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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  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  02-  1313 
 June  5,  2002 


 SETTLEMENT  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  ACS  WIRELESS  SUB,  INC.  AND  COPPER  VALLEY  WIRELESS,  INC.  APPROVED 


 Pursuant  to  section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act,  47  U.  S.  C.§  154(  i),  and  sections  0.331  and  1.935  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  331  and  1.935,  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch  (Branch)  of 
 the  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  approved  the  Joint  Motion  for  Dismissal  and  Approval  of  Settlement  Agreement  (Settlement  Agreement)  filed  by  ACS  Wireless 
 Sub,  Inc.  (ACS  Wireless)  and  Copper  Valley  Wireless,  Inc.  (Copper  Valley).  1 
 ACS  Wireless  filed  a  Phase  II  unserved  area  application  to  serve  areas  in  the  Anchorage,  Alaska  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area  (MSA),  File  No.  0000421763,  against  which  Copper  Valley  filed  a  petition 
 to  deny  on  June  1,  2001.  On  June  26,  2001,  Copper  Valley  and  ACS  Wireless  entered  into  the  instant  Settlement  Agreement.  The  Branch  has  reviewed  the  record  and  finds  that  the  Settlement  Agreement 
 complies  with  section  1.935  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  and  that  it  is  in  the  public  interest  to  approve  the  Settlement  Agreement.  The  Branch  concludes  that  this  agreement  will  help  to  resolve  any  operational 
 disputes  between  the  two  carriers,  as  well  as  ensure  cellular  coverage  in  the  region.  Accordingly,  the  Settlement  Agreement  is  approved  and  associated  petitions  2  are  dismissed  with  prejudice. 


 Action  by  Chief,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 


 1  Application  of  ACS  Wireless  License  Sub,  Inc.  (Successor-  In-  Interest  to  ACS  Wireless,  Inc.)  -- 
 Licensee  of  Cellular  Radiotelephone  Service  Station  KNKA  480,  Market  No.  187(  B),  Anchorage,  Alaska  MSA  –  Phase  2  Unserved  Area  Application,  File  No.  0000421763,  Joint  Motion  for  Dismissal  and 


 Approval  of  Settlement  Agreement,  filed  June  29,  2001. 
 2  Application  of  ACS  Wireless  License  Sub,  Inc.  (Successor-  In-  Interest  to  ACS  Wireless,  Inc.)  -- 


 Licensee  of  Cellular  Radiotelephone  Service  Station  KNKA  480,  Market  No.  187(  B),  Anchorage,  Alaska  MSA  –  Phase  2  Unserved  Area  Application,  File  No.  0000421763,  Petition  to  Deny,  filed  June  1,  2001; 


 Application  of  Copper  Valley  Cellular,  Inc.,  For  Authority  to  Implement  Major  Modifications  to  Domestic  Public  Sellular  Radio  Telecommunications  Service  Station  KNKQ401,  Market  No.  316(  B4), 
 Alaska  2  (B4)  –  Bethal  RSA,  File  No.  07115-  CL-  MP-  94,  Petition  for  Reconsideration,  filed  January  11,  1995. 
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