*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 49750.doc* 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 05- 1818 Released: June 28, 2005 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM (ULS) TO ACCOMMODATE THE BROADBAND RADIO SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL BROADBAND SERVICE AND REMINDS LICENSEES THAT USE OF ULS FORMS AND ELECTRONIC FILING FOR THESE SERVICES BECOME MANDATORY ON JULY 11, 2005. By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB or Bureau) announces changes to the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) to implement the Commission’s adoption of geographic licensing of the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS). 1 These changes will be activated on July 11, 2005. Below the Bureau explains how these changes will affect the licenses and pending applications for these services, currently in ULS. Once conversion is completed, licensees are encouraged to view their information on ULS through application and license search to ensure that information regarding their licensed and proposed facilities was converted correctly. 2 In addition, the Bureau takes this opportunity to remind licensees that use of ULS forms and electronic filing for these services will become mandatory on that date. 3 Applications filed on correspondence or old forms will no longer be accepted and, except for applications for Special Temporary Authority, manually filed BRS and EBS applications will be dismissed. 4 I. Background On June 10, 2004, the Commission adopted a Report and Order that transformed the rules governing the former Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) 5 and Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) in the 1 In a Report and Order released July 29, 2004 (adopted June 10, 2004) the Commission adopted rules to allow for the geographic licensing of these services. See Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission’s Rules to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150- 2162 and 2500- 2690 MHz Bands, et al.; WT Docket No. 03- 66, et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 14165 (2004) (BRS/ EBS R& O & FNPRM). 2 ULS application and license search are available at http:// wireless. fcc. gov/ uls. 3 BRS/ EBS R& O & FNPRM, 19 FCC Rcd at 14262 ¶ 260 (the Commission adopted a six- month transition period after the effective date of the rules.) 4 Certain types of applications can not be filed electronically. Manually filed applications for these purposes will be accepted. See discussion of applications for New geographic licenses and Special Temporary Authority at 4, infra. 5 “MDS” refers herein to both Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) licenses. 1