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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                 DA 99-1168

News media information 202/418-0500     Fax-On-Demand  202/418-2830     Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov    ftp.fcc.gov

                                          Released: June 15, 1999


     NEW DEADLINES FOR FILING COMMENTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION
    REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL WIDE-AREA 800 MHz LICENSEES 
                                
                      PR Docket No. 93-144
                                
                                
Comment Date:  July 12, 1999
Reply Comment Date: July 30, 1999

     On May 21, 1999, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) released a public
notice requesting comment on the construction requirements that the Commission should impose
on 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio commercial licensees that are part of a wide area system. 
The May 21, 1999 Public Notice announced that the filing deadline for comments in this
proceeding is June 21, 1999, and the deadline for filing reply comments is July 6, 1999.

     Today, we announce that these deadlines have been extended so that the deadline for filing
comments is thirty days after notice of the pleading cycle was published in the Federal Register. 
The May 21, 1999 Public Notice was published in the Federal Register on June 11, 1999. 
Accordingly, interested parties may submit comments in this proceeding no later than July 12,
1999, and reply comments no later than July 30, 1999.

     For further information, contact Scott A. Mackoul or Don Johnson, Federal
Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless
Division, Policy and Rules Branch at (202) 418-7240.