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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  December  19,  2000 
 DA  00-  2842 


 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  GRANTS  CONSENT  FOR  TRANSFER  OF 
 CONTROL  TO  SMART  CITY  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  OF 
 AUTHORIZATIONS  HELD  BY  VISTA-  UNITED  TELECOMMUNICATIONS 


 Pursuant  to  section  214  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C. 
 §  214,  and  section  0.291  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.291,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
 approves  the  application  requesting  Commission  consent  to  transfer  control  of  the  blanket  domestic 
 section  214  authorization  held  by  Vista-  United  Telecommunications  (“  Vista-  United”)  to  Smart  City 
 Telecommunications  LLC  (“  Smart  City”).  This  application  pertains  to  an  authorization  for  blanket 
 domestic  interstate  services.  1  No  comments  were  received  in  response  to  the  public  notice  announcing 
 that  the  application  had  been  accepted  for  filing.  2  Pursuant  to  the  proposed  transaction,  Smart  City  will 
 operate  certain  telecommunications  business  activities  currently  engaged  in  by  Vista-  United. 


 The  Bureau  finds  that  the  proposed  transfer  will  serve  the  public  interest,  convenience,  and 
 necessity,  and  therefore  grants  the  applicants  authorization  to  transfer  control  of  the  blanket  domestic 
 section  214  authorization  held  by  Vista-  United  to  Smart  City. 


 Pursuant  to  section  1.103  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.103,  the  consent  granted 
 herein  is  effective  upon  release  of  this  Public  Notice.  Petitions  for  reconsideration  under  section  1.106  or 
 applications  for  review  under  section  1.115  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.106,  1.115,  may 
 be  filed  within  30  days  of  the  date  of  this  Public  Notice. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Elizabeth  Yockus,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1381. 


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 1  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.01(  a).  The  application  for  streamlined  transfer  control  of  the  international  section  214  authorization  was 
 granted  effective  Nov.  29,  2000,  but  conditioned  on  Applicants’  agreement  not  to  close  the  proposed  transfer  of  control  unless  and 
 until  the  Commission  granted  the  transfer  of  the  associated  domestic  section  214  authorization.  See  International  Authorizations 
 Granted,  Report  No.  Tel-  00321,  Public  Notice,  DA  00-  2703  (rel.  Nov.  30,  2000). 


 2  See  Vista-  United  Telecommunications  Seeks  FCC  Consent  to  Transfer  Control  to  Smart  City  Telecommunications,  Public  Notice, 


 DA  00-  2636  (rel.  Nov.  21,  2000). 
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