**DA 01-1842**

COMMON CARRIER BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT

ON GUAM CELLULAR AND PAGING, INC. d/b/a GUAMCELL COMMUNICATIONS PETITION
FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER IN THE TERRITORY OF GUAM

PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED

**CC Docket No. 96-45**

**Release Date: August 1, 2001**

**Comment Date: 30 days after publication in Federal Register**

**Reply Comment Date: 45 days after publication in Federal Register**

On July 26, 2001, Guam Cellular and Paging, Inc. d/b/a Guamcell
Communications (Guamcell) filed with the Commission a petition under
section 214(e)(6) seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications
carrier (ETC) to receive federal universal service support for service
offered in Guam.[^1] Specifically, Guamcell contends that: 1) the Public
Utilities Commission of Guam (Guam Commission) has provided an
affirmative statement that it does not regulate commercial mobile radio
service (CMRS) carriers, 2) Guamcell meets all the statutory and
regulatory prerequisites for ETC designation, and 3) designating
Guamcell as an ETC will serve the public interest.[^2] The Common
Carrier Bureau seeks comment on the Guamcell petition, including the
requested service area.

The petitioner must provide copies of its petition to the Guam
Commission at the time of filing with the Commission. The Commission
will also send a copy of this Public Notice to the Guam Commission by
overnight express mail to ensure that the Guam Commission is notified of
the notice and comment period.

Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission\'s rules, 47
C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments as follows:
comments are due **30 days after publication of the Public Notice in the
Federal Register** and reply comments are due **45 days after
publication of the Public Notice in the Federal Register**. Comments may
be filed using the Commission\'s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS)
or by filing paper copies. *See Electronic Filing of Documents in
Rulemaking Proceedings*, 63 Fed. Reg. 24,121 (1998). Comments filed
through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to
\<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Generally, only one copy of an
electronic submission must be filed. In completing the transmittal
screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service
mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties
may also submit electronic comments by Internet e-mail. To receive
filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send an
e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following words in the
body of the message, \"get form \<your e-mail address.\" A sample form
and directions will be sent in reply. Parties who choose to file by
paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. All filings
must be sent to the Commission\'s Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, Office
of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.

Parties also must send three paper copies of their filing to Sheryl
Todd, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street S.W., Room 5-B540,
Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition, commenters must send diskette
copies to the Commission\'s copy contractor, International Transcription
Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.

Pursuant to section 1.1206 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206, this proceeding will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose
proceeding in which *ex parte* communications are permitted subject to
disclosure.

For further information, contact Richard D. Smith or Anita Cheng,
Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 418-7400, TTY
(202) 418-0484.

[^1]: *See Guam Cellular and Paging, Inc. d/b/a Guamcell Communications
    Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier
    in the Territory of Guam*, filed July 26, 2001 (Guamcell Petition).

[^2]: Guamcell Petition at 2-10.