November 28, 1994


               FCC RELEASES UPFRONT PAYMENT AMOUNTS TENDERED
                          BY QUALIFIED BIDDERS IN
                  DECEMBER 5, 1994 BROADBAND PCS AUCTION



     This Public Notice provides information regarding the amount of
the upfront payment made by each of 30 companies that have qualified
to bid in the Commission's auction of 99 licenses to provide Personal
Communications Services in the 2 GHz band (broadband PCS), which will
begin on December 5, 1994.

     Each company listed on the attached page has submitted in a
timely manner an amount sufficient to qualify it to bid on at least
one license being offered in the December 5th auction. A bidder's
maximum eligibility to participate in the auction, and its required
level of activity during each stage of the auction, is determined by
the amount of its upfront payment.



News Media contacts: Audrey Spivack and Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-0500
Office of Plans and Policy contact: Jonathan Cohen at (202) 418-2030
Office of Managing Director contact: Regina Dorsey at (202) 418-1995



                  DECEMBER 5, 1994 BROADBAND PCS AUCTION
           LIST OF QUALIFIED BIDDERS AND UPFRONT PAYMENT AMOUNTS



     Qualified Bidder                                Upfront Payment

     ALAACR Communications, Inc.                     $32,965,000
     AT&T Wireless PCS Inc.                          $78,376,043
     American Portable Telecommunications, Inc.      $20,400,000
     Ameritech Wireless Communications, Inc.          $4,777,935
     BellSouth Personal Communications, Inc.          $6,884,538
     Boston PCS Venture                               $5,671,628
     CCI Data, Inc.                                  $18,000,000
     Centennial Cellular Corp.                        $2,174,308
     Century Communications Corp.                     $2,328,383
     Cleveland PCS Venture                            $2,967,450
     Comcast Telephony Services II, Inc.              $1,364,960
     Communications International Corporation            $28,200
     Continental Cablevision, Inc.                    $3,672,686
     Cox Cable Communications, Inc.                   $3,309,290
     Data Link One, Inc.                                 $28,200
     GCI Communication Corp.                          $1,129,364
     GTE Macro Communications Corporation            $50,000,000
     MICRO LITHOGRAPHY, INC.                          $2,000,000
     PCS America Limited Partnership                  $5,790,000
     PCS PRIMECO, L.P.                               $54,666,431
     Pacific Telesis Mobile Services                 $56,000,000
     PhillieCo, L.P.                                  $5,356,649
     Poka Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc.          $1,791,915
     Powertel PCS Partners, L.P.                     $16,676,206
     Satellite Broadcast Network, Inc.                  $330,026
     South Seas Satellite Communications Corp.           $28,200
     Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.          $17,156,458
     Western PCS Corporation                         $10,000,000
     Windsong Communications, Inc.                       $28,200
     WirelessCo, L.P.                               $118,437,865

     TOTAL                                          $522,339,935


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