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

In re Application of               )
                                   )
COMMUNITRONICS, INC.               )    File No. 33526-CD-P/ML-96
                                   )
For Reconsideration of an Authorization )
for a Facility to Operate on Frequency       )
152.63 MHz at Mooringsport, Louisiana        )


                    ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION


   Adopted:  October 29, 1999           Released:  October 29, 1999

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

     1.   This Order denies a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition), filed by Communitronics,
Inc. (Communitronics) on September 11, 1997, of the dismissal of the captioned application by the
Commercial Wireless Division's Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch (Branch). For the reasons
discussed below, we deny the Petition.

     2.   In its application Communitronics requested authorization for an additional facility on
frequency 152.63 MHz at Mooringsport, Louisiana.  Section 1.934(d)(1) of the Commission's rules
provides, in relevant part, that an application may be dismissed without prejudice as defective if the
application is incomplete with respect to informational showings.  The Branch determined that the
application, filed on July 31, 1996, did not show interference-free operation as required by section
22.567(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, with respect to two facilities licensed to Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company.  By letter dated July 28, 1997, the application was therefore deemed defective and
dismissed without prejudice.  

     3.   In its Petition, Communitronics states that it inadvertently switched the interference
study page with another application and requests the Commission reconsider its dismissal of the
application  by taking into account the newly submitted interference study.  While the interference study
may satisfy the requirements of section 22.567(a)(1), the study was filed long after the Commission
announced that it would no longer process paging applications.  Specifically, in the Paging Second
Report and Order, the Commission announced that all paging applications filed after July 31, 1996,
would be dismissed.  As a result, the Branch properly processed all applications filed by July 31, 1996,
based on the information provided in those applications as of that date.  Because Communitronics'
corrected interference study was filed over thirteen months after the July 31, 1996 deadline, we deny
Communitronics' Petition and affirm the Branch's decision to dismiss the captioned application.  

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 4(i) and 405 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 405, and 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
Communitronics, Inc., on September 11, 1997, IS DENIED.
                              

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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