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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
PAGING USA, INC.                   )                         
                                   )
Request for Waiver of Section 90.149(a) and   )
Reinstatement, Industrial/Business Pool - Paging  )         
System Station WPEB521 at Chicago, Illinois       )
and Columbus, Ohio                 )

                             ORDER 


   Adopted:  October 1, 1999            Released:  October 1, 1999

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

     1.   On July 9, 1999, Paging USA, Inc. (Paging USA) filed a request for waiver of section
90.149(a) of the Commission's rules, which allows licensees an additional thirty (30) days after the expiration
of a license term to apply for reinstatement of expired licenses.  Because its captioned station license expired
on January 25, 1999, Paging USA is seeking reinstatement several months after expiration of the license.  For
the reasons discussed below, we grant the waiver request and reinstate the captioned station's authorization. 
 
      
     2.   Section 90.149(b) of the Commission's rules provides that if no application for reinstatement
has been timely filed, "the authorization shall be deemed to have been automatically cancelled on the date
specified on the authorization."  The Commission, however, has previously stated that, "applicants who file
renewal applications more than 30 days after license expiration may also request renewal nunc pro tunc, but
such requests will not be routinely granted, [and] will be subject to stricter review."  Our records reveal that
Paging USA has been diligent in its past renewal filings and acted promptly in this case to resolve the oversight. 
In addition, we have determined that it is in the public interest to grant its waiver request.  Accordingly, we
grant the waiver request, change the status of the license from expired to active, and reinstate the license.
     3.   Notwithstanding the grant of this waiver request, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
may, at its discretion, initiate an "enforcement action, including more significant fines or forfeitures" based
on Paging USA's untimely filing and unauthorized operation between the expiration of the license and the late
renewal filing.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to authority delegated by sections 4(i) and 405
of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 405, and by sections 0.331, 1.106, and 22.119
of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, 1.106, and 22.119 the request for waiver, filed by Paging USA,
Inc. IS GRANTED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Cynthia S. Thomas
                              Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
                              Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau