Revision of the Commission's Rules Governing the Public Mobile Services

In this document, the Commission dismisses in part, and grants in part thirty-seven petitions for reconsideration filed against an earlier Federal Communications Commission (Commission) order. The Commission also dismisses a petition for declaratory ruling filed by Graceba Total Communications, Inc. (Graceba) regarding Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems (BETRS). These actions are taken because most of the issues raised on reconsideration have either been resolved or rendered moot by the transition to geographic area licensing in the paging services. The other issues were rendered moot by the Universal Licensing System (ULS) proceeding which streamlined the application, assignment, and transfer processes according to the Commission's rules to facilitate the development and use of the ULS. The Commission also grants various petitions because any disadvantages to permitting shared use are outweighed by the cost efficiencies to licensees and creates a potential cost savings to the public. With regards to the Graceba petition, this action was taken because the issue was resolved in a previous Commission order.