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

In re                           )
                                )
Mountain Solutions, Ltd., Inc.  )       File Nos. 00561-CW-L-96
                                )                 00562-CW-L-96
Request for Waiver of Deadline for Submission)
of Form 600 Applications        )       
                                )
                                 

                                 
                             ORDER


   Adopted:  March 16, 1999             Released:  March 16, 1999

By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:


     1.  The Commercial Wireless Division (Division) of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has
before it a request filed by Mountain Solutions, Ltd., Inc. (Mountain Solutions) for waiver of the deadline for
submission of Form 600 applications by high bidders in the PCS C Block auction that concluded on July 16,
1996.

     2.  In the PCS C Block auction held in July 1996, Mountain Solutions was the winning bidder for the
licenses for Colorado Springs, Colorado (BTA B089), and Fort Collins, Colorado (BTA B149).  Mountain
Solutions was required to file a long-form application for each license for which it was the high bidder by 5:30
P.M. (ET) on July 31, 1996.  However, Mountain Solutions did not submit its Form 600 applications until
5:33 P.M.  In support of its waiver request, Mountain Solutions argues that it untimely completed submission
of its Form 600 because of technical problems with the Commission's software that were outside of its control.

     3.  Section 1.2107(c) provides in relevant part that "[a]n applicant that fails to submit the required
long-form application as required under this subsection, and fails to establish good cause for any late-filed
submission, shall be deemed to have defaulted and will be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1.2104." 
Mountain Solutions attempted to file its Form 600 applications timely and, when it encountered difficulty,
contacted the Commission for technical support in advance of the deadline, resulting in submission only three
minutes late.  Thus, Mountain Solutions was engaged in the process of filing its electronic applications at the
5:30 deadline; its submission was simply not complete until 5:33.  Given the de minimis amount of time
involved, and the fact that Mountain Solutions was actively engaged in completing its applications at the
deadline (but having technical difficulties in doing so), we find that Mountain Solutions should be granted a
waiver of 47 C.F.R.  1.2107(c).  We will therefore proceed with the processing of Mountain Solutions' Form
600 applications for markets B089 and B149.

     4.  Accordingly, Mountain Solutions' Waiver Request IS GRANTED.  This action is taken under
delegated authority pursuant to section 0.331 of the Commission's rules.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Steven E. Weingarten
                              Chief, Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau