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BACKGROUND!Body Text ! #XN\  PMXP#Body Text #XN\  PNXP# X  2. aa P dd etitioners initially requested a ruling that they be allowed to indirectly hold common carrier licenses so long as the levels of foreign equity and voting interest in each Sprint Spectrum partner is no greater than the amount permitted for each general partner individually. Petitioners also requested that in the event that the Commission did not grant the relief sought, the Commission use a multiplier to calculate the level of foreign ownership in Sprint PCS based on the relative levels of voting interest of the Sprint Spectrum Partners subsidiary corporations.Footnote Ref#A\  POP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PPXP#X0ÍX0Í4  #XN\  PQXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PRP#Footnote Ref#A\  PSP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PTP# Petition, at 5.# Footnote Tex# #XN\  PUXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PVP##XN\  PWXP#4 On March 28, 1997, the Commission released a Public Notice inviting public comment on the Petition.Footnote Ref#A\  PXP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PYXP#X0ÍX0Íb  #XN\  PZXP# Footnote Tex#A\  P[P#Footnote Ref#A\  P\P#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  P]P# FCC Public Notice, DA 97645 (released March 28, 1997).# Footnote Tex# #XN\  P^XP# Footnote Tex#A\  P_P##XN\  P`XP#b Thereafter, Espirit and CETC filed comments, and Deutsche and Petitioners filed reply comments. Subsequent to the filing of these comments, Petitioners certified by letter dated September 23, 1997, that the foreign ownership level for Sprint Spectrum Partners, respectively, was at or below the level allowed under Section 310(b)(4) of the Act.Footnote Ref#A\  PaP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PbXP#X0ÍX0ÍJ  #XN\  PcXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PdP#Footnote Ref#A\  PeP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PfP# In response to a request by the Commission, in a letter dated September 23, 1997, counsel for the Sprint Spectrum Partners described the basis on which each partner concluded that its level of foreign ownership did not exceed the 25 percent benchmark set forth in Section 310(b)(4) of the Act.# Footnote Tex# #XN\  PgXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PhP##XN\  PiXP#J On July 1, 1998, direct and indirect partnerships of Sprint Spectrum Partners filed applications seeking consent for transfers of control of their PCS authorizations.Footnote Ref#A\  PjP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PkXP#X0ÍX0Ín  #XN\  PlXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PmP#Footnote Ref#A\  PnP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PoP# See Public Notice, Report No. LB9865, released August 31, 1998. # Footnote Tex# #XN\  PpXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PqP##XN\  PrXP#n The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau granted the applications on August 31, 1998.Footnote Ref#A\  PsP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PtXP#X0ÍX0Í/  #XN\  PuXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PvP#Footnote Ref#A\  PwP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PxP# Id. # Footnote Tex# #XN\  PyXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PzP##XN\  P{XP#/ These transfers of control resulted in Sprint Corporation acquiring 100 percent of the partnership interests in Sprint PCS from the three other partners who formed Sprint Spectrum Partners. Consequently, Petitioners filed a Request for Withdrawal of their Petition for Declaratory Ruling because the changes in the ownership structure of Sprint PCS, as described above, made the requested relief unnecessary.Footnote Ref#A\  P|P# d  #Footnote Ref##XN\  P}XP# d X0ÍX0ÍY  #XN\  P~XP# Footnote Tex#A\  PP#Footnote Ref#A\  PP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PP# Petition, at 6; and Petitioners Reply, at 12.# Footnote Tex# #XN\  PXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PP##XN\  PXP#Y !Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# III. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION!Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# X  3. We will grant Petitioners request to withdraw their Petition for Declaratory Ruling. Section 1.2 of the Commissions Rules,Footnote Ref#A\  PP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PXP#X0ÍX0Í8  #XN\  PXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PP#Footnote Ref#A\  PP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PP# 47 C.F.R.  1.2.# Footnote Tex# #XN\  PXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PP##XN\  PXP#8 provides that the Commission may issue a declaratory ruling terminating a controversy or removing uncertainty. In light of Petitioners request to withdraw their Petition for Declaratory Ruling and the change in the ownership structure of Sprint PCS, we find that there is no longer a need for clarification concerning the prior ownership structure of Sprint PCS. Accordingly, we find that it would serve the public interest by granting Petitioners request and allowing them to withdraw their Petition. !Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# K  IV. ORDERING CLAUSES !Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# X 4. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 402 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 0.331 of the Commission Rules,Footnote Ref#A\  PP##Footnote Ref##XN\  PXP#X0ÍX0Í   #XN\  PXP# Footnote Tex#A\  PP#Footnote Ref#A\  PP#ۍ#Footnote Ref##A\  PP# 47 C.F.R.  0.331.#XN\  PXP#ё that the R aa equest to Withdraw Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by the dd Sprint Spectrum Partners and Sprint Spectrum, L.P. d/b/a Sprint PCS on December 14, 1998 IS GRANTED.!Body Text !  X #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP#5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding IS TERMINATED.!Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# !Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP#FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION!Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# !Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP#!Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP# X Catherine W. SeidelChief, Enforcement and Consumer Information DivisionWireless Telecommunications Bureau!Body Text ! #XN\  PXP#Body Text #XN\  PXP#