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Change of Address for Federal Communications Commission's Headquarters
In this document we amend the Commission's rules to reflect the change of address of the Commission's headquarters to the Portals II Building, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20054.
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Public Safety 700 MHz Band
The Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, (Second MO&O), addresses petitions for reconsideration that were filed in response to the First Report and Order, (First R&O) in this proceeding. The Commission resolves those portions of the petitions that address our decisions on certain technical requirements, the digital modulation requirement,...
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Competitive Bidding Procedures
This document clarifies and amends the Commission's general competitive bidding rules for all, auctionable services. These modifications are intended to increase the efficiency of the competitive bidding process and provide more specific guidance to auction participants. In the past, the Commission adopted separate competitive bidding rules for...
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Competitive Bidding Procedures
In this document the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comments on a total assets test to determine small business status and propose exceptions to the attribution rule's requirement that certain stock interest be counted on a ``fully diluted'' basis.
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Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format
This document announces the effective date of the amendments to rules regarding Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format to ensure that telephone bills contain information necessary for consumers to determine the validity of charges assessed on the bills and to combat telecommunications fraud. Some of the rules contained information collection...
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Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas
This document announces the effective date of the rules adopted in the Tribal Order amending the Commission's universal service rules to provide additional, targeted support under the Commission's low-income programs to create financial incentives for eligible telecommunications carriers to serve, and deploy telecommunications facilities in,...
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Priority Access Service
In this document, the Commission allows commercial mobile radio service to offer Priority Access Service (PAS) to public safety personnel at the Federal, State and local levels to help meet the national security and emergency preparedness (NSEP) needs of the Nation. Additionally, the Commission adopts rules to implement its decision....
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Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas
In this document, the Commission adopts measures to promote telecommunications subscribership and infrastructure deployment within American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities; to establish a framework for the resolution of eligible telecommunications carrier designation requests under section 214(e)(6) of the Telecom Act; and to apply...
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Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the adoption of a rule that would require resolution of the merits of any request for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier under section 214(e) of the Telecom Act, filed either with this Commission or a state commission, to be resolved within six months of the filing date, or...
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MDS and ITFS Two-Way Transmissions
Previously, the Commission adopted a series of legal and technical rule changes to enhance the ability of Multipoint Distribution Service (``MDS'') and Instructional Television Fixed Service (``ITFS'') licensees to provide non-video services, including transmission of high speed computer data applications such as Internet access. We later...
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MDS and ITFS Two-Way Transmissions
Previously, the Commission adopted a series of legal and technical rule changes to enhance the ability of Multipoint Distribution Service (``MDS'') and Instructional Television Fixed Service (``ITFS'') licensees to provide non-video services, including transmission of high speed computer data applications such as Internet access. We later...
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Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
This document allocates new spectrum and establishes rules for a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) that allows potentially life-critical equipment to operate on an interference-protected basis. Medical telemetry equipment is used in hospitals and health care facilities to transmit patient measurement data, such as pulse and respiration...
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Review of Commission's Consideration of Applications Under the Cable Landing License Act
This document solicits comments on a proposed mechanism for streamlining the licensing of international submarine cable systems. Under the proposal, applicants would have three options to qualify for streamlined review. The Commission initiated this proceeding as a means of tailoring its licensing process to encourage rapid, facilities-based...
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Use of the 220-222 MHz Band by the Private Land Mobile Radio Service Regarding Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum Disaggregation
This document disposes of two Petitions for Reconsideration of the Fifth Report and Order in this docket, in which the Commission adopted geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation rules for the 220-222 MHz service. This document dismisses as moot Rand McNally & Company's (RMC's) Petition for Reconsideration to remove the references to...
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Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long-Distance Users, and Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
This document adopts an integrated interstate access reform and universal service proposal put forth by the members of the Coalition for Affordable Local and Long-distance Service (CALLS). By adopting this document, the Commission takes action to further accelerate the development of competition in the local and long- distance telecommunications...
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Narrowband Personal Communications Services; Competitive Bidding
This document adopts a number of modifications to the Commission's existing narrowband Personal Communications Services (PCS) rules. These include the use of Major Trading Areas for future licensing, the establishment of a ``substantial service'' alternative to the current construction benchmarks, and modifications to certain provisions of the...
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Narrowband Personal Communications Services; Competitive Bidding
In this document the Commission seeks comment on whether it should license the one megahertz of narrowband Personal Communications Services (PCS) spectrum that has been held in reserve. The Commission seeks comment on how to channelize this one megahertz and on whether the unlicensed narrowband PCS spectrum that has already been channelized...
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2000 Biennial Review; Streamlining Technical Criteria and Registration for Customer Premises Equipment
This document proposes to streamline most elements of the process by which technical criteria are established for customer premises equipment (CPE or terminal equipment) that, once approved, local exchange carriers must allow to be connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The document also proposes to minimize Commission...
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Rules and Policies Governing Pole Attachments
This document addresses issues raised in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to the formula used to calculate maximum just and reasonable rates utilities may charge for pole attachments made to a pole, duct, conduit or right-of-way pursuant. This document amends the formula so that it reflects the Commission's current accounting rules...
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Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS)
This document dismisses or denies fourteen of the fifteen petitions for reconsideration filed against an earlier Federal Communications Commission (Commission) order. The Commission takes this action because most of the issues raised in the petitions have been addressed in or rendered moot by action taken in other Commission orders. Other issues...