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

In re Application of                 )
                                     )
CONTACT COMMUNICATION INC.           )     File No. 25355-CD-P/ML-95
                                     )
Authorization for a New Transmitting Facility)
Under Station KNKM569 on 931.2125 MHz )
in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service:)
Laredo, TX                           )
                                     

                                  ORDER


   Adopted:  February 11, 1998                     Released:  February 11, 1998

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

  1. By this order, the Commercial Wireless Division denies Contact Communication Inc.'s
("Contact") petition for reconsideration ("Petition") of the grant by the Licensing and Technical Analysis
Branch (formerly Narrowband Branch) of its application for authorization for a new transmitting facility
on assigned frequency 931.2125 MHz at Laredo, Texas.

  2. On November 18, 1994, Florida Network U.S.A., Inc. ("Florida") filed an application for
authorization to construct and operate new transmitting facilities in the paging and radiotelephone service
on frequency 931.4625 MHz at Laredo, Texas.  On January 20, 1995, Contact's predecessor, American
900 Paging Inc. ("American") filed an application for authorization of a new transmitting facility on
frequency 931.4625 at Laredo Texas.  On May 24, 1995, the Commercial Wireless Division's Licensing
and Technical Analysis Branch granted Florida frequency 931.4625 MHz at Laredo, Texas.  On August
21, 1996, the Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch granted Contact frequency 931.2125 MHz at
Laredo, Texas.  On September 20, 1996, Contact filed its Petition seeking reconsideration of the
assigned frequency, and requesting assignment of its preferred frequency, 931.4625 MHz.

  3. The Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch determined that Contact's requested frequency
was unavailable because it had already been assigned to Florida, whose application was accepted for filing
before Contact's.  Additionally, applicant's are not entitled to their requested frequency.  While section
22.501(p)(2) allows an applicant to specify a frequency, the Commission is not bound by such requests. 

  5.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that, pursuant to authority delegated by sections 4(i) and 405
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C  154(i) and 405, authority delegated by
section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R  0.331, and pursuant to section 1.106 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106, the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Contact Communication
Inc., on September 20, 1996, IS DENIED.



        FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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