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DA 99-1563
                                
                           Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
     Washington, D.C. 20554

                                     )
In the Matter of    )
     )
Promotion of Competitive Networks  )    WT Docket No. 99-217
in Local Telecommunications Markets     )
     )
Wireless Communications Association     )
International, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking to    )
Amend Section 1.4000 of the Commission's Rules    )
to Preempt Restrictions on Subscriber Premises    )
Reception or Transmission Antennas Designed  )
To Provide Fixed Wireless Services )
     )                                  
Cellular Telecommunications Industry    )
Association Petition for Rule Making and     )
Amendment of the Commission's Rules               )
to Preempt State and Local Imposition of          )
Discriminatory And/Or Excessive Taxes             )
and Assessments                     )
                                     )
Implementation of the Local Competition          )     CC Docket No. 96-98
Provisions in the Telecommunications Act          )    
of 1996                             )
                                     )

                 ORDER EXTENDING PLEADING CYCLE

Adopted:  August 6, 1999                                                Released:  August 6, 1999

By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division:

1.     On July 26, 1999, Commonwealth Edison Company, Duke Energy Corporation, and Southern
Company (collectively, the "Utilities") filed a motion for extension of time to file comments and reply
comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket No. 99-217 and Third Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-98.  On July 28, 1999, the Local and State Government
Advisory Committee (LSGAC) submitted a request for extension of time to file comments and reply
comments on the Notice of Inquiry in WT Docket No. 99-217. 
2.     Although it is the policy of the Commission that motions for extensions of time shall not be
routinely granted, we find that the record for this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Third Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry might not be adequately developed unless additional time is
granted to all interested parties to prepare comments and reply comments.  Therefore, we extend the
pleading cycle for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket No. 99-217 and Third Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-98 to August 27, 1999 for comments and September 27,
1999 for reply comments.  In addition, we extend the pleading cycle for the Notice of Inquiry in WT
Docket No. 99-217 to October 12, 1999 for comments and December 13, 1999 for reply comments.
3.     Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the requests for extension of time filed by the Utilities and
LSGAC in WT Docket No. 99-217 and CC Docket No. 96-98 are GRANTED to the extent described
above. 
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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