[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 21627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9623]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[AU Docket No. 09-205; DA 10-588]


Auction of Lower and Upper Paging Bands Licenses Rescheduled for 
June 15, 2010; Status of Short-Form Applications to Participate in 
Auction 87

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the revised schedule and deadlines for 
the upcoming auction of 9,603 licenses for lower and upper paging bands 
designated Auction 87.

DATES: Upfront payments are due by 6 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 
30, 2010. Auction applicants with incomplete short-form applications 
must resubmit their applications, having corrected the deficiencies 
indicated, prior to 6 p.m. ET on April 30, 2010. Bidding for licenses 
in Auction 87 is scheduled to begin on June 15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: For legal questions: Scott 
Mackoul at (202) 418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Auction 87 Status 
Public Notice, which was released on April 13, 2010. The complete text 
of the Auction 87 Status Public Notice, including attachments, as well 
as related Commission documents, are available for public inspection 
and copying from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday and 
from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference 
Information Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 
20554. The Auction 87 Status Public Notice and related Commission 
documents may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202-488-
5300, facsimile 202-488-5563, or Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com, 
using document number DA 10-588 for the Auction 87 Status Public 
Notice. The Auction 87 Status Public Notice and related documents are 
also available on the Internet at the Commission's Web site: http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/87/ 87/.
    1. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) announces a 
revised schedule for the upcoming auction of 9,603 licenses for lower 
and upper paging bands spectrum. This auction, which is designated as 
Auction 87, was initially scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 
but because of necessary scheduling changes, the auction will begin on 
Tuesday, June 15, 2010. The Bureau also announces a new deadline for 
submitting an upfront payment (6 p.m. ET on April 30, 2010) and a new 
date for the mock auction (June 11, 2010).
    2. The initial schedule of bidding rounds will be announced by 
public notice at least one week before the start of the auction. With 
the exception of these and any other changes set forth in this Public 
Notice, the procedures, terms and conditions previously announced in 
the Auction 87 Procedures Public Notice will apply in Auction 87.
    3. The Bureau also announces, in the Auction 87 Status Public 
Notice, the status of the 89 short-form applications submitted by 
parties wishing to participate in Auction 87. The Auction 87 Status 
Public Notice lists 34 applications as complete and 55 applications as 
incomplete. Applicants with incomplete short-form applications must 
resubmit their applications, having corrected the deficiencies 
indicated, prior to 6 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2010. The Bureau 
also reminds auction applicants that they must maintain the accuracy of 
their short-form applications as required by 47 CFR 1.65 and 1.2105.
    4. Approximately three weeks after the upfront payment deadline, 
following Commission review of resubmitted short-form applications, and 
the correlation of payments and applications, a public notice listing 
all applicants qualified to bid in Auction 87 will be released. The 
same public notice will also include bidding schedules for both the 
mock auction and the first day of bidding.

Federal Communications Commission.
William W. Huber,
Associate Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. 2010-9623 Filed 4-23-10; 8:45 am]
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