PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1919 M STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                 DA 97-2300

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                                       Released: November 3, 1997

                     PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED
                                
    COMMENT SOUGHT ON AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY'S REQUEST FOR
   ADVISORY OPINION REGARDING PROPOSED NOT-FOR-PROFIT 900 MHz
  TRUNKED SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR USE ON COOPERATIVE,
                       COST-SHARD BASIS 
                                
                                
Comment Date:  December 10, 1997                  Reply Date: December 24, 1997

On January 8, 1997, Amoco Production Company ("Amoco") filed a document captioned
"Request for an Advisory Opinion" ("Request") on the issue of whether a proposed joint
arrangement between Amoco and Shell Offshore Services Company ("SOSCO") constitutes a
"not-for-profit, cost-shared" arrangement pursuant to Section 90.603 of the Commission's Rules. 
The Commission now invites comment on the Request.  

In its Request, Amoco proposes to expand its existing 900 MHz Industrial/Land Transportation
trunked two-way mobile communications system in the Gulf of Mexico and integrate that system
with SOSCO's existing 6 GHz common carrier, point-to-point microwave network.  Amoco
states that this project will expand its 900 MHz system considerably -- from its current twelve
channels trunked in three-channel groups at thirteen sites, to approximately thirty sites with "a
small number" of additional channels.  Amoco estimates that this system will serve as many as
200 "participants," employing approximately 8,000 portable units.  

This system will incorporate the 6 GHz point-to-point microwave network that SOSCO currently
operates in the Gulf of Mexico as a common carrier pursuant to Section 101.701 of the
Commission's Rules.  Under the plan outlined in the Request, SOSCO is to be the principal
point-to-point bandwidth provider to transport the 900 MHz traffic between sites in the Gulf to
interconnection points with on-shore common carriers.  Additionally, Amoco proposes to have
SOSCO provide local exchange and long distance service to the "participants" in the 900 MHz
system at a profit.

Interested parties may file comments on Amoco's Request no later than December 10, 1997. 
Parties interested in submitting reply comments must do so no later than December 24, 1997. 
All comments should reference Amoco's Request and the File No. DA 97-2300, and should be
filed with the Office of Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Room 222, Washington, DC  20554.  A copy of each filing should be sent to International
Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W.,Washington, DC  20036, (202)
857-3800 and to James Moskowitz, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, 2025 M Street, N.W.,
Room 8010, Washington, D.C.  20554.

The full text of the petition, comments, and reply comments may be obtained from International
Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W.,Washington, DC  20036, (202)
857-3800.

For further information, contact James Moskowitz of the Public Safety and Private Wireless
Division at (202) 418-0396 or via E-Mail to jmoskowi@fcc.gov.


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