Notice No. DGRB-001-03

Industry Canada

Radiocommunication Act

Notice No. DGRB-001-03 — Extension to the Comment Period for Notice No. DGRB-004-02: Consultation on a New Fee and Licensing Regime for Cellular and Incumbent Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees

The availability of the above noted document was announced in the Canada Gazette on Saturday, December 21, 2002 and the deadline indicated for the receipt of comments was March 5, 2003.

The purpose of this notice is to advise all interested parties that the deadline for the receipt of comments has been extended to Friday, March 14, 2003. Shortly after the close of the comment period, all comments received will be posted on Industry Canada’s Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Web site at: http://strategis.gc.ca/spectrum.

The Department is also of the view that there would be merit in providing a reply comment period. Therefore, reply comments will be accepted until Friday, April 4, 2003 and posted on Industry Canada’s Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Web site. Respondents are requested to send comments and reply comments in electronic format (WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF or ASCII TXT) to the following e-mail address: licence.transition@ic.gc.ca along with a note specifying the software, version number and operating system used.

Written submissions should be addressed to the:

Manager Operational Policies
Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch
Industry Canada, Room 1596D
300 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C8.

All submissions should cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, publication date, the title and the notice reference number (DGRB-001-03).

March 1, 2003

Jan Skora
Director General
Radiocommunication and
Broadcasting Regulatory Branch