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difficulties expressed by interested parties on the sourcing of commercially available CAS equipment at this point in time;

the need for consumers to have early access to new CAS technologies.

The TA agrees to an extension to allow more time for interested parties to source equipment but he does not support a lengthy delay.

Separately, the TA, having considered the arguments for and against an extension, has come to the decision that he does not agree to an extension for the submission of proposals for Personal Communications Services (PCS). The factors that he has considered include:

the extensive public consultation conducted throughout calendar year 1994, which canvassed, among other things, spectrum issues and the principle of technology-neutrality;

the Guidance Notes issued in November 1994 have clearly indicated all the basic parameters for proposals to be submitted and there has been no change to these basic parameters;

the period of over three months for proposals to be submitted has already allowed for sufficient time for proposers to clarify points of detail in the bidding process;

there is a significant number of interested parties objecting to a delay;

the significant costs likely to be borne by many parties who have worked in good faith to meet the deadline;

the imminent exhaustion of the capacities of the existing systems leading to a need for early introduction of PCS.

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The deadline for submission of proposals for the operation of PCS therefore remains to be 5 pm on March 24. Late submissions will not be considered.

End/Wednesday, February 22, 1995

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