**DA 00-199**

**Released: February 16, 2000**

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU\'S**

COMMERCIAL WIRELESS DIVISION APPROVES SETTLEMENTS WITHDRAWING
APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW AND

**A PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION, CANCELS 5 SMR LICENSES, AND AWARDS 5
FINDER'S PREFERENCE REQUESTS.**

**[Action Taken Pursuant to Public Notices, DA 99-1734 AND
DA-99-745]{.smallcaps}**

The petitioners/finders listed below each filed an application for
review or a petition for reconsideration against a decision by the
Commercial Wireless Division (Division) of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau), involving the SMR licensees listed
below. The petitioners/finders have agreed to withdraw their
applications for review and petition for reconsideration. The Division
hereby cancels the 5 SMR licenses listed below and awards finder's
preferences to the respective finders in each case listed. The Division
has further reviewed the proposed settlements and hereby approves the
withdrawal of the applications for review and the petition for
reconsideration in accordance with sections 0.331, 1.106, 1.115, 1.935,
and 90.173(k)(1994) of the Commission's rules[^1] and the Bureau's
Public Notice waiving limitations on settlement agreements among parties
in contested licensing cases.[^2]

+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| # Petitioner      | # Target Licensee  | # Case          | # Action |
|                   |                    | No. / Call Sign |          |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| Leflore Com Inc.  | Doris Shaw         | 96F120 /        | App      |
|                   |                    | WPFA415         | lication |
|                   |                    |                 | For      |
|                   |                    |                 | Review   |
|                   |                    |                 | W        |
|                   |                    |                 | ithdrawn |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| Leflore Com Inc.  | Barbara Taylor     | 96F121 /        | App      |
|                   |                    | WPEP579         | lication |
|                   |                    |                 | For      |
|                   |                    |                 | Review   |
|                   |                    |                 | W        |
|                   |                    |                 | ithdrawn |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| Comm Assoc.       | Samuel Z. Silver   | 95F829 /        | App      |
|                   |                    | WPCW935         | lication |
|                   |                    |                 | For      |
|                   |                    |                 | Review   |
|                   |                    |                 | W        |
|                   |                    |                 | ithdrawn |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| Racom Corp.       | H. Roy Farrington, | 96F108 /        | Petition |
|                   | Inc.               | WPDT807         | for      |
|                   |                    |                 | Recon.   |
|                   |                    |                 | W        |
|                   |                    |                 | ithdrawn |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+
| Radio Comm.       | Richard E.         | 96F066 /        | See note |
| Specialist        | Erickson           | WPEJ297[^3]     | 3 below  |
+-------------------+--------------------+-----------------+----------+

Action by Deputy Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.

For further information, contact Don Johnson at (202) 418-7240, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless Division, Policy and
Rules Branch.

[^1]: ^1^ 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.331,1.106, 1.115, 1.935, and 90.173(k)(1994).

[^2]: ^2^ Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Waives Limitations In
    Settlement Agreements Among Parties In Contested Licensing Cases,
    *Public Notice* DA 99-745, released April 16, 1999; *see also*
    *Public Notice* DA 99-1734, released Aug. 30, 1999.

[^3]: ^3^ On October 15, 1999, the Commercial Wireless Division released
    a *Memorandum Opinion and Order* in this matter, DA 99-2188. The
    parties filed a settlement agreement on October 27, 1999 in lieu of
    the finder filing an application for review.