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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
AIRCELL, INC.                        )
                                     )                   
Petition, Pursuant to Section 7 of the Act, )
For a Waiver of the Airborne Cellular Rule,)
Or in the Alternative, For a Declaratory Ruling)
                                     )
                                     
                                  ORDER


   Adopted:  December 23, 1997                                          Released:  December 23, 1997

By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division:

      1.  In this Order, we grant a motion for extension of time filed by Aircell, Inc. ("Aircell"). 
Aircell requests an extension of the reply comment deadline in this proceeding from January 5, 1998 until
January 12, 1998, in order to allow parties to adequately analyze the comments and engineering studies
that were submitted on December 15, 1997.  We find that the public interest would be served by allowing
all interested parties additional time to reply to comments on the issues raised in the above-captioned
matter. 

      2.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that pursuant to the authority delegated by Section 4(i) of the
Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), and the authority delegated by Section 0.331
of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, the Motion For An Extension Of Time IS GRANTED. 
Reply comments are due on or before January 12, 1998.


              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
      


              David L. Furth
              Chief, Commercial Wireless Division
              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau