DA 08-1087

May 7, 2008

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON PETITIONS FOR
RECONSIDERATION FILED IN HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY DOCKET**

**WT Docket No. 01-309**

**Comments Due: May 22, 2008**

**Reply Comments Due: June 2, 2008**

By this Public Notice, we seek comment on seven petitions for
reconsideration of the Commission's recent *Memorandum Opinion and
Order* addressing requests to extend the September 18, 2006 deadline to
provide handsets that meet the Commission's hearing aid compatibility
standard for inductive coupling.[^1] Each of these petitions seeks
reconsideration of that portion of the *Memorandum Opinion and Order* in
which the Commission denied the particular petitioner's request for
extension of the deadline. Specifically, the following reconsideration
petitions were filed: (1) a joint petition from CTC Telecom, Inc.,
Blanca Telephone Company, and Farmers Cellular Telephone, Inc.,
submitted on March 27, 2008; (2) a petition from Iowa Wireless Services,
LLC dba iwireless, on behalf of itself and 37 related licensees,[^2]
submitted on March 27, 2008; (3) a petition from IT&E Overseas, Inc.,
submitted on March 28, 2008; (4) a petition from North Dakota Network
Co., submitted on March 27, 2008; (5) a joint petition from SLO
Cellular, Inc. dba Cellular One of San Luis Obispo, and Entertainment
Unlimited, submitted on March 28, 2008; (6) a petition from South Slope
Cooperative Telephone Co., Inc. dba South Slope Wireless, submitted on
March 27, 2008; and (7) a petition from Uintah Basin Electronic
Telecommunications dba UBET Wireless, submitted on March 28, 2008.

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau invites the public to comment on
these petitions for reconsideration. Interested parties may file
comments no later than May 22, 2008. Reply comments are due June 2,
2008. All filings should refer to WT Docket No. 01-309.

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. 24121 (1998). Comments
filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the
Internet to [http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/]{.underline}. Generally, only
one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket
or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however,
commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each
docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the
transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, U.S.
Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking
number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet
e-mail. To get 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." 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. If more than one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of this proceeding, commenters must submit two
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.

Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail). The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered
or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at
236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002.

> -The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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> -All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or
> fasteners.
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> -Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.
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> -Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express
> Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive,
> Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
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> -U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail
> should be addressed to 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554.
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> -All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office
> of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

One copy of the comments and reply comments should also be sent to the
Spectrum & Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554, Attn: Joseph
Levin. Parties shall also send one copy to Best Copy and Printing, Inc.,
Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554,
(800) 378-3160, or via e-mail to <Joshir@erols.com>.

Comments filed in response to the Public Notice are available for public
inspection and copying during business hours in the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street SW, Room CY-A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554. The comments may also be purchased from Best
Copy and Printing, Inc., telephone (800) 378-3160, facsimile (301)
816-0169.

This proceeding is designated as a "permit‑but‑disclose" proceeding in
accordance with the Commission's *ex parte* rules.[^3] Persons making
oral *ex parte* presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing
the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the
presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More
than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments
presented is generally required.[^4] Other rules pertaining to oral and
written *ex parte* presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are
set forth in Section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules.[^5]

For further information, contact Joseph Levin, Spectrum & Competition
Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0640.

[^1]: *See* In the Matter of Section 68.4(a) of the Commission's Rules
    Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Telephones, Petitions for Waiver of
    Section 20.19 of the Commission's Rules, WT Docket 01-309,
    *Memorandum Opinion and Order*, 23 FCC Rcd 3352 (2008).

[^2]: The related licensees are: Andrew Telephone Company, Barnes City
    Telephone Company, Benton Linn Wireless, Bernard Communications,
    Brooklyn Mutual Telecommunications Coop., Casey Cable Co., Cedar
    County PCS, LLC, Cedar-Wapsie Communications, Inc., Center Junction
    Telephone Co., Central Iowa Wireless, Central Scott Telephone Co.,
    Clear Lake Independent Telephone Co., Cooperative Telephone Company,
    Corn Belt Telephone Co., D.C. Communications, Dumont Wireless, FWC
    Communications, Kalona Cooperative Telephone Co., MAC Wireless, Mill
    Valley Wireless, Modern Cooperative Telephone, Montezuma Mutual
    Telephone Company, Northeast Iowa Telephone Company, Olin Telephone
    Co., OmniTel Communications, Onslow Cooperative Telephone
    Association, Ogden Telephone Company, Radcliffe Telephone Co.,
    Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Assn., Rolling Hills Communications,
    SEI Wireless, Sharon Telephone Company, Southeast Wireless, Ventura
    Telephone Co., Wapsi Wireless, LLC, Wellman Telephone Cooperative
    Association, and Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association.

[^3]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200(a), 1.1206. *See also* Modification of Ex
    Parte Status of Pending Petitions for Waiver of Hearing Aid
    Compatibility Requirements*, Public Notice,* 22 FCC Rcd 535 (WTB
    2007).

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).

[^5]: *Id*.