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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-  793 
 March  14,  2003 


 AUCTION  OF  DIRECT  BROADCAST  SATELLITE  SERVICE 
 DEADLINES  EXTENDED  FOR  COMMENTS  AND  REPLY  COMMENTS 


 Report  No.  AUC-  03-  52-  B  (Auction  No.  52) 
 On  March  3,  2003,  the  Commission  released  a  Public  Notice  1  announcing  the  auction  of  licenses  to  use  the  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  (“  DBS”)  service  allocation.  Comments  are  due  on  or  before  March  17, 
 2003,  and  reply  comments  are  due  on  or  before  March  24,  2003. 


 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  extends  the  deadline  for  comments  to  March  24,  2003,  and  the  deadline  for  reply  comments  to  March  31,  2003. 


 For  additional  information,  contact  Brian  Carter,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  Legal  Branch,  at  (202)  418-  0660. 


 1  See  Auction  of  Direct  Broadcast  Satellite  Service  Licenses  Scheduled  for  August  6,  2003;  Comment  Sought  on 
 Reserve  Prices  or  Minimum  Opening  Bids  and  Other  Auction  Procedures,  Public  Notice,  FCC  03-  40  (rel.  March  3,  2003)  (“  Auction  No.  52  Comment  Public  Notice”). 
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