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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  Fax-  On-  Demand:  (202)  418-  0177  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  02-  1092  May  10,  2002 
 REMINDERS  FOR  BROADBAND  LICENSING  SYSTEM  FILERS 
 All  Broadband  Licensing  System  (BLS)  filers  are  reminded  of  the  mandatory  requirement  to  obtain  an  FCC  Registration  Number  (FRN)  by  filing  in  the  Commission  Registration  System 
 (CORES).  An  FRN  must  be  obtained  prior  to  filing  applications  and/  or  fees  for  the  BLS  services,  including  the  Instructional  Television  Fixed  Service  and  the  Multipoint  Distribution 
 Service.  These  applicants  are  also  reminded  that  any  manually  paid  fee  for  an  electronically  filed  application  must  be  received  by  the  Commission  within  10  days  of  the  receipt  of  the 
 electronically  filed  application. 
 On  August  24,  2001,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  adopted  a  rule  requiring  a  mandatory  FRN  effective  December  3,  2001.  All  parties  and  entities  must  obtain  this  unique 
 identifying  number  and  supply  it  when  doing  business  with  the  Commission.  Failure  to  provide  the  FRN  may  delay  the  processing  of  the  application.  This  requirement  is  to  facilitate 
 compliance  with  the  Debt  Collection  Improvement  Act  of  1996  (DCIA). 
 The  FRN  may  be  obtained  electronically  through  the  FCC  webpage  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  (click  on  Commission  Registration  System)  or  by  manually  submitting  FCC  Form  160  (CORES 
 Registration  Form).  FCC  Form  160  is  available  from  the  FCC’s  web  site  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  formpage.  html,  by  calling  the  FCC’s  Forms  Distribution  Center  800-  418- 
 FORM  (3676),  or  from  fax-  on-  demand  by  dialing  (202)  418-  0177. 
 Applications,  amendments  thereto,  and  related  statements  of  fact  required  by  the  Commission  must  be  submitted  with  original  signatures  pursuant  to  47  CFR  §  73.3513(  c)  and  21.6(  d)  at  the 
 time  of  filing. 
 Please  address  any  questions  concerning  this  Public  Notice  to  the  Consumer  and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  at  888-  CALLFCC  (888-  225-  5322). 
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