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


In re Applications of                   )
                              )
RADIOFONE, INC.                    )    File Nos. 695072              
                              )              695074
For 929.6875 MHz at Various Locations   )              695075
in the States of Florida, Alabama, and       )              
Arkansas                      )              
                              )              
          

                             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 21, 1997, Radiofone Inc. (Radiofone) filed a petition for reconsideration
(Petition) of a March 21, 1997 decision of the Licensing Division of Land Mobile Branch (Branch), Private
Radio Bureau, dismissing Radiofone's earlier petition for reconsideration (1997 Reconsideration
Decision).  On May 5, 1997, Greenline Partners, Inc. (Greenline) filed an opposition to the Petition.  On
May 16, 1997, Radiofone filed a reply to the opposition.  For the reasons discussed below, we dismiss the
Petition.  
  
     2.     In its 1997 Reconsideration Decision, the Branch affirmed its decision to dismiss
Radiofone's above-captioned applications because of its earlier finding that Radiofone failed to submit its
application with frequency coordination.  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 applications were
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, the Branch dismissed the applications because they lacked frequency
coordination.  

     3.   In the instant Petition, Radiofone argues that the Branch should not have dismissed the
applications, but, instead, should have retained them 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 applications to be
defective, the Branch was under no obligation to hold the applications until the applicant was able to obtain
frequency coordination.  We, therefore, affirm the finding of the Branch and deny the Petition.       

     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 and 1.106
of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, 1.106, the petition for reconsideration filed by Radiofone,
Inc. on April 21, 1997, IS DENIED.



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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