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                                                Released: November 18, 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 November 2, 1999, AirCell and Western Wireless Corporation, filed a petition 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 December 2, 1999.  The deadline for filing
Replies to any Oppositions is December 9, 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.