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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

445 12th STREET, S.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554

News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet:
http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov

**August 2, 2000**

**FY 2000 Commercial Wireless**

**Regulatory Fees**

**The Federal Communications Commission issues this Public Notice in
order to provide information concerning the payment of regulatory fees
in FY 2000. If you hold authorizations in any of the commercial wireless
services you should carefully review this Public Notice.**

**WHO MUST PAY REGULATORY FEES IN FY 2000**

Most licensees and other entities regulated by the Commission must pay
regulatory fees in FY 2000. This Public Notice concerns only the
following commercial mobile radio services (CMRS) regulatees:
specialized mobile radio services (Part 90); public coast stations (Part
80); public mobile radio, cellular, 800 MHz air-ground radiotelephone,
and offshore radio services (Part 22); and PCS broadband services. The
CMRS messaging services category includes all one-way paging (Parts 22
and 90), two-way paging, qualifying interconnected business radio
services, 220-222 MHz land mobile systems (Part 90), PCS narrowband
services, and all SMR systems authorized for operation with less than 10
MHz bandwidth. Governments and nonprofit entities (exempt under Section
501 of the Internal Revenue Code) are not required to pay regulatory
fees and should not submit payment. *The Commission requires that each
exempt entity submit, or have on file with the Commission, a current IRS
Determination Letter documenting its nonprofit status, a certification
of governmental authority, or certification from a governmental
authority attesting to its exempt status.* All other private wireless
regulatory fees are paid in advance for the full license term and
submitted along with the appropriate application fee. Responsibility for
payment of that fee rests with the current holder of the permit or
license at the time payment is due. A regulatee is responsible for
summing all of its services in order to determine if a fee is due. If
the sum of all services owed is less than \$10, then the regulatee is
exempt from paying the fee.

**[WHY THE COMMISSION MUST COLLECT REGULATORY FEES]{.smallcaps}**

The requirement to collect annual regulatory fees is contained in Public
Law 103-66, \"The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.\" These
regulatory fees, which are likely to change each fiscal year, are used
to offset costs associated with the Commission\'s enforcement, public
service, international and policy and rulemaking activities. These fees
are in addition to any application processing fees associated with
obtaining a license or other authorization from the Commission.

**WHEN FEES WILL BE DUE**

**Fee payments must be [received]{.underline} by the Commission during
the period beginning [September 11, 2000]{.underline}, and ending
[September 20, 2000]{.underline}. Any payment not received at Mellon
Bank by 11:59 p.m., September 20, 2000 will be assessed a 25% late
payment fee**.

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  **TYPE OF FEE**                    **REGULATORY FEE PAYMENT**  **FEE
                                                                 CODE**

  CMRS Cellular Radio Licensees      \$0.30 per telephone        0011
  (Part 22)                          number/unit                 

  CMRS Mobile Services (Parts 22,    \$0.30 per unit             0012
  24, 27, 80 and 90)                                             

  CMRS Messaging Services (Parts 22, \$0.04 per unit             0013
  24 and 90)                                                     
  ---------------------------------- --------------------------- ---------

Licensees whose fee payments are based upon a telephone number or unit
count should use the number of telephone numbers or units as of December
31, 1999. **CMRS mobile radio licensees with multiple call signs should
submit a separate Form 159-C for each call sign (call signs listed on a
separate sheet [will not]{.underline} be acceptable).** See \"Special
Instructions for Completing FCC Forms 159 and 159-C\" for correct
Payment Type Codes.

IMPORTANT FY 2000 CHANGES FOR REGULATORY FEE FILERS

The Remittance Advice 159 has been revised to accept payer and applicant
FCC Registration Numbers (FRN). We recommend that you begin using the
registration number with all payments to the Commission. The Commission
will continue to accept Remittance Advice 159 dated July 1997 without an
FRN.

To obtain a revised Remittance Advice 159:

-   A revised Remittance Advice 159 is included in this package

-   Go to <http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html>.

-   Call the FCC's Form Distribution Center at 1-800-418-FORM \[3676\].

-   Pick up the form at the Commission in Room TWB200

The Commission began accepting Registration Numbers after July 19, 2000,
on the Remittance Advice 159 to assure proper credit of fee payments.
Currently, the use of the Registration Number is voluntary, however, we
strongly recommend that you begin using the registration number with all
payments to the Commission. The Commission may consider making it
mandatory in the future.

