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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
Pine Belt Cellular, Inc.        )
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
Tennessee RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership)
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
WESTEX Telecommunications, Inc. )
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
XIT Cellular                    )
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
ETEX CELLULAR CO., INC.         )
                                )
AirCell, Inc.                   )
Cellular Network Partnership    )
                                )
Petitions for Waiver of the     )
Airborne Cellular Rule          )

                             ORDER


   Adopted:  March 17, 1999             Released:  March 17, 1999

By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division:

     1.  In this Order, we establish a deadline for AirCell, Inc. (AirCell) and other parties in the above-
captioned petitions for waiver to file reply comments.  Counsel for AirCell requests that the parties be given
until March 19, 1999, to reply to the Consolidated Opposition to Petitions for Waiver of the Airborne Cellular
Rule (Consolidated Opposition) filed jointly on March 5, 1999, by Ameritech, AirTouch Communications, Inc.,
BellSouth Cellular Corporation, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., GTE Wireless Incorporated, Bell Atlantic
Mobile Inc., and SBC Wireless, Inc.  Because the February 18, 1999, public notice establishing dates to file
oppositions to the above-captioned petitions for waivers did not specify a reply comment deadline, counsel for
AirCell requests that parties to the waiver petitions be given until March 19, 1999, to file replies to the
Consolidated Opposition.  AirCell states that this time is necessary in order to fully analyze and respond to new
arguments and factual allegations raised in the Consolidated Opposition.  

     2.  As AirCell notes, the February 18, 1999 Public Notice failed to specify a reply comment deadline. 
The Consolidated Opposition raises a number of issues and we believe we would be benefitted in our decision-
making by allowing AirCell certain limited additional time to respond.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that,
pursuant to section 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.46, the request for extension of time until
March 19, 1999, IS GRANTED.

     3.  This action is taken 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.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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