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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  02-  1477 
 Released:  June  28,  2002 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  GRANTS  UPPER  AND  LOWER  PAGING  BANDS  LICENSES  1 


 AUCTION  EVENT  NO.  40 
 Report  No.  AUC-  40  (Auction  No.  40) 
 On  May  31,  2002,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  announced  that  it  was  prepared  to  grant  applications  for  licenses  to  certain  winning  bidders  in  the  Upper  and  Lower  Paging  Bands  Auction 


 (Auction  No.  40),  provided  that  each  applicant  made  full  and  timely  payment  of  the  remaining  balance  of  its  winning  bid(  s).  2  The  payment  deadline  was  June  10,  2002.  3 


 The  Commission  received  full  and  timely  payment,  as  required  by  Section  1.2109(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  for  the  licenses  listed  in  Attachment  A.  Accordingly,  by  this  Public  Notice,  we 
 announce  the  grant  of  the  Upper  and  Lower  Paging  Bands  licenses  listed  in  Attachment  A.  We  grant  these  licenses  pursuant  to  Section  309(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C. 
 §309(  a),  and  Section  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §0.331,  because  it  will  serve  the  public  interest,  convenience  and  necessity. 


 This  Public  Notice  contains  the  following  Attachments: 
 Attachment  A:  List  of  Applications  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  is  Granting  –  sorted  by  applicant. 


 Attachment  A1:  List  of  Applications  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  is  Granting  –  sorted  by  market  and  block. 
 Attachment  B:  Instructions  for  Searching  for  Applications  Listed  in  Attachments  A  and  A1  Using  ULS. 
 1  The  actual  grant  of  the  licenses  in  the  Universal  Licensing  System  (ULS)  occurred  on  June  21,  2002. 
 2  See  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Announces  It  is  Prepared  to  Grant  Upper  and  Lower  Paging  Bands 
 Licenses  Upon  Full  and  Timely  Payment,  Public  Notice,  DA  02-  1217  (rel.  May  31,  2002). 
 3  See  id.  The  final  payment  deadline  with  the  five-  percent  late  fee  was  June  24,  2002.  Applicants  that  did  not  pay 
 by  June  10,  2002  will  be  addressed  separately. 
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 Attachment  C:  Instructions  for  Searching  for  Granted  Licenses  Listed  in  Attachments  A  and  A1  Using  ULS. 
 Attachment  D:  Instructions  for  Accessing  the  FCC  Network  Using  Windows  95/  98. 
 For  further  information,  the  news  media  should  contact  Meribeth  McCarrick,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  0654.  For  questions  regarding  legal  matters  and  licensing 
 issues,  contact  Amal  Abdallah,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  at  (202)  418-  7307. 
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