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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 99-3001 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov Released: December 23, 1999 TRITON COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. AND RCC HOLDINGS, INC. SEEK CONSENT FOR ASSIGNMENT WT Docket No. 99-364 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED Comments/Petitions due: January 24, 2000 Responses/Oppositions due: February 3, 2000 Triton Communications, L.L.C., (Triton Communications) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Triton Cellular Alabama 5 License Company, L.L.C. (Triton Cellular), and RCC Holdings, Inc. (RCC Holdings), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rural Cellular Corporation, have filed applications under Section 310(d) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.  310(d), requesting Commission consent to assign licenses or authorizations currently held by Triton Communications and Triton Cellular to RCC Holdings. The structure of the proposed transaction provides that RCC Holdings will acquire all of the assets of Triton Communications and Triton Cellular. SECTION 310 APPLICATIONS Part 22 - Cellular Radiotelephone Service The following application for consent to the assignment from Triton Communications and Triton Cellular to RCC Holdings of the Part 22 Cellular Radiotelephone Service licenses and authorizations held by Triton Communications and Triton Cellular have been assigned the file numbers below. File No. Licensee Call Sign(s) 0000049094 Triton Communications KNKN231 (lead) 0000047798 Triton Cellular KNKQ444 Part 24 - Broadband PCS Licenses The following application for consent to the assignment from Triton Communications to RCC Holdings of the Part 24 Broadband PCS licenses and authorizations held by Triton Communications has been assigned the file number below. File No. Licensee Call Sign(s) 0000049450 Triton Communications KNLF896 (lead) Part 101 Common Carrier Point-to-Point Microwave Licenses The following application for consent to the assignment from Triton Communications to RCC Holdings of the Part 101 Common Carrier Point-to-Point Microwave licenses and authorizations held or requested by Triton Communications has been assigned the file number below. File No. Licensee Call Sign(s) 0000047796 Triton Communications WHC935 (lead) GENERAL INFORMATION The assignment applications referenced herein have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any application, if upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in conformance with the Commission's rules or policies. Final action will not be taken on these applications earlier than thirty-one days following the date of this notice. See 47 U.S.C.  309. Interested parties may file comments or petitions to deny no later than January 24, 2000. Oppositions to such pleadings may be filed no later than February 3, 2000. All filings concerning any or all of the matters referenced in this Public Notice should refer to WT Docket No. 99-364, as well as the specific file numbers of the individual applications or other matters to which the filings pertain. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  1.1200(a), which permits the Commission to adopt modified or more stringent ex parte procedures in particular proceedings if the public interest so requires, we announce that this proceeding will be governed by permit-but-disclose ex parte procedures that are applicable to non-restricted proceedings under 47 C.F.R.  1.1206. An original and four copies of all comments, petitions to deny, and oppositions must be filed with the Commission's Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-B204, Washington, D.C. 20554, in accordance with Section 1.51(c) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R..  1.51(c). In addition, one copy of each pleading must be delivered to each of the following locations: (1) the Commission's duplicating contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc. ("ITS"), 445 12th Street, S.W., CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554; (2) Consumer Information Bureau, Reference Division, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554; (3) Lauren Kravetz, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 4-A163, Washington, D.C. 20554; and (4) Ramona Melson, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 4-C237, Washington, D.C. 20554. Instead of filing paper comments, parties may file comments using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24,121 (1998). Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to . Generally, only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however, commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send an e- mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following words in the body of the message, "get form