PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                            DA 98-557

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                                                   Released: March 23, 1998



                   WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
                 COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICE INFORMATION

                      LICENSE RENEWAL PROCEDURES FOR
                CERTAIN 800 MHz CONVENTIONAL SMR LICENSES
                       ON GENERAL CATEGORY CHANNELS


        The Commission currently has a large number of 800 MHz conventional Specialized Mobile
Radio (SMR) licensees on General Category channels that received an extension of time from eight
months to twelve months to construct their facilities and commence operation pursuant to the
Goodman/Chan Order.  The Goodman/Chan Order will become effective upon publication in the Federal
Register.  There are other licensees who have filed waivers seeking relief similar to that granted to the
Goodman/Chan Licensees pursuant to the Goodman/Chan Order. We have not ruled on the requests filed
by these licensees and they remain pending.

        The license terms for some of these licensees are to expire in the near future.  It is the
responsibility of each licensee to apply for renewal of its license prior to the expiration date of the
license.  According to the Commission's rules, 800 MHz SMR licensees will receive an Application for
Renewal of Private Radio Station License Form (FCC Form 574-R) in the mail from the Commission. 
If within sixty days before the scheduled expiration of the license, the licensee has not received FCC
Form 574-R, the licensee should file a Private Radio Application for Renewal, Reinstatement and/or
Notification of Change to License Information Form (FCC Form 405-A) before the expiration date of
the license to renew the license.  Thus, failure of a licensee to receive a FCC Form 574-R from the
Commission is no excuse for failure to file a renewal application.  The license renewal application should
be filed in accordance with the Commission's rules and the instructions for the appropriate form.  In
accordance with our rules, failure to file a license renewal application prior to the license expiration date
results in the automatic cancellation of the license on its expiration date.  Licensees are also reminded
to submit the appropriate fee with the license renewal form.  

        Licensees may apply for reinstatement of an expired license no later than thirty days after the
expiration date of the license.  However, reinstatement of the license is not guaranteed.  Any renewal
or reinstatement of the licenses will not prejudice the outcome of our decision regarding any pending
licensees' waiver requests or the resolution of any outstanding issues involving the implementation of
waivers previously granted.  

        For further information, contact Terry Fishel at (717) 338-2602 or Ramona Melson, Tejal Mehta
or David Judelsohn at (202) 418-7240.

        This Public Notice is issued by the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.



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