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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  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 
 DA  01-  2930 
 Released:  December  18,  2001 


 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  GRANTS  SECTION  214  AUTHORIZATION  FOR 
 SOUTHWESTERN  BELL  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  TO  ENGAGE  IN  PRO  FORMA 
 TRANSFER  OF  CORPORATE  CONTROL 


 CC  Docket  No.  01-  312 
 Pursuant  to  section  214  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  § 
 214,  and  sections  0.91,  0.291,  and  63.01  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291, 
 and  63.01,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (Bureau)  approves  the  application  requesting  consent  for 
 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  (“  SBTC”)  to  engage  in  a  pro  forma  transfer  of  corporate 
 control.  The  requested  authorization  is  related  to  a  corporate  reorganization  by  which  SBC 
 Communications,  Inc.  will  create  the  wholly  owned  subsidiary  Southwestern  Bell  Texas  Holdings, 
 Inc.  Southwestern  Bell  Texas  Holdings,  Inc.  will  then  create  the  wholly  owned  subsidiaries 
 SWBT  Texas,  LLC  and  Southwestern  Bell  Texas,  Inc.,  SBTC  will  merge  with  Southwestern  Bell 
 Texas,  Inc.  with  the  surviving  entity  being  Southwestern  Bell  Texas,  Inc.  Southwestern  Bell 
 Texas,  Inc.  will  then  be  converted  into  a  Texas  limited  partnership  and  renamed  Southwestern 
 Bell  Telephone  L.  P.  SWBT  Texas,  LLC  will  be  a  general  partner  of  Southwestern  Bell 
 Telephone,  L.  P.,  controlling  1%  of  the  partnership.  Southwestern  Bell  Texas  Holdings,  Inc.  will 
 be  a  limited  partner  controlling  99%  of  the  partnership.  1 


 SBTC  provides  local  exchange  services,  intrastate  toll  services,  advanced 
 telecommunications  services,  and  domestic  long  distance  service  in  Texas,  Oklahoma,  Kansas, 
 Arkansas  and  Missouri.  This  transaction  will  result  in  these  services  being  provided  by 
 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone,  L.  P.,  a  Texas  limited  partnership,  rather  than  by  SBTC,  a  Missouri 
 corporation.  No  comments  or  petitions  to  deny  were  received  in  response  to  the  public  notice 
 announcing  that  the  application  had  been  accepted  for  filing. 


 1  See  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company  “SBTC”  or  “Applicant”),  Seeks  FCC  Consent  to  Transfer 
 Control  to  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone,  L.  P.  as  part  of  pro  forma  transfer  of  corporate  control,  Public  Notice, 
 DA  01-  2571  (rel.  November  8,  2001). 
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 The  Bureau  finds,  upon  consideration  of  the  record,  that  the  proposed  transfer  will  serve 
 the  public  interest,  convenience  and  necessity,  and  therefore  grants  the  requested  authorization. 
 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  the  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,  please  contact  Tracey  Wilson,  at  (202)  418-  1394  or  Bill  Dever, 
 Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  1578. 
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