If you were registered in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's
Universal Licensing System (ULS) and your registration included all the
information we needed to issue a Registration Number, we pre-registered
you and mailed you your FRN in a letter in late July 2000. You may check
CORES to determine if you were automatically pre-registered.

To obtain a Registration Number:

-   Register at [**www.fcc.gov**](http://www.fcc.gov/) and click on the
    CORES Registration link.

-   Check your pre-assigned number
    [**www.fcc.gov**](http://www.fcc.gov/) and click on the CORES
    Registration link.

-   File FCC Form 160, (CORES Registration) which is included in this
    package. You may obtain the form at
    [**http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html**](http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html)
    or by calling the FCC's Form Distribution Center at 1-800-418-FORM
    \[3676\]. You may also pick up the form at the Commission in Room
    TWB200. Mailing instructions are found on the form.

After July 19, 2000, if you do not register electronically, you may
submit your manual application for a Registration Number (FCC Form 160)
directly to Mellon Bank with your filing and payment. Mellon will
register you and you will receive a confirmation letter from the FCC
through the U.S. Postal Service mail.

Please also note that **Regulatory Fee Payment Type Codes** **have
changed** for the FY 2000 filing. These new codes are listed in the back
of this notice under the section, **Special Instructions for Completing
FCC Forms 159 and 159-C**. To assure proper credit for your regulatory
fees, **please be sure to use these new codes**.

**FCC FORM 159**

Regulatory fee payments [must]{.underline} be accompanied by FCC Form
159 (\"FCC Remittance Advice\") dated February 2000. A copy of this
form, with specific instructions, is attached to this Public Notice and
may be used to submit fees. Reproduced forms are acceptable. Please see
\"Special Instructions for Completing FCC Forms 159 and 159-C\" for
detailed information on how to correctly complete these forms. You must
list each entity separately on Forms 159/159-C. [Written attachments are
not acceptable]{.underline}. Failure to properly complete FCC Form
159/159-C will delay the processing of your regulatory fee payment.

Any regulatee may submit the Form 159 information electronically by
accessing the FCC [website]{.underline}. Information on how to file
electronically will be made available on a subsequent public notice.

**WHERE TO SEND REGULATORY FEE PAYMENTS**

If sending your regulatory fee payment by [mail]{.underline}, please
address your envelope as follows:

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Regulatory Fees**

**P.O. Box 358835**

**Pittsburgh, PA 15251-5835**

If you prefer to send your regulatory fee payment by
[courier]{.underline} to our lockbox bank, you may do so 24 hours per
business day (except Federal or bank holidays). Please address your
envelope and deliver it to the following address:

**Federal Communications Commission**

**c/o Mellon Bank**

**Three Mellon Bank Center**

**525 William Penn Way**

**27th Floor, Room 153-2713**

**Pittsburgh, PA 15259-0001**

**(Attention: FCC Module Supervisor)**

**METHOD OF PAYMENT**

Regulatory fee payments may be made by check, money order, or by credit
card (Visa or Mastercard only). When paying by credit card, please make
sure you complete and sign block 31 of FCC Form 159. Payments may also
be made by wire transfer or ACH Debit. Instructions are provided below.

NOTE: We encourage arrangements to consolidate regulatory fee payments
either by a single entity or by different entities into a single payment
instrument. Consolidated fee payments may cover any number of service
categories. Payers who will be making a single payment for a significant
number of entities and wish to submit their payment information
electronically in lieu of submitting a large number of FCC Forms 159-C
(\"Advice Continuation Sheets\") may do so by accessing the FCC
[website]{.underline}. Specific instructions regarding diskette
submission will be issued separately. No more than twenty-five (25) Form
159-C\'s should be manually submitted for payment. If more than
twenty-five (25) Form 159-C\'s are to be submitted, we encourage the
public to file the information electronically. Only properly filled out
Form 159\'s will be accepted. [Attached listings of call signs or other
identifiers will not be accepted]{.underline}.

