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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-  2305  September  17,  2002 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  REVISED  PRE-AUCTION  DEADLINES  FOR  THE  1670-  1675  MHZ  BAND  AUCTION 


 Report  No.  AUC-  02-  46-  D 
 On  September  13,  2002,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  released  a  public  notice  seeking  comment  on  ArrayComm,  Inc.  ’s  request  for  postponement  of  the  1670-  1675  MHz  band 
 Auction  (“  Auction  No.  46”).  1  Because  of  the  impending  September  25,  2002  deadline  for  the  submission  of  short-  form  applications,  the  Bureau  sought  comment  on  ArrayComm’s  request  on  an  expedited  basis 
 and  directed  that  comments  be  filed  on  or  before  September  20,  2002. 


 By  this  public  notice,  the  Bureau  revises  the  pre-  auction  schedule  for  Auction  No.  46  to  give  the  Bureau  time  to  consider  ArrayComm’s  request  and  any  comments  filed  in  response.  The  new  schedule 
 for  Auction  No.  46  is  as  follows: 


 Short-  Form  Application  (FCC  Form  175)  Filing  Window  Opens……………………………………  September  25,  2002;  9:  00  a.  m.  ET 
 Short-  Form  Application  (FCC  Form  175)  Deadline……  October  1,  2002;  6:  00  p.  m.  ET  Upfront  Payments  Deadline……………………………...  October  15,  2002;  6:  00  p.  m.  ET 
 Mock  Auction……………………………………………  October  25,  2002  Auction  Begins…………………………………………..  October  30,  2002 


 For  further  information,  contact  Francis  Gutierrez,  Auction  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  Legal  Branch  at  (202)  418-  0660  or  Lisa  Stover,  Auction  and  Industry  Analysis  Division  at  (717)  338-  2888. 
 By  the  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 


 1  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Seeks  Comment  on  Request  for  Postponement  of  1670-  1675  MHz 
 Band  Auction;  Comment  Sought  on  the  ArrayComm,  Inc.  Request  for  Postponement  of  Auction  No.  46,  Public  Notice,  DA  02-  2283  (rel.  September  13,  2002). 
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