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                                                  Released: October 7, 1998

             WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT 
                  ON WESTERN PCS II LICENSE CORPORATION 
                    REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 20.6
                         OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES

                            FILE NO. CWD 96-14

Comment Date:  November 6, 1998
Reply Comment Date:  November 23, 1998 

        On July 11, 1997, Western PCS II License Corporation (Western) filed a request for waiver of
section 20.6 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  20.6.  Western seeks a permanent waiver of the 45
MHz spectrum cap codified in section 20.6 because its holds the Block B broadband Personal
Communications Service (PCS) license for the Denver Major Trading Area (MTA) and various cellular
markets within the Denver MTA.  On September 8, 1998, Western filed an amendment to its Request
for Waiver to add Colorado Rural Service Area (RSA) 4 to the list of its cellular holdings in the Denver
MTA.  According to Western those cellular markets include 13.6 to 16.9 percent of the Denver MTA
population, exceeding the 10 percent "significant overlap" threshold set forth in section 20.6.  Western
seeks a permanent waiver of  section 20.6 so that Western not be required to divest itself of the cellular
operations causing it to exceed the 10 percent significant overlap threshold in section 20.6      

        Interested parties may file comments on Western's Request for Waiver on or before November
6, 1998.  Parties interested in submitting reply comments must do so on or before November 23, 1998. 
 All comments should reference Western's Request for Waiver,  FCC File No. CWD 96-14, and should
be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Room 222, Washington, D.C.  20554.  A copy of each filing should be sent to International Transcription
Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20036, (202) 857-3800.   In addition,
parties should send two copies to Jonathan Radin, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC, Suite 700,
2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20554.  

        The full text of Western's Request for Waiver, Western's Amendment to its Request for Waiver,
comments, and reply comments are available for inspection and duplication during regular business hours
in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Reference Room, 2025 M Street, N.W., Room 5608,
Washington, D.C.  20554.  Copies also may be obtained from ITS, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C.  20036, (202) 857-3800. 

        Pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1200(a), ex parte
presentations in this proceeding will be governed by the "permit-but-disclose" procedures set forth in
section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1206.   

        For further information contact Jonathan Radin or David Krech, Commercial Wireless Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-7240.