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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F.  2d  385  (D.  C.  Cir.  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  October  31,  2002  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
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 FCC  IMPOSES  $117,000  FINE  ON  AT&  T  WIRELESS  FOR  MULTIPLE  ANTENNA  STRUCTURE  VIOLATIONS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  released  an  order  imposing  a  $117,000  fine  against  AT&  T  Wireless  Services,  Inc.  (“  AT&  T  Wireless)  for  safety-related 
 violations  of  the  Communications  Act  and  the  Commission’s  antenna  structure  rules. 
 This  action  follows  routine  antenna  structure  inspections  and  related  investigations  conducted  by  Commission  field  offices  throughout  the  country.  The  Commission  determined 
 that  AT&  T  Wireless  committed  seven  separate  violations  of  the  antenna  structure  requirements  of  Section  303(  q)  of  the  Communications  Act  and  Part  17  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  Included 
 among  the  violations  are  failure  to  register,  light,  and  paint  antenna  structures,  and  failure  to  post  antenna  structure  registration  numbers  at  the  base  of  the  antenna  structures. 


 Action  by  the  Commission  on  October  29,  2002,  by  Forfeiture  Order  (FCC  02-  294).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps  and  Martin. 


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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450  or  Kathy  Berthot  at  (202)  418-  7454. 


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