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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Cook Inlet/Voice Stream PCS, L.L.C.)         File No. 
                                )
Request for Temporary Authority )
                                )       
                                 

                                 
                             ORDER


   Adopted:  December 16, 1999          Released:  December 16, 1999

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

     1.   In this Order, we dismiss as moot the Request for Special Temporary Authority (STA
Request) filed by Cook Inlet/Voice Stream PCS, L.L.C. (Cook Inlet) on June 2, 1999.  Cook Inlet requested
special temporary authority to begin testing its system in markets for which Cook Inlet was the high bidder
in Auction 22, the C, D, E and F block broadband PCS license auction that closed on April 15, 1999.

     2.   During the pendency of Cook Inlet's STA Request, Cook Inlet was granted all of the licenses
for which it was the high bidder in Auction 22.  As a result, Cook Inlet's STA Request is moot.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act, as
amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), and section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, the Request
for Special Temporary Authority filed by Cook Inlet/Voice Stream PCS, L.L.C. on June 2, 1999 IS
DISMISSED AS MOOT.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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