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                                                           Before the
               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20554

In re Application of                         )
                                   )
ANSWER FORT SMITH, INC.            )    File No.  A008873
                                   )         
For Authority to Construct                   )
and Operate a 152.480 MHz                    )
Commercial Mobile Radio                 )
Service Station to serve                     )
West Virginia, Kentucky,                     )
and Ohio                           )

                                
                             ORDER


     Adopted:  June 9, 1999                       Released:  June 9, 1999

By the Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau:

     
1.  On November 12, 1997, the above-referenced application filed by Answer Fort Smith, Inc. (AFS) for
authority to construct and operate a 152.480 MHz Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) station to
serve West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio was accepted for filing.  On November 26, 1997, RAM
Technologies, Inc. (RAM), the licensee of CMRS facilities operating on the 152.480 MHz frequency at
various locations throughout the states of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio, filed a Petition to Deny
(Petition) the application of AFS on the ground that the grant of the application would cause harmful
interference to RAM's facilities.  On December 4, 1997, AFS requested a voluntary dismissal of the above
referenced application.  We therefore dismiss the above referenced application without prejudice, and
dismiss RAM's Petition as moot.
     



     2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), and section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331,
the application filed by Answer Fort Smith, Inc., For Authority to Construct and Operate a 152.480 MHz
Commercial Mobile Radio Service Station to Serve West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio (File No.
A008873) IS DISMISSED.

     3.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to section 4(i) and 309(d) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 309(d), the Petition to Deny, filed by RAM
Technologies, Inc., on November 26, 1997, IS DISMISSED as moot.

     
                              Paul D'Ari
                              
                              
     
                              Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
                              Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau