PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C.20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov DA 13-2416 Released: December 18, 2013 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAUUPDATES 700MHZLICENSE RECORDS PURSUANT TO INTEROPERABILITY REPORT ANDORDER By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) confirms that the Universal Licensing System (ULS) has been updated to reflect relevant construction deadlines and license terms for Lower 700 MHz band A, B, and E Block licensees pursuant to the Commission’s actions in the Interoperability Report and Order. 1 In the Interoperability Report and Order, the Commission extended or waived the interim construction deadline for Lower 700 MHz band A Block licensees; extended the interim construction deadline for Lower 700 MHz band B Block licensees; and extended the interim construction deadline, final construction deadline and license term for Lower 700 MHz band E Block licensees. 2 We encourage licensees to carefully review ULS records regarding their licenses, including construction deadlines, license terms and comments. 3 We recognize that some Lower 700 MHz band licensees have already filed notifications of construction indicating compliance with the interim construction benchmark deadline and/or the final construction benchmark deadline previously established by the Commission’s rules, and the Bureau will perform a substantive review of these pending notifications. If the Bureau finds that a licensee meets the relevant benchmark, the Bureau will accept the notification; otherwise the notification will not be accepted. Where a notification is not accepted, licensees may refile demonstrating compliance with the relevant construction benchmark(s) consistent with the extended deadlines established in the Interoperability Report and Order and Commission rule 1.946(d). 4 Some Lower 700 MHz band licensees have filed notifications of construction indicating that while the interim construction benchmark was not met, they have nonetheless undertaken “meaningful efforts” to put their spectrum to use. These filings were made consistent with the Bureau’s 2011 reminder Public Notice providing guidance on how the Bureau would implement its discretion in applying penalties for 700 MHz licensees failing to meet the interim construction 1 In the Matter of Promoting Interoperability in the 700 MHz Commercial Spectrum, Report and Order and Order of Proposed Modification, 2013 WL 5817601 (Oct. 2013) (Interoperability Report and Order). 2 See id. at 2013 WL 5817601, ¶¶ 56-61. 3 Comments to individual licenses can be found by accessing ULS License Search under the “Admin” tab. 4 Id.; 47 C.F.R. § 1.946(d) (requiring licensees to file a notification of construction within fifteen days of the expiration of the construction period). 2benchmark. 5 However, as the Commission has extended or waived the interim deadline for Lower 700 MHz licensees through the Interoperability Report and Order, the Bureau has dismissed as not ripe for review all notifications asserting that “meaningful efforts” have been undertaken to put spectrum to use. For information purposes, this Public Notice also provides a list of Lower 700 MHz Band A Block licensees subject to a waiver of the interim construction benchmark deadline based on proximity to incumbent Channel 51 operations. 6 The complete list can be found in Appendix A. For further information, contact Ms. Becky Schwartz of the Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-7178, or via e-mail at Becky.Schwartz@fcc.gov. By the Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. - FCC - 5 700 MHz Construction and Reporting Requirements, Public Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 16442 (WTB 2011). The Bureau indicated that: 1) it would use its discretion to implement a penalty of reducing the size of a licensed area only where Bureau staff determined that a licensee had failed to undertake meaningful efforts to put its spectrum to use; 2) licensees were required to notify the Commission whether or not they had met the interim construction benchmark; and 3) licensees failing the interim benchmark could include information detailing meaningful efforts to put spectrum to use. Id., 26 FCC Rcd at 16444-45. 6 Interoperability Report and Order, 2013 WL 5817601, ¶ 66; 47 C.F.R. § 27.14(g) (requiring A Block licensees to provide signal coverage and offer service over at least 35 percent of their license area within four years of the initial license grant, with a failure to do so resulting in a two-year reduction of the license term). APPENDIX A LOWER 700 MHz A BLOCK LICENSEES SUBJECT TO WAIVER OF INTERIM CONSTRUCTION BENCHMARK DEADLINE Licensee Name Call Sign Market Market Description AB License Co LLC WQIZ545 BEA158 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ-NM Actel, LLC WQIZ456 BEA036 Dothan, AL-FL-GA Actel, LLC WQIZ467 BEA095 Jonesboro, AR-MO Big Wave Ventures LLC WQQI315 BEA052 Wheeling, WV-OH Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ389 BEA006 Syracuse, NY-PA Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ394 BEA018 Greensboro-Winston-Salem- High Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ396 BEA023 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ397 BEA024 Columbia, SC Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ398 BEA027 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ399 BEA035 Tallahassee, FL-GA Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ400 BEA037 Albany, GA Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ403 BEA047 Lexington, KY-TN-VA-WV Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ404 BEA056 Toledo, OH Cavalier Wireless, LLC WQIZ405 BEA070 Louisville, KY-IN Cellco Partnership WQJQ696 BEA010 New York-No. New Jer.-Long Island Cellco Partnership WQJQ699 BEA030 Orlando, FL Cellco Partnership WQJQ702 BEA040 Atlanta, GA-AL-NC Cellco Partnership WQJQ703 BEA049 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY- IN Cellco Partnership WQJQ705 BEA057 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Cellco Partnership WQJQ706 BEA062 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland, Cellco Partnership WQJQ708 BEA067 Indianapolis, IN-IL Cellco Partnership WQJQ709 BEA099 Kansas City, MO-KS Cellco Partnership WQJQ713 BEA130 Austin-San Marcos, TX Cellco Partnership WQJQ715 BEA134 San Antonio, TX Cellco Partnership WQJQ716 BEA141 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO- KS- Cellco Partnership WQJQ717 BEA160 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange C Cellco Partnership WQJQ719 BEA163 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose Cellco Partnership WQJQ720 BEA164 Sacramento-Yolo, CA Cellular South Licenses, LLC WQIZ424 BEA043 Chattanooga, TN-GA Cellular South Licenses, LLC WQIZ425 BEA044 Knoxville, TN Cellular South Licenses, LLC WQIZ426 BEA045 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Cellular South Licenses, LLC WQIZ428 BEA073 Memphis, TN-AR-MS-KY Cincinnati Bell Wireless LLC WQIZ531 BEA050 Dayton-Springfield, OH Continuum 700 LLC WQLA792 BEA152 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT-ID Cox TMI Wireless, L.L.C. WQIZ535 BEA038 Macon, GA Cox TMI Wireless, L.L.C. WQIZ536 BEA081 Pensacola, FL Cricket License Company, LLC WQJQ707 BEA064 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN- WI King Street Wireless, LP WQLE663 BEA065 Elkhart-Goshen, IN-MI King Street Wireless, LP WQLE664 BEA066 Fort Wayne, IN McBride Spectrum Partners, LLC WQIZ576 BEA053 Pittsburgh, PA-WV 2MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC WQIZ578 BEA003 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence- Lowe Miller, David WQIZ583 BEA157 El Paso, TX-NM Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. WQNI292 BEA174 Puerto Rico & Virgin Isl. USCOC NEBRASKA/KANSAS, LLC WQIZ540 BEA118 Omaha, NE-IA-MO USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC WQJQ679 BEA103 Cedar Rapids, IA USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC WQLK631 BEA103 Cedar Rapids, IA USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC WQNB985 BEA103 Cedar Rapids, IA USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC WQIZ471 BEA119 Lincoln, NE USCOC OF GREATER OKLAHOMA, LLC WQJQ711 BEA125 Oklahoma City, OK Vulcan Wireless LLC WQIZ638 BEA167 Portland-Salem, OR-WA