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


In re Application of                    )
                              )
RADIOFONE, INC.                    )     File No. 501479-GS 
                              )              
For 929.6875 MHz at Luling &       )
LaPlace, Louisiana                 )
                    

                             ORDER 


   Adopted:  October 8, 1999            Released:  October 8, 1999

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

     1.   On April 13, 1995, Radiofone, Inc. (Radiofone) filed the above-captioned application for
private carrier paging authorization on frequency 929.6875 MHz.  The Commercial Wireless Division's
Land Mobile Branch (Branch) dismissed the application on April 22, 1996.  Radiophone filed a petition
for reconsideration (Petition) on May 16, 1996.  For the reasons discussed below, we deny the Petition.  
  
     2.   Section 90.175 (f) of the Commission's rules requires that applications for frequencies in
the 929-930 MHz band must include a statement from the frequency coordinator recommending the most
appropriate frequency.  The above-captioned application was forwarded to the Commission by the
National Association of Business and Educational Radio, Inc. (NABER), the Commission-appointed
frequency coordinator, without a frequency recommendation for the applicant, because of a pending
Request for Rule Waiver (Waiver Request) filed by Greenline Partners, Inc. on April 21, 1994.  Thus, on
April 22, 1996, the Branch dismissed the application because it lacked frequency coordination.  In its
Petition, Radiofone argues that the Branch should not have dismissed the application, but, instead, should
have retained it as pending until final disposition of the Greenline Waiver Request.  We disagree.  As
discussed above, the Commission's rules require frequency coordination before an application for a 929
MHz frequency can be processed.  Having found the application to be defective, the Branch was under no
obligation to hold the application until the applicant was able to obtain frequency coordination.  We,
therefore, affirm the finding of the Branch and deny the Petition.       

     3.   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 and 1.106
and of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, 1.106, the petition for reconsideration filed by
Radiofone, Inc. on May 16, 1996, IS DENIED.



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Paul D'Ari 
                              Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
                              Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau