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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  02-  559  Released:  March  7,  2002 
 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  GRANTS  CONSENT  FOR  A  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  OF  ALMA  LONG  DISTANCE,  LLC  TO  ALMA  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC. 
 CC  Docket  No.  01-  351 
 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  of  Alma  Long  Distance,  LLC  (“  ALD”)  and  Alma  Telephone  Company  (“  ATC”),  to  complete  a  transfer  of 
 control.  1  ALD  is  wholly  owned  by  ATC.  As  part  of  a  corporate  restructuring  and  spin  off  of  unrelated  ATC  assets,  a  new  company,  Alma  Communications,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Alma  Telephone 
 Company  (hereinafter  “ACI”)  will  be  created  under  Missouri  law.  ACI,  which  will  have  the  same  shareholders,  directors  and  management  as  ATC,  will  acquire  all  of  the  stock  in  ALD  from 
 ATC.  This  transaction  will  result  in  a  pro  forma  transfer  of  control  of  ALD  from  ATC  to  ACI.  No  comments  or  petitions  to  deny  were  received  in  response  to  the  public  notice  announcing  that 
 the  application  had  been  accepted  for  filing. 
 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. 


 1  See  Commission  Seeks  Comment  on  Application  Filed  by  Alma  Long  Distance,  LLC  to  Transfer  Control 
 to  Alma  Telephone  Company,  CC  Docket  No.  01-  351,  Public  Notice,  DA  02-  25  (rel.  Jan.  7,  2002). 
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