Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act; Competitive Bidding

In this Second Report and Order the Commission adopts rules governing geographic area licensing of Common Carrier Paging (CCP) and exclusive 929 MHz Private Carrier Paging (PCP), and competitive bidding procedures for auctioning mutually exclusive applications for these licenses. This action is necessary to promote efficient licensing and competition in paging services. The Commission's objectives in this proceeding are to ensure that the paging service rules are consistent with the rules for competing services, so that competitive success is dictated by the marketplace, rather than by regulatory distinctions, and to ensure that the licensing process promotes the goals of competition and efficient use of spectrum.