**DA 06-2536**

**Released: December 18, 2006**

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS

ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICE LICENSES

AUCTION EVENT NO. 66

On September 18, 2006, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ("Bureau")
completed an auction of Advanced Wireless Service ("AWS") licenses
("Auction No. 66"), in which the winning bidders won a total of 1,087
licenses.[^1] In two separate notices, the Bureau announced that, based
upon a preliminary review of the long-form applications, it was
accepting for filing the applications for the winning bidders in Auction
No. 66.[^2] Upon further review and examination, the applications listed
in Attachment A have been found to be complete and in conformance with
the Commission's rules.[^3] Furthermore, the Commission has received
full and timely payment as required by section 1.2109(a) of the
Commission's rules, for the licenses listed in Attachment A,[^4] and
there are no petitions to deny or other requests pending that would
prevent grant of the licenses.

Accordingly, by this Public Notice, we announce the grant of the
licenses listed in Attachment A. We grant these licenses pursuant to
Section 309(a) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 309(a), and
section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.331, because it
will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

This Public Notice contains the following Attachments:

> Attachment A: List of Applications the Wireless Telecommunications
> Bureau Is Granting -- Sorted by Applicant.
>
> Attachment A1: List of Applications the Wireless Telecommunications
> Bureau Is Granting -- Sorted by Market and Channel Block.
>
> Attachment B: Instructions for Searching for the Underlying
> Applications for Licensees Listed in Attachment A Using ULS.
>
> Attachment C: Instructions for Searching for Granted Licenses Listed
> in Attachment A Using ULS.

For further information, the news media should contact Chelsea Fallon,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-7991. For questions
regarding legal matters, contact Mindy Littell or John Spencer, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Broadband Division, at (202) 418-2487; for
licensing matters, contact Beth Fishel, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, Broadband Division, at (717) 338-2649.

**-FCC-**

[^1]: *See* Auction of Advanced Wireless Services Closes: Winning
    Bidders Announced for Auction 66, Report No. AUC-06-66-F, *Public
    Notice*, DA 06-1882 (WTB rel. Sep. 20, 2006) ("*Closing PN*"). In
    Auction 66, the Commission made available 1,122 AWS licenses in the
    1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands ("AWS-1").

[^2]: *See* Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces that
    Applications for Advanced Wireless Services Are Accepted for Filing,
    *Public Notice*, DA 06-2179 (WTB rel. Oct. 27, 2006) and Wireless
    Telecommunications Bureau Announces that an Application for Advanced
    Wireless Services Is Accepted for Filing, *Public Notice*, DA
    06-2256 (WTB rel. Oct. 31, 2006). Pursuant to these two notices, all
    of the winning bidders' applications have been accepted for filing.
    *See also* Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Grants Advanced
    Wireless Service Licenses, *Public Notice*, DA 06-2408 (WTB rel.
    Nov. 29, 2006).

[^3]: AST Telecom, LLC (\"AST\") filed a petition requesting that the
    Commission find permissible the indirect foreign ownership of AST in
    excess of the 25 percent benchmark set forth in Section 310(b)(4) of
    the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 310(b)(4).
    The International Bureau has found that the public interest would be
    served by granting this request. *See* ISP-PDR-20061004-00014
    (granted Dec. 15, 2006).

    We also note that, in its application, PetroCom License Corporation
    ("PetroCom") reports the filing of applications seeking consent to
    transfer of control of its wireless authorizations (ULS File No.
    0002734993). PetroCom states that, "\[I\]n the unlikely event that
    the FCC approves the requested consent to transfer of control, and
    the parties proceed to consummate the proposed transaction, the
    parties to the applications for transfer of control have requested
    that the FCC waive its rules, to the extent necessary, to permit the
    amendment of any pending applications for new licenses, to reflect
    the new ownership, to be characterized as minor amendments."
    PetroCom Ex. A. Since the transfer applications have not yet been
    granted, applicant's request is moot, and PetroCom's AWS-1 license
    application has been reviewed on the basis of its current ownership
    only.

[^4]: By Public Notice, auction winners were directed to pay the balance
    of their winning bids in a lump sum by October 19, 2006; or by
    November 2, 2006, accompanied by a five percent late fee. *See*
    *Closing PN* at 2.