**WIRE TRANSFER PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS**

A wire transfer is a transaction that you initiate via your bank. It
authorizes your bank to wire funds from your account to our lockbox
bank, the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, PA. All payments made by wire
transfer must be supported by a completed FCC Remittance Advice (FCC
Form 159) and Advice Continuation Sheet (FCC Form 159-C), if required.
The FCC Form 159 must be faxed to Mellon Bank at (412) 209-6045 at least
one hour before the wire transfer on the same business day. Indicate on
the top of the FCC Form 159 \"Wire Transfer - Regulatory Fee Payment.\"
In Box (1) - Lockbox#, located at the upper left hand corner, indicate
\"358835.\" **Failure to submit the completed FCC Form 159 will result
in a delay in crediting your account. Due to Federal Reserve
regulations, wire transfers received after 6:00 p.m. (EDT) will be
credited the next business day.**

The following information should be provided to your bank to complete
the wire transfer:

ABA Routing Number 043000261

Receiving Bank: Mellon Pittsburgh

BNF: FCC/ACV\--9116106

OBI Field: (Skip one space between each information item)

\"REGULATORYPAY\"

PAYER TIN (Exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #25)

PAYER NAME (Exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #2)

Phone: (Daytime Phone #, exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #9)

LOCKBOX 358835

**ACH DEBIT PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS**

If you are interested in using Mellon\'s Customer Initiated Payment
Program (CIP), a brief application form must be completed and a personal
identification number (PIN) issued by the bank. Arrangements for using
this process must be completed 14 days prior to submitting payment of
the regulatory fee. After you have been set up for this program, you
have until September 19, 2000 to submit payment to ensure processing by
the deadline of September 20, 2000. Please contact the Credit and Debt
Management Group at (202) 418-1995 to request the Customer Initiated
Payment Program Package.

**COMPLIANCE**

Please make sure your total remittance and the amount indicated on the
FCC Form 159 are in agreement. Failure to do so will delay processing.
Licensees are solely responsible for accurately accounting for all
licenses and for paying proper regulatory fees. Any data omission,
erroneous or incomplete data submission, or payment deficiency may
result in a **25% monetary penalty**, dismissal of pending actions,
and/or revocation of any authorization. You are strongly urged to submit
your payments on time and accurately in order to avoid a penalty.
Additionally, the Commission will invoke any lawful authority it may
possess under the Debt Collection Act to collect any fees due or
outstanding against any licensee failing to meet its regulatory fee
payment obligations.

**\*\*\*NOTICE\*\*\***

**We remind you that pursuant to a Report & Order adopted October 17,
1997, Section 1.1157 \"Payment of charges for regulatory fees\" was
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:**

\(d\) Any Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) licensee subject to
payment of an annual regulatory fee shall retain for a period of two (2)
years from the date on which the regulatory fee is paid, those business
records that were used to calculate the amount of the regulatory fee.

**We are periodically performing audits in several service areas. It is
in the interest of all regulatory fee payers to follow the payment rules
precisely and maintain the appropriate documentation.**

**WAIVERS, REDUCTIONS AND DEFERMENTS OF REGULATORY FEES**

The Commission will consider requests for waivers, reductions or
deferments of regulatory fees, [in extraordinary and compelling
circumstances only]{.underline}, upon a showing that such action
overrides the public interest in reimbursing the Commission for its
regulatory costs. Your regulatory fee must be paid by the due date even
if a request is made for a waiver or reduction. This will ensure
efficient collection in situations where a waiver or reduction is not
warranted and will allow the requestor to avoid a **25% late-payment
penalty** if its request is denied. The regulatory fee will be refunded
later if the request is granted. Only in exceptional or compelling
instances (where payment of the regulatory fee along with the waiver or
reduction request could result in the reduction of community service or
financial hardship to the licensee), will the Commission accept a
petition to defer payment along with a waiver or reduction request. All
requests for deferments must be received before [September 20,
2000]{.underline}, in order to avoid the **25% late-payment penalty**.
Please submit your written waiver or reduction request to the following
address:

Office of the Managing Director

#  Federal Communications Commission

445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A625

Washington, D.C. 20554

attn: Regulatory Fee Waiver/Reduction Request

However, [submit your regulatory fee payment to the address on page 4 of
this Public Notice]{.underline}.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

Applicable Public Notices, and FCC Forms 159 and 159-C are available
from the Commission\'s Office of Media Relations, Consumer Center and
can be downloaded from the Internet (http://www.fcc.gov or ftp@fcc.gov).
Text of the [Report and Order]{.underline} including the entire Schedule
of Regulatory Fees can be downloaded from the Internet. Forms may also
be obtained by contacting the Forms Hotline at (800) 418-FORM (3676)
outside the Washington, D.C. area, or (202) 418-3676 locally. For
additional information, please contact the Consumer Center at (888)
225-5322, or write to: Federal Communications Commission, Office of
Media Relations, ATTN: Consumer Center, 445 12th Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20554.

