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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  03-  1926 
 June  11,  2003 


 AUCTION  OF  DIRECT  BROADCAST  SATELLITE  SERVICE  LICENSES  (AUCTION  No.  52)  IS  POSTPONED 


 Report  No.  AUC-  03-  52-  B  (Auction  No.  52) 
 The  auction  of  licenses  to  use  the  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  (“  DBS”)  service  allocation  (Auction  No.  52),  previously  scheduled  to  begin  on  August  6,  2003,  will  be  delayed  pending  Commission  resolution  of 
 certain  issues  on  which  it  has  sought  comment.  Specifically,  on  March  3,  2003,  the  Commission  sought  comment  on  its  conclusion  that  the  DBS  licenses  that  will  be  offered  in  Auction  No.  52  are  not  subject  to 
 the  auction  prohibition  of  the  ORBIT  Act  1  and  on  whether  it  should  adopt  eligibility  restrictions  for  any  of  these  licenses.  2  Following  the  Commission’s  resolution  of  these  issues,  the  Wireless 
 Telecommunications  Bureau  will  release  a  public  notice  announcing  key  dates  for  Auction  No.  52. 
 Action  by  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Brian  Carter,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  at  (202)  418-  0660,  or  Lisa  Stover,  Auctions  Operations  Branch,  at  (717)  338-  2888. 


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 1  Open-  Market  Reorganization  for  the  Betterment  of  International  Telecommunications  Act,  Pub.  L.  No.  106-  180, 
 114  Stat.  48  §  647  (enacted  Mar.  12,  2000),  codified  at  47  U.  S.  C.  §  765f  (“  ORBIT  Act”). 
 2  Public  Notice,  Auction  of  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  Service  Licenses  Scheduled  for  August  6,  2003,  Report  No. 
 AUC-  03-  52-  A,  FCC  03-  40  (rel.  March  3,  2003). 
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