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             California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 5301            San Francisco, CA 94102
CONTACT: Armando Rendon           October 18, 1995       CPUC-092
         415-703-1366                                  I93-12-007

     CPUC CLEARS WAY FOR FINANCING OF NEW WIRELESS SERVICES

     The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today,
in light of recent federal preemption of much of its former
jurisdiction over the mobile phone market, cleared the way for
financing the entry of new companies in the growing commercial
mobile radio service (CMRS) market.
     All CMRS carriers are exempt from filing for preapproval of
transactions involving issuance of stock and other securities,
ownership transfers, and purchases of other CMRS property, with
three exceptions:
     a) The financing of a CMRS affiliate by a local or long
        distance carrier (or their affiliates);
     b) purchase of an ownership interest in a CMRS by a local or
        long distance company; and,
     c) an ownership transfer where a controlling interest is
        acquired.
CMRS include cellular services, personal communication services
(PCS), wide-area specialized mobile radio services (SMR), and
paging services.
     CMRS companies must still make an informational filing under
the Wireless Registration procedures of the CPUC to report any
changes in ownership of a CMRS within five days of such changes
taking effect.
     CMRS providers need not file applications or advice letters
for authority to carry out exempt transactions and any now
pending will be dismissed.
     Because the regulation of cell siting is under review in a
separate proceeding, the Commission deferred any action until a
decision is reached in that case.
     Meanwhile, all CMRS carriers are generally exempt from
filing for a permit for new construction, although an
                             -more-
informational filing is still required.  Otherwise, cellular
carriers must continue to follow standing rules with regard to
cell siting and noncellular CMRS carriers must follow interim
procedures to be set by the CPUC and make an informational filing
regarding site location, Call Sign, and frequency within 15 days
after obtaining local approval for construction, removal, or
change of each site.

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