This page provides information on applications to the FCC seeking Commission approval for the assignment of twenty D-Block and E-Block broadband Personal Communications Services ("PCS") licenses of Alltel Communications, Inc. to Cellco Partnership dba Verizon.

This application and the record in the proceeding is accessible through the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Universal Licensing System under File No. 0000251339. Copies of documents in the record may also be obtained for a fee from FCC's duplicating contractor Qualex International, or may be viewed and/or copied at the FCC Reference Center.

Completed 2/28/01 - Day 98

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Below is a list of record documents in reverse chronological order.

2/28/01
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Assignment of Authorization and Transfer of Control Applications Action, Report Number 793

1/10/01
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Assignment of Authorization and Transfer of Control Applications Action, Report Number 749

11/22/00
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Assignment of Authorization and Transfer of Control Applications Accepted for Filing Public Notice (WTB Rpt. No. 704)

11/13/00
Application of Alltel Communications, Inc. and Cellco Partnership dba Verizon for FCC Consent to Assign Licenses

On November 13, 2000, Alltel Communications, Inc. ("Alltel") and Cellco Partnership dba Verizon ("Verizon") filed an application pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 310(d), seeking Commission approval for the assignment of twenty D-Block and E-Block broadband Personal Communications Services ("PCS") licenses currently held by Alltel to Verizon. No more than 10 MHz of spectrum would be assigned to Verizon in any one market. The spectrum at issue is not yet in operation, but will be used to provide voice and data services to subscribers. Approval would allow Verizon to expand its national coverage in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

This application and the record in the proceeding is accessible through the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Universal Licensing System under File No. 0000251339. Copies of documents in the record may also be obtained for a fee from FCC's duplicating contractor International Transcription Services, Inc., or may be viewed and/or copied at the FCC Reference Center.

For further information, contact Lauren Kravetz, John Branscome, or Monica Desai, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-7240.