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09/27/01
Memorandum Opinion & Order (FCC 01-284)
Order finding that the FCC, not the South Dakota PUC, has jurisdiction to designate Western Wireless an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for service to tribal members on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Dkt No. CC-96-45)
Granted in part and denied in part.
Adopted: September 27, 2001
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09/27/01
Memorandum Opinion & Order (FCC 01-283)
Order designating Western Wireless as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for service to tribal members on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Dkt No. CC-96-45)
Adopted: September 27, 2001
text - Word - pdf

12/26/00
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (DA 00-2896)
Memorandum Opinion and Order granting Western Wireless's petition for ETC designation in the state of Wyoming
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9/10/99
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA-991847)
Public Notice Establishing a Pleading Cycle on Western Wireless Corporation Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and for related Waivers to Provide Services Eligible for Universal Service Support to Crow Reservation, Montana
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3/14/03
Extending Wireless Telecommunications Services to Tribal Lands.
Order & NPRM:  Word | PDF
Powell Statement:  Word | PDF
Copps Statement:  Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement:  Word | PDF

03/05/03
NEWS RELEASE
FCC And Tribes Continue Important Dialogue On Improving Access To Telecom Services In Indian Country
  Word | PDF

12/20/02
NOTICE OF INQUIRY (FCC 02-325)
Facilitating the Provision of Spectrum Based Services to Rural Areas and Promoting Opportunities for Rural Telephone Companies to Provide Spectrum-Based Services
  Word | PDF

12/13/02
WTB Notices (FCC 02-327)
Implementation of Section 6002(B) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993/Annual Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions With Respect to Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS)
  Word | PDF | Text

11/04/02
NEWS RELEASE
FCC Honors World War II Comanche Code Talkers.
   Word - PDF - Text

09/17/02
Chairman Powell, Commissioner Copps And Other FCC Officials To Visit Gila River Indian Community

09/13/02
Telecommunications Agenda Released For National Summit On Emerging Tribal Economies, Sep. 19, 2002 In Phoenix
News Release
Agenda

08/28/02
FCC Chairman Michael Powell And Commissioner Michael Copps To Participate At National Summit On Emerging Tribal Economies, September 19, 2002, In Phoenix.

08/21/02
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority And US West Communications, Inc., Joint Petition For Expected Ruling Preempting South Dakota Law
Word - PDF - Text

08/08/02
FCC to participate in National Summit on Emerging Tribal Economies, September 19th 2002, in Phoenix

04/30/02
Remarks of K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau: National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Reservations Economic Summit (RES/2002).

04/30/02
News Release
FCC Announces Indian Telecommunications Training Initiative Conference scheduled for September 2002 has been cancelled.

04/26/02
NEWS RELEASE
Chairman Powell Congratulates Mescalero Apache Telecom On One Year Anniversary

09/19/01
NEWS RELEASE
Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2001 Meeting Postponed
Meeting Was Scheduled for September 23-26 in Las Vegas
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08/31/01
NEWS RELEASE
Speakers Announced for Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2001 Seminar
The list of speakers for the Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2001 (ITTI 2001) to be held September 23-26 in Las Vegas includes leaders from tribal governments, the telecommunications industry and the federal government.
html - Word - pdf - text

08/16/01
NEWS RELEASE
FCC Announces Indian Initiative Website Redesign
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces the redesign of its Indian Initiatives website (www.fcc.gov/indians). The Indian Initiatives website is a portal to find information about the work being done at the FCC regarding Indian Country, including rulemaking items and the Indian Telecom Training Initiative (ITTI).
text - Word - pdf

05/08/01
NEWS RELEASE
FCC Announces Participating Speakers for the Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2001 Industry Conference "Doing Business in Indian Country".
Word - text

03/20/01
NEWS RELEASE
FCC Announces Two Conferences to Enhance Telecommunications Services in Indian Country
pdf - Word

03/20/01
PUBLIC NOTICE
FCC Announces ITTI 2001 (Indian Telecom Training Initiative 2001)
Word - text - pdf

