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OGC-96-32 1 (1996-08-08)

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

                Office of the General Counsel




                B-272939



                August 8, 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: Interconnection and Resale
                          Obligations Pertaining to Commercial Mobile Radio Services

                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
                First Report and Order: Interconnection and Resale Obligations Pertaining to
                Commercial Mobile Radio Services (FCC-96-263). We received the rule on July 23,
                1996. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on July 24, 1996. 61
                Fed. Reg. 38399.

                In this First Report and Order, the Commission adopts a transitional rule requiring
                all cellular and broadband personal communications services and certain specialized
                mobile radio providers to permit unlimited resale of their services. The First Report
                and Order also eliminates an exception to an existing rule which permitted cellular
                licensees under some circumstances to restrict resale by their licensed cellular
                competitors. It also provides that the resale rule will sunset 5 years after the last
                group of licenses for currently allotted personal communications services spectrum
                is awarded (expected to occur within a year).


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