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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  Fax-  On-  Demand:  (202)  418-  2830  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  02-  3602  December  26,  2002 
 CLOSED  AUCTION  OF  LICENSES  FOR  CELLULAR  UNSERVED  SERVICE  AREAS 
 CANCELLED 
 Report  No.  AUC-  02-  47-  D  (Auction  No.  47) 
 By  this  public  notice,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  announces  the  cancellation  of  the  auction  of  seven  licenses  to  provide  cellular  service  in  unserved  areas  (“  Auction  No.  47”) 
 scheduled  for  February  12,  2003.  On  December  23,  2002,  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch  of  the  Commercial  Wireless  Division  (the  “Division”),  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  approved  the 
 Joint  Motion  for  Dismissal  and  Approval  of  Settlement  (“  Settlement  Agreement”)  filed  by  WWC  License  L.  L.  C.  and  WWC  Holding  Co,  Inc.,  both  wholly-  owned  subsidiaries  of  Western  Wireless 
 Corporation,  and  N.  E.  Colorado  Cellular,  Inc  1  .  The  Division  concluded  that  the  Settlement  Agreement  resolved  the  mutual  exclusivity  of  the  applications  that  were  filed,  thus  eliminating  the 
 need  to  conduct  this  auction. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Kenneth  Burnley,  Attorney,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  at  (202)  418-  0660  or  Lisa  Stover,  Project  Manager,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis 
 Division,  at  (717)  338-  2888. 


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 1  See  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Approves  Settlement  Agreement  Between  WWC  License 
 L.  L.  C.  and  WWC  Holding  Co.,  Inc.  and  N.  E.  Colorado  Cellular  Inc.,  DA  02-  3573  (rel.  December  23,  2002). 
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