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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1182 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Seeks  Comment  on  Petition  Filed  by 
 AirCell,  Inc.  for  Extension  of  Waiver 


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 WT  Docket  No.  02-  86 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  21,  2003  Released:  April  22,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 I  INTRODUCTION 
 1.  On  March  11,  2003,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  released  a  Public  Notice  seeking  comment  on  a  petition  filed  by  AirCell,  Inc.  (AirCell)  and  its  cellular  licensee  partners,  which 


 requests  an  extension  of  the  period  and  scope  of  the  waiver  granted  to  AirCell  of  section  22.925  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1  This  Public  Notice  established  a  deadline  of  April  10,  2003  for  filing  comments 
 and  a  deadline  of  April  25,  2003  for  filing  reply  comments.  On  April  14,  2003,  AirCell  filed  a  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  (“  Motion”)  requesting,  pursuant  to  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  a  45-  day 
 extension  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding. 
 2.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  requests  for  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  2  In  this  case,  however,  AirCell  has  shown  good  cause  for  extending  the  deadline  for  reply 


 comments.  AirCell  contends,  in  its  Motion,  that  we  should  extend  the  reply  comment  filing  deadline  for  45  days  so  that  it  can  review,  analyze,  and  respond  to  the  over  500  pages  of  comments  filed  jointly  by 
 AT&  T  Wireless  Services,  Cingular  Wireless  LLC,  and  Cellco  Partnership  d/  b/  a  Verizon  Wireless  (“  Opposing  Carriers”),  including  over  400  pages  of  technical  material.  3  We  find  that,  in  this 
 circumstance,  appropriate  review  of  technical  comments  of  this  extent  may  reasonably  take  more  than  the  15  days  originally  allotted,  and  that  it  is  therefore  in  the  public  interest  to  grant  AirCell’s  Motion  in  order 
 to  permit  parties  to  provide  the  Commission  with  a  more  informed  response  to  those  comments.  We  also  note  that  the  Opposing  Carriers  do  not  oppose  this  request  for  additional  time  to  reply  and  that  granting 
 this  extension  will  not  prejudice  any  party.  Accordingly,  we  grant  AirCell’s  Motion  for  a  45-  day  extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments,  and  we  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments 
 to  June  9,  2003. 
 II.  ORDERING  CLAUSE 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act 
 1  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Seeks  Comment  on  Petition  Filed  by  AirCell,  Inc.  for  Extension  of  Waiver, 
 Public  Notice  DA  03-  721  (rel.  Mar.  11,  2003).  2 
 See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a).  3 
 Motion  of  AirCell,  Inc.  for  Extension  of  Time  to  file  reply  comments  in  response  to  the  Public  Notice  relating  to  AirCell’s  Petition  for  Extension  of  Waiver,  filed  April  14,  2003. 
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 of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  and  sections  0.131,  0.  331,  and  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.131,  0.331,  1.46,  the  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  filed  by  AirCell,  Inc.  in  the  above-captioned 
 proceeding  is  GRANTED. 
 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  the  above-captioned  proceeding  is  extended  to  June  9,  2003. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 William  W.  Kunze  Chief,  Commercial  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 
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