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                                                  DA 99-1566

                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                        Washington, D.C. 
                                 
                                   In the Matter of                   )
                                                            )
Calling Party Pays Service Offering     )         WT Docket No. 97-207
                                        in the Commercial Mobile Radio Services )         



        ORDER EXTENDING COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT PERIODS 

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

By the Chief, Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
     
     1.  By this Order, we extend the time for filing comments and reply comments in the above-
captioned proceeding to the close of business on September 17, 1999, and October 18, 1999,
respectively.  

     2.  On July 7, 1999, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in
this proceeding that invited interested parties to comment no later than August 18, 1999, and to reply
to filings by other parties no later than September 8, 1999.  
     
     3.  On August 2, 1999, the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) requested
an extension of the comment and reply comment dates until September 30, 1999, and October 22,
1999, respectively.  PCIA cites the need for additional time to enable it to reflect in its comments the
results of studies it is conducting on CPP use in other countries, and on technical and billing issues
associated with CPP implementation in the United States.
     
     4.  We agree with PCIA that a modest extension of the comment and reply comment deadlines
would enable them and other interested parties to provide more substantive and complete comments
on the many issues associated with CPP.  Consequently, we are persuaded that granting an extension
of the comment deadlines will enhance the overall quality of the comments and reply comments, and
will provide a more complete record for consideration.  We are concerned, however, that extension
of the comment deadlines to the dates that PCIA requests could unduly delay the Commission's
determination of the issues, in view of their significance to commenting parties and the public. 
Therefore, we conclude that modifying PCIA' s request for the extension, as specified below, is in the
public interest. 

     5.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 1.46 of the Commission's Rules
regarding the time for filing comments, 47 C.F.R.  1.46, that the request of PCIA IS GRANTED
to the extent indicated.  The comment deadline in the CPP proceeding is extended to the close of
business on September 17, 1999, and the reply comment deadline is extended to the close of business
on October 18, 1999.


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         Kris Monteith
                         Chief, Policy Division
                         Wireless Telecommunications Bureau