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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  03-  1544  May  9,  2003 
 AUCTION  OF  MULTICHANNEL  VIDEO  DISTRIBUTION  AND  DATA  SERVICE  LICENSES  (AUCTION  No.  53) 
 IS  POSTPONED 


 Report  No.  AUC-  03-  53-  C  (Auction  No.  53) 
 The  auction  of  licenses  in  the  Multichannel  Video  Distribution  and  Data  Service  (“  MVDDS”)  (Auction  No.  53),  previously  scheduled  to  begin  on  June  25,  2003,  will  be  delayed  pending 
 Commission  resolution  of  the  Second  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  ET  Docket  No.  98-  206,  RM-  9147,  and  RM-  9245  (“  FNPRM”).  1  Following  release  of  the  Commission’s  order  acting  on 
 the  FNPRM,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  will  release  a  public  notice  announcing  key  dates  for  Auction  No.  53. 


 Action  by  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Brian  Carter,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  at  (202)  418-  0660,  or  Jennifer  Burton,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  at  (202)  418-  0660. 


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 1  Amendment  of  Parts  2  and  25  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Permit  Operation  of  NGSO  FSS  Systems  Co-Frequency 
 with  GSO  and  Terrestrial  Systems  in  the  Ku-  Band  Frequency  Range;  Amendment  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Authorize  Subsidiary  Terrestrial  Use  of  the  12.  2-  12.7  GHz  Band  by  Direct  Broadcast 


 Satellite  Licensees  and  Their  Affiliates;  and  Applications  of  Broadwave  USA,  PDC  Broadband  Corporation,  and  Satellite  Receivers,  Ltd.  to  Provide  a  Fixed  Service  in  the  12.2-  12.7  GHz  Band,  Second  Further  Notice  of 
 Propose  Rulemaking,  ET  Docket  No.  98-  206,  FCC  03-  85,  released  April  15,  2003,  68  Fed.  Reg.  19486  (April  21,  2003). 
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