[1] FCC 96-93 (Mar. 8, 1996) ("Notice"). By Order of the Commission, DA 96-463 (Apr. 1, 1996), the deadline for filing reply comments in this proceeding was extended until May 7, 1996.

[2] Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, [[section]] 101(a), 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (to be codified at 47 U.S.C. [[section]] 254). Future references will be to the statutory sections as they will be codified.

[3] See Notice, [[paragraph]] 113.

[4] See id., [[paragraph]][[paragraph]] 27-30.

[5] See, e.g., Comments of Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc., CC Dkt. No. 96-45, at 4 (filed Apr. 12, 1996) ("Vanguard").

[6] See also Comments of AirTouch Communications, Inc., CC Dkt. No. 96-45, at 10-11 (filed Apr. 12, 1996) ("AirTouch"); Comments of the Competitive Telecommunications Association, CC Dkt. No. 96-45, at 8 (filed Apr. 12, 1996); Comments of Pacific Telesis Group, CC Docket No. 96-45, at 12-13 (filed Apr. 12, 1996).

[7] See also AirTouch at 10.

[8] See also Vanguard at 7-9.

[9] Notice, [[paragraph]] 10.

[10] Id., [[paragraph]] 120.

[11] See also AirTouch at 3-5; Comments of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, CC Dkt. N. 96-45, at 3-8 (filed Apr. 12, 1996).

[12] 47 U.S.C. [[section]] 332(c)(3)(A)(ii).

[13] 47 U.S.C. [[section]] 332(c)(3)(A).

[14] H.R. Rep. No. 213, 103rd Cong., 1st Sess. 493 (1993) ("Conference Report") (emphasis added).

[15] See also Petition of Arizona Corporation Commission, 10 FCC Rcd 7824, 7838-39 (1995) (holding that states can regulate CMRS rates only after presenting "evidence that identifies . . . the number of individuals in that state for whom CMRS is the only available telephone exchange service").

[16] See also Vanguard at 5-7.