DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 18, No. 13                                           January 21,1999

**Before an entry denotes that the item is part of the FCC's implementation of the 1996 Telecom Act. While we will attempt to flag all Telecom Act-related items, this marking is unofficial and informational only.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Released: January 21, 1999. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - JANUARY 20. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt012099.pdf

Report No: TEL-00056. Released: January 21, 1999. OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS AND SECTION 310(B)(4) ACTIONS TAKEN. (DA No. 99-214). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/da990214.pdf

Released: January 21, 1999. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNSHINE NOTICE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.The FCC will hold an open meeting on January 28, 1999, at 9:30 a.m. at 445 12th St., S.W., Washington, D.C. - 12th St. Level Commission Meeting Room,." Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Agenda/1999/ag990128.html

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RSL COM U.S.A. Denied RSL COM U.S.A.'s petition to waive the Commission's International Settlements Policy (ISP) to change the accounting rate for switched voice service with the Dominican Republic. Found the accounting rates previously negotiated by RSL for service with the Dominican Republic, which were never filed with the Commission, do not violate the Commission's ISP. Action by Chief, Telecommunications Division. Adopted: January 15, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-196). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/da990196.wp

TELECOMMUNICAIONES UTRAMARINAS DE PUERTO RICO. Granted Telecommunicaiones Utramarinas De Puerto Rico's Request for Extension of Time to respond to the "Petitions to Deny" filed on January 8, 1999, by PanAmSat Corporation in this proceeding. Deadline for filing responses to PanAmSat's Petitions to Deny is extended from January 21 to February 4. Action by Chief,Satellite and Radiocommunication Division. Adopted: January 20, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-219). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/da990219.wp

ADDENDA: The following items, released January 20, 1999, did not appear in Digest No. 12:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Report No: 1396. Released: January 20, 1999. CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING.

Report No: SES-00043. Released: January 20, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION RE: ACTIONS TAKEN. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9011.pdf

Report No: SES-00042. Released: January 20, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9010.pdf

Released: January 20, 1999. EX PARTE PROCEDURES MODIFIED FOR FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED BY COMSAT CORPORATION AGAINST IDB MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (DA No. 99-210). Contact: Adrien Auger (formal complaint questions), CCB at (202) 418-0960; Joanna Lowry (Section 214, declaratory ruling petitions questions), IB at (202) 418-1470. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/da990210.wp

Report No: 24411. Released: January 20, 1999. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990120.txt

Released: January 20, 1999. CLARIFICATION OF FIILING OF REVISED BROADCAST OWNERSHIP REPORT. (DA No. 99-174). Contact: Jim Brown, Video Services Division at (202) 418-1600. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/da990174.wp

Released: January 20, 1999. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe, Office of the Secretary at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/1999/ex990120.html

Report No: 2313. Released: January 20, 1999. PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND APPLICATION FOR REVIEW IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/1999/pnmc9004.wp

Report No: 2024. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS.

Report No: 132. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SITE-BY-SITE ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9013.pdf

Report No: 133. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9014.pdf

Report No: 131. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SITE-BY-SITE ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9012.pdf

Report No: 129. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9011.pdf

Report No: 134. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9015.pdf

Report No: 135. Released: January 20, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Contact: Elizabeth Williams, Commercial Wireless Division at (202) 418-1343. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9016.pdf

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SPEECHES

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UNITED STATES WELCOMES EC STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR ITU PROCESS ON SETTING NEW MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/Statements/stwek905.html

"""DEREGULATION: PURSUING CONGRESS'S VISION"" - REMARKS OF FCC COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS BEFORE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 20, 1999. Internet URL: " https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Ness/spsn903.html

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PETITION FOR FORBEARANCE OF THE INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE. Extended by 90 days to May 18, the date by which a petition for forbearance requesting that the Commission forbear from applying nine regulations to mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers serving fewer than two percent of the nation's access lines filed by the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance shall be deemed granted in the absence of a Commission decision that the petition fails to meet the standards for forbearance under section 10(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: January 19, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-197). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da990197.wp

WRKL ROCKLAND RADIO, L.L.C. Granted license renewal application filed by WRKL Rockland Radio, L.L.C. for Station WRKL(AM), New City, NY, subject to a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for $5,000 for matters involving the reporting of a discrimination complaint against the station. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: January 20, 1999. by MO&O & NAL. (DA No. 99-206). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da990206.wp

CRC BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. Granted license renewal application filed by CRC Broadcasting Company, Inc. for Station KFNN(AM), Mesa, AZ, subject to a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for $8,000 for matters involving the reporting of a discrimination complaint against the station. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: January 20, 1999. by MO&O and NAL. (DA No. 99-205). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da990205.wp

PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULE FOR AUCTION OF 168 LICENSES IN THE LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE. Denied Sully Buttes Telephone Cooperative, Inc., Adams Telcom, Inc. and New Wave Networks, LLC Joint Petition for Reconsideration seeking to postpone by at least 60 days the LMDS auction start date and all associated deadlines. LMDS Auction Event No. 23 is scheduled to begin April 29. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: January 19, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-204). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990204.wp

WESTERN PCS I CORPORATION PETITION FOR PREEMPTION OF THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE NOTICE OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT AND REQUEST FOR DECLARATORY RULING. Granted Western PCS I Corporation's Request for Dismissal Without Prejudice of its Petition for Preemption and Request for Declaratory Ruling asking the Commission to preempt the enforcement of the Oregon Department of Revenue's May 20, 1996, Notice of Proposed Tax Assessment. Dismissed Western PCS I Corporation's Petition without prejudice. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Division. Adopted: January 20, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-203). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990203.wp