Before the 
             Federal Communications Commission
                  Washington, D.C.  20554
                              
                              
  In re Applications of                   )
                                )
  Geotek Communications, Inc.             )    File Nos. 0000013499, et al.
                                )    File Nos. 911833, et al.
  To for Consent to Assign 900 MHz        )
  Specialized Mobile Radio Licenses       )
  
  
                           ORDER
                              
       Adopted:  July 16, 1999                 Released:  July 16, 1999
  
  By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
  
  1.   On  July 9, 1999, Mobex Communications, Inc. ("Mobex") filed a motion
  requesting an extension of time to file reply comments in the above-captioned
  proceeding.  Pursuant to the Public Notice announcing the acceptance for filing of the
  subject applications, petitions to deny the applications were due on June 28, 1999,
  oppositions on July 8, 1999, and replies on July 15, 1999.  Mobex timely filed a petition
  to deny. 
  
  2.   On July 1, 1999, Nextel Communications, Inc., the proposed assignee,
  requested an extension of time until July 15, 1999 in which to file its opposition, and
  suggested a new reply date of July 22, 1999.  Mobex did not oppose that request, but
  rather agreed that an extension was appropriate in light of the complexities of this case
  and the parties' desire to engage experts to review issues raised by the various petitioners. 
  The Commission verbally granted Nextel's request and extended the opposition due date
  to July 15, 1999.
  
  3.   Mobex requests until July 30, 1999 to file its reply in this matter and states
  that, in addition to needing extra time to obtain an expert opinion, additional time would
  be helpful in light of the need to reconcile actions in several parallel proceedings
  involving Nextel.  Geotek, the current licensee and proposed assignor to Nextel, opposes
  the Mobex Motion, stating that Mobex cannot know whether it will need extra time until
  it reviews the filings in the parallel proceedings and that the additional delay is
  unnecessary in light of Geotek's need to move its Chapter 11 to conclusion.  
  
  4.   Our rules do not provide for routine grants of extensions of time.  In this
  case, however, we find that a brief extension for the reasons cited by Mobex would allow
  a more complete and responsive record in this proceeding, while interposing only
  minimal delay to Geotek's reorganization proceeding.  Further, Geotek has not stated that
  any deadlines in its Chapter 11 proceeding would be threatened by extending the date for
  replies in this proceeding by an additional week.  We therefore grant Mobex's request and
  extend the deadline for filing reply comments in this proceeding to July 30, 1999.
  
  5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 0.131, 0.331 and 1.46 of
  the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.131, 0.331, 1.46, that the Motion for Extension
  of Time in Which to File Reply Comments, filed by Mobex Communications, Inc. IS
  GRANTED.
  
                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
  
  
  
                           Steven E. Weingarten
                           Chief
                           Commercial Wireless Division
                           Wireless Telecommunications Bureau