Report No. DC 95-64         ACTION IN DOCKET CASE         May 3, 1995
     
                                                               
                                                                                                                                               COMMISSION PROPOSES TO ALLOW IVDS
     LICENSEES TO
     PROVIDE MOBILE SERVICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
                               (WT Docket 95-47)
     
         The FCC has proposed  to allow 
     Interactive Video and Data Service
     (IVDS) licensees to provide mobile
     service to subscribers on an ancillary
     basis.  This proceeding was initiated by
     a petition for rule making  from EON
     Corporation.  
     
         In its petition, EON states that
     after the IVDS service rules were
     adopted,  it designed refinements, and
     that these refinements give IVDS
     licensees the capability to provide
     cost-effective mobile service.  EON
     contends that allowing mobile operation
     would enhance the marketability and
     usefulness of IVDS and ensure that the
     IVDS spectrum will be fully utilized. 
     EON also states that allowing mobile
     operation will increase the opportunity
     for broadcasters to participate in the
     information superhighway and generate
     additional advertising revenues. 
     Accordingly, EON requests that the FCC
     authorize mobile operation with mobile
     units transmitting at a (reduced)
     maximum effective radiated power  of 100
     milliwatts.
     
         The FCC believes that providing
     ancillary mobile services to fixed
     service subscribers will enhance
     telecommunication service offerings
     for consumers, producers and new
     entrants, encourage rapid deployment
     and growth of IVDS services and promote
     more flexible use of  IVDS spectrum.   
     
         Action by the Commission April 13,
     1995, by NPRM (FCC 95-158).  Chairman
     Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett,
     Ness and Chong. 
     
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