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OGC-96-39 1 (1996-09-11)

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GAO            United States
               General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548

               Office of the General Counsel




               B-274369



               September 11, 1996

               The Honorable Larry Pressler
               Chairman
               The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
               Chairman
               The Honorable John D. Dingell
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Commerce
               House of Representatives

               Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Provision of Roaming Services by
                         Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers

                Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on
                a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission, entitled
                Provision of Roaming Services by Commercial Mobile Radio Services Providers
                (FCC-96-284). We received the rule on August 27, 1996. It was published in the
                Federal Register as a final rule on August 27, 1996. 61 Fed. Reg. 43977.

                In this Report and Order, the Commission requires cellular, broadband personal
                communications services and certain specialized mobile radio licensees to provide
                manual roaming services upon request to subscribers in good standing of all such
                carriers, providing those subscribers are using handsets technically capable of
                accessing the licensee's system. The Commission states that this requirement will
                (1) ensure that customers of all such providers will have an equal opportunity to
                obtain manual roaming services and (2) will promote the development of new
                competition by ensuring that no providers will be disadvantaged competitively by
                being unable to provide roaming capabilities to their subscribers.


GAO/OGC-96-39

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