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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-  1294  May  31,  2002 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  IMPLEMENTS  REVOCATION  OF  CELLULAR  CALL  SIGN  KNKN271  (NM3  RSA);  PHASE  II  UNSERVED  AREA 
 APPLICATION  RULES  TO  BE  APPLIED 


 The  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (Bureau)  has  implemented  the  Commission’s  revocation  of  cellular  call  sign  KNKN271,  held  by  Alee  Cellular  Communications  (Alee)  for  the 
 New  Mexico  3  RSA,  Market  555A  (NM3).  This  action  was  taken  pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  order  in  In  re  Applications  of  ALGREG  Cellular  Engineering,  et  al.,  Memorandum  Opinion  and 
 Order,  12  FCC  Rcd  8148,  8172-  8181  (1997)  (Algreg  I),  pet.  for  recon.  denied,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  and  Order  on  Reconsideration,  14  FCC  Rcd  18524,  18533-  18535  (1999) 
 (Algreg  II),  aff’d,  Alee  Cellular  Communications  v.  FCC,  No.  99-  1460  (D.  C.  Cir.  Jan.  30,  2001),  pet.  for  rehearing  denied  (D.  C.  Cir.  Apr.  5,  2001),  pet.  for  writ  of  cert.  denied  (S.  Ct.  Oct.  9, 
 2001). 
 The  Bureau  also  has  granted  special  temporary  authority  to  Alee  to  continue  to  operate  its  cellular  system  in  the  NM3  RSA  for  the  lesser  of  180  days  from  May  30,  2002,  or  60  days 


 following  receipt  of  written  notification  from  a  new  licensee  authorized  to  provide  service  in  any  part  of  Alee’s  currently  authorized  cellular  geographic  service  area  in  the  NM3  RSA. 


 Pursuant  to  section  22.949(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  22.949(  b),  the  area  previously  licensed  to  Alee  under  call  sign  KNKN271  is  now  subject  to  the  Phase  II  cellular 
 unserved  area  application  rules  contained  in  Part  22  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  Specifically,  since  the  Phase  I  unserved  area  licensing  period  has  expired,  interested  parties  may  file  an 
 application  under  section  22.949(  b),  and  we  invite  them  to  do  so.  Any  such  application  must  protect  any  previously  authorized  cellular  geographic  service  area  (CGSA)  extensions  into  the 
 NM3  service  area  for  systems  operating  on  cellular  channel  block  A.  Phase  II  unserved  area  applications  may  propose  only  one  CGSA  per  application,  and  may  propose  de  minimis  and 
 contract  service  area  boundary  (SAB)  extensions.  Any  mutually  exclusive  Phase  II  applications  for  this  market  will  be  processed  in  accordance  with  section  22.131  of  the  Commission’s  rules, 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  22.131. 
 For  further  information,  please  contact  Kathy  Harris  at  202.418.0609. 
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