Public Notice: Office of General Counsel and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to Hold Public Forum to Discuss Biennial Review of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Rules

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fcclogo PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission
1919 - M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554 News media information 202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
ftp.fcc.gov

DA 98-39
January 9, 1998

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS
BIENNIAL REVIEW OF
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU RULES

The Office of General Counsel and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will hold a public forum on Wednesday, January 21, 1998, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m , to receive ideas regarding streamlining or deregulation of Commission regulations administered by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau during the first biennial review of Commission regulations. Although the 1996 Act only requires the Commission to review its rules applicable to telecommunications service providers and its broadcast ownership rules as part of the biennial regulatory review pursuant to Section 11 of the Communications Act, the Commission has determined that the first biennial review presents an excellent opportunity for a serious top-to-bottom examination of all the Commission's regulations. The public forum will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (Room 856), 1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discussion.
The public forum will focus on such topics as: (1) streamlining WTB data collection processes and application information; (2) modification of licensing rules to permit increased operational flexibility, to promote technical innovation, to develop workable sharing criteria, and to clarify the Commission's role in facilitating coordination among licensees; and (3) review of existing limits on spectrum ownership and what competitive criteria would justify relaxing or repealing such limitations. The Bureau is actively seeking to streamline its procedures, process and rules. This forum will serve as a mechanism for welcoming all ideas.
The public forum will be carried live on the Internet. Internet users may listen to the real-time audio feed of the public forum by accessing the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. Step-by-step instructions on how to listen to the audio broadcast, as well as information regarding the equipment and software needed, are available on the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. The URL for this home page is http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/.

--FCC-
Office of General Counsel contact: Linda Morrison at (202) 418-1720
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Dorothy Conway at (202) 418-7349
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500.

	PUBLIC NOTICE
	Federal Communications Commission 1919 - M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554	News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov

	DA 98-39 January 9, 1998
	OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS BIENNIAL REVIEW OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU RULES
	The Office of General Counsel and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will hold a public forum on Wednesday, January 21, 1998, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m , to receive ideas regarding streamlining or deregulation of Commission regulations administered by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau during the first biennial review of Commission regulations. Although the 1996 Act only requires the Commission to review its rules applicable to telecommunications service providers and its broadcast ownership rules as part of the biennial regulatory review pursuant to Section 11 of the Communications Act, the Commission has determined that the first biennial review presents an excellent opportunity for a serious top-to-bottom examination of all the Commission's regulations. The public forum will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (Room 856), 1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discussion. The public forum will focus on such topics as: (1) streamlining WTB data collection processes and application information; (2) modification of licensing rules to permit increased operational flexibility, to promote technical innovation, to develop workable sharing criteria, and to clarify the Commission's role in facilitating coordination among licensees; and (3) review of existing limits on spectrum ownership and what competitive criteria would justify relaxing or repealing such limitations. The Bureau is actively seeking to streamline its procedures, process and rules. This forum will serve as a mechanism for welcoming all ideas. The public forum will be carried live on the Internet. Internet users may listen to the real-time audio feed of the public forum by accessing the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. Step-by-step instructions on how to listen to the audio broadcast, as well as information regarding the equipment and software needed, are available on the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. The URL for this home page is http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/. --FCC- Office of General Counsel contact: Linda Morrison at (202) 418-1720 Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Dorothy Conway at (202) 418-7349 News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500.