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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  3031 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 TOWN  TAXI,  INC. 
 Petition  to  Revoke  License  of  Comtronics 
 Corporation  for  Station  WPPD215,  Boston, 
 Massachusetts 


 And 
 COMTRONICS  CORPORATION 
 Licensee  of  Trunked  Industrial/  Business  Pool 
 Radio  Service  Station  WPPD215,  Boston, 
 Massachusetts 


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 ORDER  OF  MODIFICATION 
 Adopted:  December  31,  2001  Released:  January  3,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  Introduction.  In  this  Order  of  Modification,  we  modify  the  license  for  Private  Land  Mobile 
 Radio  Station  WPPD215,  Boston,  Massachusetts,  held  by  Comtronics  Corporation  (Comtronics). 
 Specifically,  we  modify  the  subject  license  by  removing  the  frequency  152.2775  MHz.  As  explained  in 
 further  detail  below,  we  take  this  action  pursuant  to  an  earlier  order  proposing  to  modify  Comtronics’s 
 license.  1 


 2.  Background.  In  the  Modification  Proposal  Order,  based  upon  our  analysis,  we  concluded  that 
 the  Comtronics  application,  the  grant  of  which  resulted  in  issuance  of  the  subject  license  for  Station 
 WPPD215,  should  not  have  been  coordinated  because  the  proposed  operations  did  not  provide  the 
 requisite  interference  protection  to  the  radio  operations  of  Town  Taxi,  Inc.  2  We  found  that  initiation  of 
 revocation  proceedings  against  Station  WPPD215  was  unnecessary  in  this  matter  because  the  Personal 
 Communications  Industry  Association  (PCIA)  proposed  changes  to  the  station  license  designed  to 
 eliminate  interference  to  the  earlier-  licensed  stations.  3  As  a  result,  we  proposed  to  modify  Comtronics’s 
 license  pursuant  to  Section  316  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  4  by  removing  frequency 


 1  See  Town  Taxi,  Inc.,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  14820  (WTB  PSPWD  2001)  (Modification 
 Proposal  Order). 


 2  Id.  at  14823  ¶  9. 
 3  Id. 
 4  47  U.  S.  C.  §  316. 
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 152.2775  MHz.  5  In  this  connection,  we  tentatively  concluded  that  the  proposed  modification  would  serve 
 the  public  interest  by  preserving  the  existing  coverage  areas  of  affected  parties  and  preventing  harmful 
 interference,  while  not  unduly  disrupting  Comtronics’  operations. 


 3.  Discussion.  A  copy  of  the  Modification  Proposal  Order  was  sent  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt 
 requested  to  Comtronics  Corporation  with  the  requirement  that  any  protest  thereto  be  submitted  within 
 thirty  days  of  its  receipt.  6  Comtronics  received  the  Modification  Proposal  Order  on  September  20,  2001. 
 Comtronics  did  not  protest  the  proposed  modification  of  its  license  within  the  requisite  time  frame.  7 
 Therefore,  Comtronics  is  deemed  to  have  consented  to  the  proposed  modification.  8  Based  on  the  record 
 in  this  matter,  we  conclude  that  it  would  be  in  the  public  interest  to  modify  Comtronics’s  license  for 
 Station  WPPD215,  Boston,  Massachusetts,  by  removing  the  frequency  152.2775  MHz.  9 


 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i)  and  316(  a)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  316(  a),  and  Section  1.87  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.87,  that  the  license  for  Station  WPPD215,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
 held  by  Comtronics  Corporation  IS  MODIFIED  effective  thirty  days  from  the  release  of  this  Order  of 
 Modification  by  removing  the  frequency  152.2775  MHz  on  the  authorization. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  this  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  shall  be  sent  by  certified 
 mail,  return  receipt  requested  to  Comtronics  Corporation,  Attention:  Catherine  Leonard,  1230  Furnace 
 Brook  Parkway,  Quincy,  Massachusetts  02169-  4718. 


 6.  This  action  is  taken  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.131  and  0.331  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  131,  0.331. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 D’wana  R.  Terry 
 Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


 5  47  U.  S.  C.  §  316(  a).  Section  316(  a)  requires  that  we  notify  the  affected  station(  s)  of  the  proposed  modification(  s), 
 the  public  interest  reasons  for  the  action,  and  afford  at  least  30  days  to  respond. 


 6  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  87(  a). 
 7  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  87(  g)(  1). 
 8  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  87(  h);  see  also  Modification  Proposal  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  at  14823  ¶  10. 
 9  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  87(  i). 
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