[Federal Register: January 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 96-45; DA 03-4113]
NPCR, Inc. d/b/a Nextel Partners Petition for Designation as an
Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the State of Florida
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; solicitation of comments.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau sought
comment on the NPCR, Inc. d/b/a Nextel Partners' petition seeking
designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) to receive
federal universal service support for service offered in certain rural
and non-rural study areas in the state of Florida.
DATES: Comments are due on or before February 2, 2004. Reply comments
are due on or before February 17, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further filing
instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Franklin, Attorney, Wireline
Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, (202)
418-7400, TTY (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's public
notice, CC Docket No. 96-45, DA 03-4113, released December 30, 2003. On
September 16, 2003, NPCR, Inc. d/b/a/ Nextel Partners (Nextel Partners)
filed a petition seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications
carrier (ETC). Nextel Partners provides commercial mobile radio service
and seeks designation as an ETC so that it can receive federal
universal service support for its service offered in the State of
Florida in rural study areas currently served by GTC, Inc.''FL,
Frontier Communications'South, ALLTEL Florida, Inc., and Quincey
Telephone Company and in non-rural wire centers served by BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc.
Nextel Partners contends that the Florida Public Service Commission
(Florida Commission) does not regulate commercial mobile radio service
providers for purposes of ETC designations and provides a declaration
from the Florida Commission asserting its lack of jurisdiction. Nextel
Partners submits that the Commission has jurisdiction under section
214(e)(6) to consider and grant its petition. Nextel Partners also
maintains that it satisfies all the statutory and regulatory
prerequisites for ETC designation and that its designation as an ETC
will serve the public interest.
The petitioner must provide copies of its petition to the Florida
Commission. The Commission will also send a copy of this public notice
to the Florida Commission by overnight express mail to ensure that the
Florida Commission is notified of the notice and comment period.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments as follows:
comments are due February 2, 2004, and reply comments are due February
17, 2004. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. See Electronic
Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121, May 1,
1998.
Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file
via the Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. Generally,
only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple
docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding,
however, commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments
to each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In
completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full
name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or
rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by
Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail comments,
commenters should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include
the following words in the body of the message, ``get form .'' A sample form and directions will be sent in
reply.
Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four
copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of this proceeding, commenters must submit two
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
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overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S.
Postal Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will
receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the
Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110,
Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7
p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or
fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the
building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail,
Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20554. All filings must be sent to the Commission's
Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Parties also must send three paper copies of their filing to Sheryl
Todd, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room 5-
B540, Washington, DC 20554. In addition, commenters must send diskette
copies to the Commission's copy contractor, Qualex International,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20054.
Pursuant to Sec. 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1206,
this proceeding will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose proceeding
in which ex parte communications are permitted subject to disclosure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sharon Webber,
Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access
Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 04-1337 Filed 1-21-04; 8:45 am]
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