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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  TWELFTH  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  03-  3877  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  December  5,  2003 
 UNITED  STATES  CELLULAR  CORPORATION  AND  AT&  T  WIRELESS  SERVICES,  INC.  SEEK  FCC  CONSENT  TO  ASSIGN  CELLULAR  AND  MICROWAVE  LICENSES 
 WT  Dkt.  No.  03-  243 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 Petitions  Due:  January  5,  2004  Oppositions  Due:  January  15,  2004 
 Replies  Due:  January  23,  2004 


 Subsidiaries  of  United  States  Cellular  Corporation  (“  USCC”)  and  Houston  MTA,  L.  P.  (“  Houston  MTA”),  a  wholly-  owned  subsidiary  of  AT&  T  Wireless  Services,  Inc.  (“  AWS”),  have  filed  three 
 applications  pursuant  to  Section  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  1  seeking  Commission  consent  to  the  assignment  of  cellular  and  related  microwave  licenses  in  various  markets  in 
 southern  Texas  (“  Markets”)  from  USCC  to  Houston  MTA.  Post-  transaction,  AWS  will  have  interests  in  35  MHz  to  65  MHz  of  Commercial  Mobile  Radio  Services  (“  CMRS”)  spectrum  in  these  Markets.  2  Upon 
 consummation  of  this  transaction,  USCC  will  exit  these  Markets  and  the  current  USCC  customers  will  be  transitioned  to  AWS.  AWS  intends  to  provide  the  USCC  customers  in  these  Markets  with  a  minimum  of 
 30-  days  notice  prior  to  making  any  changes  to  customer  accounts  or  rate  plans. 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  310(  d). 
 2  AWS  will  have  interests  in  35  MHz  of  CMRS  spectrum  in  the  Brownsville-  Hartigen,  TX  MSA  (CMA162),  45 


 MHz  in  the  McAllen-  Edinburg-  Mission,  TX  MSA  (CMA  128),  55  MHz  in  the  Laredo,  TX  MSA  (CMA281),  and  65  MHz  in  the  Corpus  Christi,  TX  MSA  (CMA112)  and  the  Victoria,  TX  MSA  (CMA  300).  In  the  Texas  18  – 


 Edwards  RSA  (CMA669),  AWS  will  have  interests  in  35  MHz  of  CMRS  spectrum  in  Bandera,  Medina,  Real,  and  Uvalde  Counties;  50  MHZ  in  Edwards  County;  55  MHz  in  La  Salle  County;  and  60  MHz  in  Dimmit,  Kinney, 
 Maverick,  Val  Vende,  and  Zavala  Counties.  In  the  Texas  19  –  Atascosa  RSA  (CMA670),  AWS  will  have  interests  in  35  MHz  of  CMRS  spectrum  in  Atascosa,  McMullen,  and  Willacy  Counties;  45  MHz  in  Starr  County;  55  MHz  in 
 Jim  Hogg  and  Zapata  Counties;  and  65  MHz  in  Brooks,  Duval,  Jim  Wells,  Kenedy,  Kleberg,  and  Live  Oaks  Counties.  In  the  Texas  20  –  Wilson  RSA  (CMA671),  AWS  will  have  interests  in  35  MHz  of  CMRS  spectrum  in 
 Karnes  and  Wilson  Counties;  and  65  MHz  in  Aransas,  Bee,  Calhoun,  DeWitt,  Goliad,  and  Refugio  Counties.  The  CMRS  spectrum  amounts  listed  for  some  CMAs  and  counties  include  spectrum  held  by  companies,  ABC  Wireless, 
 L.  L.  C.  and  Lewis  and  Clark  Communications,  in  which  AWS  holds  interests. 
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