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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
445 TWELFTH STREET, S.W.
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News media information 202/418-0500     Fax-On-Demand  202/418-2830     Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov    ftp.fcc.gov


                                     Released: September 17, 1999


                Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
              Establishes Pleading Cycle for Request
      For Authorization to Participate in the AirCell System
 
     On December 24, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) issued an order granting,
in part, AirCell, Inc.'s (AirCell) Petition for Waiver.  In that order, the Bureau granted a request for waiver
of section 22.925 of the Commission's rules, subject to certain conditions.  In the AirCell Order, the Bureau
stated that future cellular operators seeking to become participants in the AirCell system must file requests for
waiver.

     On September 3, 1999, ALLTEL Communications, Inc., American Rural Cellular, Inc., Centennial
Cellular Corporation and Kentucky RSA 4 Cellular General Partnership filed petitions for waiver of section
22.925 and for authorization to participate in the AirCell system.  

     The deadline for filing Oppositions to this waiver request is October 1, 1999.  

     As with all other matters associated with the AirCell proceeding, including previous waiver petitions,
this waiver request will be treated, for ex parte purposes, as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding, subject to the
applicable requirements set forth under Section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b),
as revised.

     For further information, contact Wilbert E. Nixon, Jr., Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Commercial Wireless Division at 202-418-0620.