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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-  2381 
 Released:  July  22,  2003 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  GRANTS  UPPER  AND  LOWER  PAGING  BANDS  LICENSES 


 AUCTION  EVENT  NO.  40 
 Report  No.  AUC-  40  (Auction  No.  40) 
 On  May  21,  2003,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  announced  that  it  was  prepared  to  grant  the  application  for  the  licenses  listed  in  Attachment  A  to  the  winning  bidder  of  the  Upper  and  Lower 
 Paging  Bands  licenses  (Auction  40),  provided  that  the  applicant  made  final  payment  before  the  deadlines  established  by  the  Commission.  1  The  final  payment  deadline  was  June  4,  2003.  2 


 Final  payment  was  received  for  these  licenses  by  the  payment  deadline.  Accordingly,  by  this  Public  Notice  we  announce  the  grant  of  the  Upper  and  Lower  Paging  Bands  Licenses  listed  in  Attachment 
 A.  We  grant  these  licenses  pursuant  to  Section  309(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act,  47  U.  S.  C.  §309(  a),  and  Section  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §0.331,  because  it  will  service  the  public  interest, 
 convenience  and  necessity. 
 This  Public  Notice  contains  the  following  Attachments: 
 Attachment  A:  Application  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  is  Granting. 
 Attachment  B:  Instructions  for  Searching  for  the  Application  Listed  in  Attachment  A  Using  ULS. 
 Attachment  C:  Instructions  for  Searching  for  Granted  Licenses  Listed  in  Attachment  A  Using  ULS. 


 Attachment  D:  Instructions  for  Accessing  the  FCC  Network  Using  Windows  95/  98. 
 For  further  information,  the  news  media  should  contact  Meribeth  McCarrick,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  0654.  For  questions  regarding  legal  matters  and  licensing 
 issues,  contact  Evan  Baranoff,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  Commercial  Wireless  Division, 
 1  See  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Announces  it  is  Prepared  to  Grant  Upper  and  Lower  Paging 
 Bands  Licenses  Upon  Full  and  Timely  Payment,  Public  Notice,  DA  03-  1754  (rel.  May  21,  2003). 
 2  See  id. 
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 Policy  and  Rules  Branch,  at  (202)  418-  0620. 
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