Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                         Washington, D.C.


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Revision of the Commission's Rules)
To Ensure Compatibility with    )       CC Docket No. 94-102
Enhanced 911 Emergency          )       RM-8143        
Calling Systems                 )



                              Order


         Adopted:  June 8, 1999;  Released:  June 9, 1999


By the Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

    1.  On December 30, 1998, the Commission adopted the TTY Waiver Order, granting a
temporary waiver of Section 20.18(c) of the Commission's Rules (to the extent that section
relates to the transmission of 911 calls made from TTY devices using digital wireless systems) to
all parties who had filed petitions seeking waiver of that rule.  The temporary waiver applied to
all parties filing petitions as of the adoption date of the TTY Waiver Order (i.e., December 30,
1998) and all such parties were identified in the Appendix of the Order.  


    2.  Since that time we have received petitions for waiver of Section 20.18(c) filed by
Centennial Cellular Corp. (Centennial) and West Coast PCS, LLC (West Coast).  Centennial
indicated in its petitions that it will soon be transitioning its facilities to digital technology, and
West Coast indicated in its petition that it will be commencing service to the public on its PCS
systems "approximately on or after June 11, 1999."  

    3.  Because Section 20.18(c), as it relates to carriers operating digital systems, did not apply
to these parties in December 1998, they would not have been expected to file petitions at that
time.  Thus, while a strict reading of the TTY Waiver Order would indicate that we would only
grant petitions filed as of the adoption date of the Order, we conclude that these  parties should be
granted the same temporary waiver of Section 20.18(c) that was granted to the parties identified
in the TTY Waiver Order. 

    4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the petitions for waiver of Section 20.18(c) of the
Commission's Rules filed by Centennial Cellular Corp. and West Coast PCS, LLC ARE
GRANTED, subject to the terms and conditions indicated in the TTY Waiver Order, which was
adopted by the Commission on December 30, 1998.    5.  This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority of the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau under Section 0.331 of the Commission's Rules. 
 
                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                          James D. Schlichting 
                          Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau