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 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  Washington  DC  20554 
 April  14,  2003  DA  03-  1145 
 By  Fax  and  U.  S.  Certified  Mail  Return/  Receipt 
 Robert  A.  Calaff  Senior  Corporate  Counsel  -  Governmental  & 
 Industry  Affairs  T-  Mobile  USA,  Inc. 
 401  9  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Suite  550  Washington  D.  C.  20004 


 Re:  In  the  Matter  of  T-  Mobile  USA,  Inc.,  Request  to  Withdraw  Certain  Pleadings 
 Dear  Mr.  Calaff: 
 This  addresses  the  Request  to  Withdraw  Certain  Pleadings  filed  January  9,  2003  by  T-  Mobile  USA,  Inc.,  formerly  known  as  VoiceStream  Wireless  Corporation  (“  T-  Mobile”).  These  pleadings  are  listed  in 
 Attachment  A  to  this  letter  (“  Pleadings”). 
 T-  Mobile  filed  the  Pleadings  in  connection  with  various  matters  relating  to  Auction  No.  35,  in  which  T-Mobile  was  one  of  the  winning  bidders.  On  November  14,  2002,  the  Commission  announced  that  it 
 would  allow  eligible  winners  in  Auction  No.  35  the  option  to  request  the  dismissal  of  their  pending  applications  for  C  and  F  block  Broadband  Personal  Communications  Services  (“  PCS”)  licenses  for 
 spectrum  that  previously  had  been  licensed  to  NextWave  Personal  Communications  Inc.,  NextWave  Power  Partners  Inc.,  or  Urban  Comm-  North  Carolina,  Inc.  1  T-  Mobile  filed  a  request  that  its  pending 
 applications  for  twelve  (12)  C  and  F  block  PCS  licenses  be  dismissed.  The  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  reviewed  T-  Mobile’  request  and  granted  the  dismissal  of  its  remaining  pending  applications  on 
 December  3,  2002.  2 


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 In  the  Matter  of  Disposition  of  Down  Payment  and  Pending  Applications  By  Certain  Winning  Bidders  in  Auction  No.  35,  Requests  for  Refunds  of  Down  Payments  Made  In  Auction  No.  35,  Order  and  Order  on  Reconsideration, 


 17  FCC  Rcd  23354  (2002). 
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 See  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Grants  Dismissal  Requests  of  Eligible  Auction  No.  35  Winners  and  Dismisses  Applications  for  156  C  and  F  Block  Broadband  Personal  Communications  Services  (PCS)  Licenses, 


 Public  Notice,  DA  02-  3340,  at  1,  Attachment  A  (rel.  Dec.  3,  2002). 
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 T-  Mobile  states  that  it  withdraws  its  support  for  the  Pleadings  in  light  of  the  Commission’s  grant  of  its  request  for  dismissal  of  its  remaining  pending  applications  in  Auction  No.  35.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to 
 section  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  3  we  approve  T-  Mobile’  request  to  withdraw  the  Pleadings. 
 Sincerely, 


 Linda  C.  Ray  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  and  Rules  Branch 
 Commercial  Wireless  Division  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


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 47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.331. 
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