the  Commission  extend  the  permitted  duration  of 
 these  two  trustee  for  an  additional  180  days  beyond  current  the  February  26,  2001  expiration  date. 


 Interested  parties  are  invited  to  comment  concerning  the  Trustee’s  request  by  February  2, 
 2001.  Reply  submissions  are  due  by  February  7,  2001. 


 All  submissions  in  this  matter  must  be  filed  with  the  Commission’s  Secretary,  Magalie  Roman 
 Salas,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  B204,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  in  accordance  with  Section  1.51(  c)  of 
 the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.51(  c).  In  addition,  one  copy  of  each  pleading  must  be  delivered 
 to  each  of  the  following  locations:  (1)  the  Commission’s  duplicating  contractor,  International 
 Transcription  Services,  Inc.  (“  ITS”),  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  B402,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554; 
 (2)  Office  of  Public  Affairs,  Reference  Operations  Division,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  A257, 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  (3)  Lauren  Kravetz,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  4-  A163,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  and  (4) 
 John  Branscome,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau,  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.,  Room  4-  B442,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 


 Copies  of  the  trustee’s  request  and  any  subsequently-  filed  documents  in  this  matter  may  be 
 obtained  from  ITS  and  are  also  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  normal  reference  room 
 hours  at  the  following  Commission  office:  Office  of  Public  Affairs,  Reference  Operations  Division,  445 
 12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  A257,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  In  addition,  the  request  is  available 
 electronically  on  the  Commission’s  website  as  an  attachment  to  ULS  file  numbers  0000123051  and 
 0000123071. 


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