03/20/01
PUBLIC NOTICE
FCC Announces ITTI-Industry Conference
Word - text - pdf

06/23/00
ORDER (FCC 00-207)
Policy Statement on Establishing a Government - to - Government Relationship with Indian Tribes
Adopted: June 8, 2000
Word - text

06/08/00
NEWS RELEASE
FCC Takes Steps To Promote Access to Telecommunications on Tribal Lands
Word - text

03/23/99
PUBLIC HEARING
Overcoming Obstacles to Telephone Service for Indians on Reservations
Gila River Indian Community in Chandler, Arizona
HTML

01/29/99
PUBLIC HEARING
Overcoming Obstacles to Telephone Service for Indians on Reservations
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico
HTML

03/08/01
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-613)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Enhancements to the Universal Licensing System to help Winning Bidders of FCC Auctions File for Tribal Land Bidding Credits
text - Word - pdf

12/14/00
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2836)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Releases Additional Information Regarding the Procedures for Obtaining a Tribal lands Bidding Credit and List of Tribal Lands
Data to be used in calculating tribal land bidding credit amounts in auctions where licenses are issued by Economic Areas (EA)
Word - text
Attachment 1: Excel
Attachment 2: Excel
Attachment 3: Word - text

09/28/00
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2219)
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Availability of Bidding Credits For Providing Wireless Services To Qualifying Tribal Lands
Tribal Land Bidding Credits To Be Available Beginning In Auction No. 36 (800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Lower 80 Channels) And In Future Auctions
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06/30/00
REPORT AND ORDER & NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (WT 99-266)
Extending Wireless Telecommunications Services to Tribal Lands
Adopted: June 8, 2000
Word - text

05/23/01
ORDER (FCC 01-157)
Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers
Adopted: May 10, 2001
Comments Due: July 30, 2001
Reply Comments Due: August 28, 2001
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06/23/00
REPORT AND ORDER, MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER, & NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 00-208)
Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas and Petitions for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and for Related Waivers to Provide Universal Service
Adopted: June 8, 2000
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FACT SHEET
Promoting Deployment/Subscribership in Underserved Areas, including Tribal and Insular Areas
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02/09/00
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-237, CC Docket 96-45)
Public Notice Establishing a Pleading Cycle on the Petition of AMSC Subsidiary Corporation for Clarification of Sections 54.601(C) and 54.506 of the Commission's Rules
Word - Text

09/03/99
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (CC Docket 96-45)
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas
pdf - Word - text

08/05/99
NEWS RELEASE
News Release announcing that the Commission Seeks to Promote Universal Service in Tribal Lands and Other Insular Areas
HTML - text

08/10/01
Order (DA 01-1834)
Order denying San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc (San Carlos) request for waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules and rejecting San Carlos's request for accelerated high-cost universal service support. (Dkt No. CC-96-45)
Common Carrier Bureau released an Order that denies San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc (San Carlos) request for waiver of sections 36.611 and 36.612 of the Commission's rules and rejects San Carlos's request for accelerated high-cost universal service support.
text - Word

01/18/01
ORDER (DA 01-129)
Order granting the requests from Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc. (Mescalero), GTE Southwest Incorporated (GTE), and Valor Telecommunications of New Mexico, LLC (Valor), for a waiver of the definition of "study area" contained in the Part 36 Appendix-Glossary of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. CC-96-45,)
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01/18/01
ORDER (FCC 01-13)
Order granting the request from Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc., Petition for a waiver of Section 54.305 of the Commission's Rules. (Dkt No. CC-96-45)
Word - text

01/17/01
ORDER (DA 01-101)
Order granting the requests from ATEAC, Inc., Alaska Telephone Company, Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc., Interior Telephone Company, Inc., Mukluk Telephone Company, Inc., and United-KUC, Inc. for waiver to effectuate sale of 13 exchanges comprising 23,796 access lines in Alaska: Grants waiver of the Part 36 (universal service) freeze on study area boundaries. (Dkt No. CC-96-45)
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12/23/99
ORDER (DA 99-2970)
Order Granting Waiver to Four Tribal Telecommunications Companies for Lifeline Support to their Lifeline customer
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last reviewed/updated on 01/21/04