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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                          )
                                          )
Global Cellular Communications, Inc.      )         Lottery ID No. 049
                                                    )
Application for authority                 )
to construct and operate a                )
nationwide, commercial                    )
220 MHz SMR system,                )
Channels 151-155                          )


ORDER
                     

   Adopted:  February 6, 1998                                    Released:  February 6, 1998 

By the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

     1.     On October 18, 1996, National Communications Group, Capital Communications Group,
Columbia Communications Group, Lonesome Dove Communications, All-American Communications
Partners, and Shiner Bock Group (collectively, Petitioners) filed a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition)
of the Memorandum Opinion and Order in which the Commission denied their Application for Review
challenging Global Cellular Communications, Inc.'s (Global) application for a five-channel, nationwide,
commercial 220 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio system.  Previously, Petitioners had filed an informal
objection to Global's application, which the former Private Radio Bureau (Bureau) dismissed as untimely
and lacking in merit, and a petition for reconsideration of that decision, which the Bureau denied.

    2.    Section 1.106(b)(3) of the Commission's rules states that "[a] petition for reconsideration
of an order denying an application for review which fails to rely on new facts or changed circumstances
may be dismissed by the staff as repetitious."  In denying Petitioners' Application for Review, the
Commission rejected their argument that Global's financial qualifications showing was defective.  The
Petition challenges the Commission's conclusion that Global was not required to file a firm financial
commitment letter with an original signature.  Petitioners suggest that their Petition may not be dismissed
because it challenges an analysis of this issue that the Commission employed for the first time in its
MO&O.  We disagree.  We find that the Petition merely restates Petitioners' previous argument
regarding Global's financial qualifications showing, which the Commission has already fully addressed,
and relies on no new facts or changed circumstances.  Therefore, we dismiss the Petition as repetitious.

    3.    For the above reasons, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to sections 0.331 and 1.106(b)(3)
of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.331, 1.106(b)(3), the Petition for Reconsideration filed by
National Communications Group, Capital Communications Group, Columbia Communications Group,
Lonesome Dove Communications, All-American Communications Partners, and Shiner Bock Group on
October 18, 1996, IS HEREBY DISMISSED.


                                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                                  David L. Furth
                                  Chief, Commercial Wireless Division
                                  Wireless Telecommunications Bureau