Vol. 18, No. 137 July 20,1999
Released: July 20, 1999. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe, Officeof the Secretary at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/1999/ex990720.html
Released: July 20, 1999. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - JULY 19. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt071999.pdf
Report No: 1238. Released: July 20, 1999. CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS.
Report No: 44532. Released: July 20, 1999. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990720.txt
Report No: 24532. Released: July 20, 1999. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990720.txt
Released: July 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU UPGRADES THE UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM'S SEARCH CAPABILITIES REGARDING ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS. (DA No. 99-1421). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da991421.wp
CARWEL INC., ET AL. V. GTE SERVICE CORPORATION AND ITS TELEPHONE OPERATING COMPANIES. Granted certain independent payphone providers' and GTE Service Corp.'s joint motion seeking a waiver of Section 1.718(a) of the Commnission's rules which require filing a formal complaint within six months of a carrier response to an informal complaint. Action by Deputy Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1417). CCB
TCI OF RICHARDSON, INC. Granted in part and denied in part petition for reconsideration of action on local rate appeals and remanded rate orders to local franchising authority. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by MO&O on Rec. (DA No. 99-1408). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991408.wp
COMCAST CABLEVISION OF DELMARVA, INC. Granted Delaware Public Service Commission's petition for recertification of the basic cable service rates of Comcast Cablevision of Delmarva, Inc. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-1419). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991419.wp
TEXAS CABLE PARTNERS L.P. D/B/A PARAGON CABLE. Granted a petition to modify the market of television station KTAQ, Greenville, Texas, to exclude Coppell, Grapevine, Irving, and Lewisville, Texas, served by Paragon's "Dallas Metro" cable television system for purposes of the mandatory signal carriage rules. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-1410). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991410.wp
BRENMOR CABLE PARTNERS, L.P. D/B/A INTERMEDIA PARTNERS. Denied petition filed by Brenmor Cable Partners, L.P. d/b/a InterMedia Partners, seeking special relief to modify the Atlanta, Georgia, ADI to exclude Television Broadcast Station WATC (Ch. 57), Atlanta, Georgia, from carriage on its cable system serving Athens, Watkinsville, Bogart, Winterville, unincorporated areas of Clarke County and unincorporated areas of Oconee County, Georgia. Granted must carry complaint filed by Community Television, Inc., licensee of station WATC. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-1412). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991412.wp
ST. JOHNS COUNTY. Granted St. Johns County, Florida's request that the Public Safety and Private Wireless Division of the WTB reconsider the imposition of a secondary status condition on the license for WNEW792, Lewis Speedway, FL a fixed microwave service station operating in the 2 GHz band. Action by Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by Order on Reconl. (DA No. 99-1414). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991414.wp
Released: July 19, 1999. WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION PETITIONS FOR PREEMPTION OF AN ORDER OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED - CC DOCKET NO. 96-45.On June 23, Western Wireless Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, GCC License Corporation, filed a petition for preemption of an order of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission which denied Western Wireless' request for designation as an eligible telecommunciations carrier under section 214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Comments due August 18; replies September 2. (DA No. 99-1356). Dkt No.: CC- 96-45. Contact: Richard D. Smith, Accounting Policy Division at (202) 418-7400. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da991356.wp
Released: July 19, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PROVIDES FEE PAYMENT CHECKLIST FOR APPLICANTS USING THE UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM. (DA No. 99-1411). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da991411.wp
FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Extended to no later than September 17 the time period for issuing decisions on two school districts' requests for review of decisions made by the Universal Service Administrator. Action by the Commission. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by Order. (FCC No. 99-185). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99185.wp
FEDERAL-STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Requested certain line count information from non-rural local exchange carriers and holding compnaies by July 30. The information is necessary to enable the Comission to determine, on a timely basis, accurate line counts for non-rural carriers to be used in the forward-looking cost mechanism to estimate high cost support. Dkt No.: CC- 96-45, CC- 97-160. Action by Acting Deputy Chief. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1406). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da991406.wp
ERRATUM - LONG-TERM TELEPHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY TARIFF FILINGS OF U S WEST. Amended the July 16 MO&O, FCC 99-169. Dkt No.: CC- 99-35. Action by Deputy Chief, Competive Pricing Division. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by Erratum. CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/err99169.wp
ERRATUM - LONG-TERM TELEPHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY TARIFF FILINGS OF GTE. Amended June 23 MO&O (DA 99-1231). Dkt No.: CC- 99-35. Action by Deputy Chief, Competitive Pricing Division. Adopted: July 19, 1999. by Erratum. (DA No. 99-1413). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da991413.wp
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL COMPETITION PROVISIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. Resolved one issue concerning numbering administration raised in the Petition for Reconsideration or Clarification filed in response to the Local Competition Second Report and Order (CC 96-98) by Beehive Telephone Company. Denied Beehive's petition and affirmed Commisson's conclusion in the Local Competition Second Report and Order that the FCC has satisifed the statutory requirement of section 251(e)(1) of the Act that the Commission establish procedures leading to the designation of an impartial North American Numbering Plan administrator and to the designation of an impartial toll free number administrator. Dkt No.: CC- 96-98, CC- 95-185, CC- 92-237. Action by the Commission. Adopted: July 12, 1999. by 1st Ord, on Rec. (FCC No. 99-170). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99170.wp
COX CABLE. Denied show cause petition brought by class action petitioners against Cox Cable of California with regard to the operator's implementation of the tier buy- through requirements. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-1409). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991409.wp
GEOTEK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - TO FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN 900 MHZ SMR LICENSES. Granted Mobex Communications, Inc.'s Motion for Extension of Time in which to file Reply Comments in this proceeding. Reply comments now due July 30. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Division. Adopted: July 16, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1403). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991403.wp