**[FEE PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR CMRS SERVICE PROVIDERS]{.underline}**

**[Who Must Pay]{.smallcaps}:** CMRS cellular providers (common carriers
providing cellular radio service to the public), CMRS mobile service
licensees (common carriers authorized under Parts 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90
to offer land-based or air-to-ground mobile telephone or paging services
to the public)[^1], and CMRS messaging licensees (authorized under Parts
22, 24, and 90). The CMRS messaging fee category will also include all
SMR systems authorized for operations with less than 10 MHz bandwidth.
Governments and nonprofit entities (exempt under Section 501 of the
Internal Revenue Code) are not required to pay regulatory fees and
should not submit payment. *The Commission requires that each exempt
entity submit, or have on file with the Commission, a current IRS
Determination Letter documenting its nonprofit status, a certification
of governmental authority, or certification from a governmental
authority attesting to its exempt status*.

**[[SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING]{.underline}]{.smallcaps}**

**[[FCC FORMS 159 AND 159-C]{.underline}]{.smallcaps}**

FCC Form 159 (\"FCC Remittance Advice\") and, as necessary, FCC Form
159-C (\"Advice Continuation Sheet\") must accompany all regulatory fee
payments. FCC Form 159 allows payers to report information on one or
more payment items (e.g., cellular subscribers, public mobile
subscribers, paging units, or a combination). Use FCC Form 159-C to
report additional payments.

FCC Forms 159 and 159-C have been attached to this Public Notice for you
to complete and remit with your payment. You may make additional copies
of the forms as required. In addition to the instructions for FCC Form
159, the following information applies specifically to commercial
wireless regulatees:

[Block (9) - \"Telephone Number\"]{.underline}:

Enter the telephone number of the individual responsible for submitting
the payment and supporting FCC Form 159 and Form 159-C.

[Block (12) - \"PAYER TIN\":]{.underline}

Enter the fee payer\'s nine digit Taxpayer Identification Number.

[Block (22) - \"APPLICANT TIN\"]{.underline}:

If different from payer, enter the applicant\'s nine digit Taxpayer
Identification Number.

[Block (23A) - \"FCC CALL SIGN/OTHER ID\"]{.underline}:

CMRS mobile and CMRS Messaging licensees should enter their **[CALL
Sign]{.underline}**. **You may not receive proper credit for regulatory
fee payment if you fail to provide a [call sign]{.underline} for [each
entry]{.underline} on FCC Form 159/159-C**

[Block (24A) - \"PAYMENT TYPE CODES\"]{.underline}: **(PLEASE NOTE NEW
PAYMENT TYPE CODES)**

**0011:** Use this code when making a regulatory fee payment for a CMRS
[cellular]{.underline} radio license (\$0.30 per telephone number/unit).

**0012:** Use this code when making a regulatory fee payment for a CMRS
[mobile]{.underline} radio license (\$0.30 per unit).

**0013:** Use this code when making a regulatory fee payment for a CMRS
[messaging]{.underline} license (\$0.04 per unit).

[Block (25A) - \"QUANTITY\"]{.underline}:

CMRS [cellular]{.underline} radio licensees should enter the number of
telephone numbers/units.

CMRS [mobile]{.underline} radio licensees should enter the total number
of units.

CMRS [messaging]{.underline} licensees should enter the total number of
units.

[Block (27A) - \"TOTAL FEE\"]{.underline}:

For CMRS [cellular]{.underline} radio licensees (payment type code
**0011** ), multiply the amount from Block 25A (\"Quantity\") by \$0.30.
**Round [down]{.underline} to the nearest whole dollar.**

For CMRS [mobile]{.underline} radio licensees (payment type code
**0012**), multiply the amount from Block 25A (\"Quantity\") by \$0.30.
**Round [down]{.underline} to the nearest whole dollar.**

For CMRS [messaging]{.underline} licensees (payment code **0013**),
multiply the amount from Block 25A (\"Quantity\") by \$0.04. **Round
[down]{.underline} to the nearest whole dollar.**

[Block (28A) - \"FCC CODE 1\"]{.underline}:

Leave this block blank.

[Block (29A) - \"FCC CODE 2\"]{.underline}:

Leave this block blank.

[Block (30) - \"CERTIFICATION\":]{.underline}

Provide the printed name and signature of an individual owner/licensee
or officer attesting to the accuracy and completeness of the information
supplied.

**Please remember to include a daytime telephone number so that the
Federal Communications Commission can contact you if questions arise
regarding your payment.**

\- FCC -

[^1]: ? In addition to cellular telephone service, these services
    include those using radio to provide telephone services at fixed
    locations, such as Public Coast and Offshore Radio.