Public Notice TEL00200

International Telecommunications

Action Taken Public Notice

2000-03-15

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Filings Included

File NumberService
ITC-214-19980804-00626International Telecommunications
IBFS_PN_130130

PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0550 Fax-On-Demand 202-418-2830; Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 DA No. 00-583 Report No. TEL-00200 Wednesday March 15, 2000 INTERNATIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. § 63.18); Cable Landing License Applications (47 C.F.R. § 1.767); Requests to Authorize Switched Services over Private Lines (47 C.F.R. § 63.16); Section 310(b)(4) Requests ITC-214-19980804-00626 TCI WIRELESS, INC. International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global Facilities-Based Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 10/23/1998 Application for authority to operate as a facilities-based carrier in accordance with the provision of Section 63.18(e)(1) of the rules. Page 1 of 2

Discontinuance of Maritime Mobile Radio Telephone Service via Public Coast Station KCK (Hilo, Hawaii) Application under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 214, and Section 63.19 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.19, to discontinue maritime mobile radio telephone service via public coast station KCK. TCI Wireless, Inc. (TCIW), a non-dominant provider of maritime mobile radio telephone services, filed an application under Section 63.19 of the rules requesting authorization under Section 214 of the Communications Act to discontinue service at its sole public coast station, KCK, located at Hilo, Hawaii. Section 63.19 of the rules, however, allows non-dominant carriers to discontinue service without obtaining formal authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act. Section 63.19 requires only that such a carrier to notify all its customers in writing that it intends to discontinue service and submit to the Commission a copy of the notice that it has sent its customers. TCIW, however, states that it has never placed the subject station into service and, therefore, that it has no customers to notify. Accordingly, TCIW states that it cannot submit the required copy of the closure notice. TCIW, therefore, requested the Commission to grant authorization under Section 214 to discontinue its coast station. Because TCIW has no customers, discontinuance of the coast station would not harm any user. Requiring TCIW to continue to operate a coast station without customers to serve would place an undue financial burden on TCIW. Accordingly, it would appear that the public interest would be served by granting the request of TCIW to close its public coast station. We conclude that TCIW has complied with the requirements of Section 63.19. Because Section 63.19 does not require TCIW to file a request for authority under Section 214, we shall dismiss its application as unnecessary insofar as it seeks formal authority under Section 214. Rather, we shall treat TCIW's application as the required submission under Section 63.19 of the rules. TCIW, having complied with Section 63.19 of the rules, is free to discontinue its coast station KCK. TCIW is directed, within ten days of this notice, to submit the licenses it holds for frequencies for use at station KCK to the Commission for cancellation. For additional information, contact John Copes or Breck Blalock of the International Bureau's Telecommunications Division at (202) 418-1460. Page 2 of 2


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