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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  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  02-  1258 
 May  24,  2002 


 AUCTION  OF  MULTICHANNEL  VIDEO  DISTRIBUTION  AND  DATA  SERVICES  LICENSES 
 Notice  of  Auction  Scheduled  for  February  12,  2003 
 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  announces  an  auction  of  Multichannel  Video  Distribution  and  Data  Service  (“  MVDDS”)  licenses  to  begin  on  February  12,  2003. 
 This  auction  will  include  354  Component  Economic  Area  licenses  for  operation  on  frequencies  12.2–  12.7  GHz.  A  preliminary  list  of  licenses  available  for  auction  is  included  as  Attachment  A.  Future  public 
 notices  will  seek  comment  on  specific  terms  and  conditions  for  this  auction.  The  key  dates  are  listed  below: 


 Auction  Seminar:  December  11,  2002  Short  Form  Deadline:  December  20,  2002 
 (FCC  175  Application)  Upfront  Payment  Deadline:  January  17,  2003 
 Mock  Auction:  February  7,  2003  Auction  Begins:  February  12,  2003 


 For  further  clarification,  please  refer  to  Amendment  of  Parts  2  and  25  of  the  Commission's  Rules  to  Permit  Operation  of  NGSO  FSS  Systems  Co-  Frequency  with  GSO  and  Terrestrial  Systems  in  the  Ku-Band 
 Frequency  Range;  Amendment  of  the  Commission's  Rules  to  Authorize  Subsidiary  Terrestrial  Use  of  the  12.2-  12.7  GHz  Band  by  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  Licensees  and  Their  Affiliates;  and  Applications 
 of  Broadwave  USA,  PDC  Broadband  Corporation,  and  Satellite  Receivers,  Ltd.  to  Provide  A  Fixed  Service  in  the  12.2-  12.7  GHz  Band,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  and  Second  Report  and  Order, 
 FCC  02-  116,  ET  Docket  No.  98-  206  (rel.  May  23,  2002). 
 See  also  Amendment  of  Part  1  of  the  Commission's  Rules  -  Competitive  Bidding  Procedures,  WT  Docket  No.  97-  82,  Order,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  and  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  12  FCC  Rcd 
 5686  (1997);  Amendment  of  Part  1  of  the  Commission's  Rules  -  Competitive  Bidding  Procedures,  Allocation  of  Spectrum  Below  5  GHz  Transferred  from  Federal  Government  Use,  Third  Report  and 
 Order  and  Second  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  13  FCC  Rcd  374  (1997)  (modified  by  Erratum,  DA  98-  419  (rel.  Mar.  2,  1998));  Amendment  of  Part  1  of  the  Commission's  Rules  -  Competitive 
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 Bidding  Procedures,  Order  on  Reconsideration  of  the  Third  Report  and  Order,  Fifth  Report  and  Order,  and  Fourth  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  15  FCC  Rcd  15293  (2000);  Amendment  of  Part  1 
 of  the  Commission's  Rules  -  Competitive  Bidding  Procedures,  Seventh  Report  and  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  17546  (2001);  Amendment  of  Part  1  of  the  Commission's  Rules  -  Competitive  Bidding  Procedures, 
 Eighth  Report  and  Order,  17  FCC  Rcd  2962  (Feb  13,  2002). 
 Media  Contact:  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau:  Jennifer  Burton,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division  at  (202)  418-  0680 
 Brian  Carter,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division  at  (202)  418-  0660. 


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