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Public Notice

Ottawa, 30 August 1999
Public Notice CRTC 1999-142
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR BROADCASTING LICENCES TO CARRY ON
NEW MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (MDS) RADIOCOMMUNICATION DISTRIBUTION UNDERTAKINGS TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Commission announces that it has received applications for broadcasting licences to carry on new MDS radiocommunication distribution undertakings to provide service in various localities in British Columbia.
The Commission hereby calls for applications from other parties wishing to obtain such a licence to provide an MDS service to communities in British Columbia.
Persons interested in submitting such an application are required to file a letter of intent no later than 29 September 1999, followed by a formal application to the Commission no later than 29 October 1999, and are also required to submit all necessary technical documentation to the Department of Industry by the latter date.
The Commission also reminds applicants that they must comply with the eligibility requirements set out in the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians),
SOR/97-192, dated 8 April 1997, as amended by SOR/98-1268, dated 15 July 1998 and the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences), SOR/85-627, dated 27 June 1985, as amended by SOR/97-231, dated 22 April 1997.
The Commission requires that applications include a business plan, including financial projections of revenues, subscribers, expenses, capital costs and a statement of changes in financial position for the pre-operating period and each of the seven (7) years of the proposed licence term. All of the underlying assumptions used to prepare the projections must also be provided.
In addition, the application must also contain documentary evidence demonstrating that, should the application be successful, all of the proposed funding within the business plan will be unequivocally available on or before the date that the Commission renders its decision on the application. For the convenience of applicants, the Commission has available upon request a document entitled "Documentation Required by the Commission to Support the Availability of an Applicant's Proposed Financing".
The Commission will announce at a later date the public process where applications will be considered and where they may be examined by the public.
Notice of each application will also be published in newspapers of general circulation within the area to be served.
The public will be given the opportunity to comment on any application by submitting written intervention(s) to the Secretary General of the Commission (CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2) and by serving a true copy of the intervention(s) on the applicant(s) at least twenty-five (25) days before the date of the hearing.
Interested parties may forward their submissions to one of the following Commission offices:
Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Ground Floor
Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tels: (819) 997-2429 - TDD 994-0423
Telecopier: (819) 994-0218
Toll Free Tel.: 1-877-249-2782
E-Mail address: procedure@crtc.gc.ca
Bank of Commerce Building
Suite 1007
1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tels: (902) 426-7 997 - TDD 426-6997
Telecopier: (902) 426-2721
Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1920
Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J6
Tels: (514) 283-6607 - TDD 283-8316
Telecopier: (514) 283-3689
Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tels: (204) 983-6306 - TDD 983-8274
Telecopier: (204) 983-6317
530 - 580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3B6
Tels: (604) 666-2111 - TDD 666-0778
Telecopier: (604) 666-8322
C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre
55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario
M4T 1M2
Tel: (416) 952-9096
Telecopier: (416) 954-6343
C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre
Cornwall Professional Building
Room 103
2125 - 11th Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3X3
Tel: (306) 780-3422
Telecopier: (306) 780-3319
This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
Secretary General

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