Technologie i telekomunikacja · 19.07.1999

Multiple Address Systems

This document addresses the impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Balanced Budget Act) on the ongoing Multiple Address Systems (MAS) rulemaking proceeding. The Commission's objective is to supplement the record received in response to a previous Notice, which was released prior to the passage of the Balanced Budget Act. This document examines the impact of the Balanced Budget Act on various proposals in the Notice, seeks comment on whether the Balanced Budget Act has affected the proposals in the Notice, seeks comment on how to resolve mutually exclusive MAS applications received from parties filing applications in some of the MAS bands, assuming that channels in these bands are reserved for public safety radio services, seeks comment on specific size standards to be applied to the ``small business'' definition for bidding credits, and the proposed offering of ``tiered bidding credits'' for the different sizes of small businesses, and suspends the acceptance and processing of applications in the 928/952/956 MHz bands.