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OGC-98-43 1 (1998-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-279728 April 23, 1998 The Honorable John McCain 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: Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees 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 (FCC), entitled Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees (WT Docket No. 97-82; FCC 98-46). We received the rule on March 30, 1998. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on April 8, 1998. 63 Fed. Reg. 17111. The final rule is an amendment of the FCC's above-entitled rule following consideration of petitions for reconsideration. The rule makes certain modifications designed to provide C block licensees greater flexibility in making their elections and will allow existing licensees greater ability to adjust their business plans and remain in the wireless market to compete against other providers. It also provides for the return of spectrum to the FCC so that other entrepreneurs will have opportunities to obtain broad band PCS licenses in a reauction. The requirement that a licensee must make the same election for all its licenses is eliminated. Instead, a licensee may make different elections for the different Major Trading Areas (MTAs) in which it holds licenses. GAO/OGC-98-43

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