*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 17036* PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 TWELFTH STREET, S. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554 DA 02- 932 News media information 202/ 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202/ 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Released: April 23, 2002 ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND CENTURYTEL, INC. SEEK FCC CONSENT TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF LICENSES WT Docket No. 02- 85 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED Petitions/ Comments due: May 23, 2002 Oppositions due: June 3, 2002 Replies due: June 10, 2002 CenturyTel, Inc. (“ CenturyTel”) and ALLTEL Communications, Inc. (“ ACI”) have filed applications pursuant to Section 310( d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 1 seeking Commission consent to transfer control of certain licenses and authorizations currently controlled by CenturyTel and certain of its affiliates. This transfer of control would take place as the result of a stock purchase agreement between CenturyTel and ACI pursuant to which ACI will take control of certain broadband Personal Communications Service (“ PCS”), Fixed Microwave Service, and Cellular Radiotelephone Service (“ Cellular”) licenses controlled by CenturyTel. 2 APPLICATIONS The following applications for consent to transfer control of licenses in the PCS, Fixed Microwave, and Cellular services from CenturyTel to ACI have been assigned the following file numbers. File Number Licensee Lead Call Sign 0000824599 Appleton Oshkosh Neenah MSA LP KNKA425 0000824604 Cellular Mobile Systems of Michigan RSA # 7 LP KNKQ319 0000824611 Cellular North Michigan Network GP KNKN910 0000824623 Celutel of Biloxi, Inc. WLR226 1 47 U. S. C. § 310( d). 2 ACI also will be acquiring minority limited partnership interests from CenturyTel in the following entities: ALLTEL Cellular Associates of Arkansas Limited Partnership, Dallas SMSA Limited Partnership, Detroit SMSA Limited Partnership, Eastern SUB- RSA Limited Partnership, GTE Mobilnet of Austin Limited Partnership, Madison SMSA Limited Partnership, Midwest Wireless Holdings, L. L. C., Milwaukee SMSA Limited Partnership, Thumb Cellular Limited Partnership, Washington RSA No. 8 Limited Partnership, Wisconsin No. 4 Limited Partnership, Wisconsin No. 10 Limited Partnership. 1 2 0000824636 Century Cellunet of Arkansas RSA #12 Cellular LP WMN810 0000824665 Century Cellunet of La Crosse LP KNKA734 0000824703 Century Cellunet of Michigan RSA #4 Inc. WMS655 0000824734 Century Cellunet of Michigan RSA #6 Cellular LP KNKQ302 0000824689 Century Cellunet of Mississippi RSA #2 Inc. KNKN623 0000824710 Century Cellunet of Mississippi RSA #6 Inc. KNKN559 0000824587 Century Cellunet of Mississippi RSA #7 Inc. KNKN619 0000824589 Century Cellunet of North Arkansas Cellular LP KNKN692 0000824433 Century Cellunet of North Louisiana Cellular LP KNKN647 0000824453 Century Cellunet of Pine Bluff LLC WLT912 0000824484 Century Cellunet of Saginaw MSA LP KNKA417 0000824504 Century Cellunet of Southern Michigan Cellular LP KNKN915 0000824526 Century Cellunet of Southwest Arkansas Cellular LP KNKN735 0000824376 3 CenturyTel Telelink, Inc. WLT654 0000824544 CenturyTel Wireless of Alexandria, LLC KNKA588 0000824563 CenturyTel Wireless of Michigan RSA #1& 2, Inc. KNKQ320 0000824442 CenturyTel Wireless of Mississippi RSA #5, LLC KNKQ448 0000824470 CenturyTel Wireless of North Louisiana, LLC KNKN688 0000824502 Eau Claire Cellular Telephone LP KNKA673 0000824531 Jackson Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. WLV671 0000824558 Michigan RSA #9 LP KNKQ303 0000824597 MVI Corp. KNLG984 0000824593 Pascagoula Cellular Partnership KNKA802 0000824616 Wisconsin RSA #1 LP KNKN507 0000824628 Wisconsin RSA #2 LP KNKN485 0000855980 Wisconsin RSA 3 Limited Partnership KNKN360 0000824637 Wisconsin RSA #6 LP KNKN541 0000824596 Wisconsin RSA #7 LP WLW454 0000824603 Wisconsin RSA #8 LP KNKN459 GENERAL INFORMATION The applications referenced herein have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any application if, upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in conformance with the Commission’s rules or policies. Final action on these applications will not be taken earlier than 31 days following the date of this Public Notice. 4 Interested parties may file comments or petitions to deny no later than May 23, 2002. Oppositions to the comments or petitions to deny may be filed no later than June 3, 2002. Replies to the oppositions may be filed no later than June 10, 2002. All filings concerning matters referenced in this Public Notice should refer to DA 02- 932 and WT Docket No. 02- 85, as well as the specific file numbers of the individual applications or other matters to which the filings pertain. All documents filed in this proceeding should indicate in the caption that this matter is 3 The applicants have designated File No. 0000824376 as the lead application in this transaction, and all pleadings and other submissions filed in this matter that pertain generally to the transaction and not to a particular application will be available through this file number. 4 See 47 U. S. C. § 309( b). 2 3 before the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch, and Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch. Under the Commission’s current procedures for the submission of filings and other documents, 5 submissions in this matter may be filed electronically (i. e., by the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS)) or by hand delivery to the Commission’s Massachusetts Avenue location. € If filed by ECFS, 6 comments shall be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to http:// www. fcc. gov/ e- file/ ecfs. html. Generally, only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however, commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e- mail. To get filing instructions for e- mail comments, commenters should send an e- mail to ecfs@ fcc. gov, and should include the following words in the body of the message, “get form .” A sample form and directions will be sent in reply. € If filed by paper, the original and four copies of each filing must be filed by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first- class or overnight U. S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U. S. Postal Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will receive hand- delivered or messenger- delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N. E., Suite 110, Washington, D. C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8: 00 a. m. to 7: 00 p. m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U. S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U. S. Postal Service first- class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D. C. 20554. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. One copy of each pleading must be delivered electronically, by e- mail or facsimile, or if delivered as paper copy, by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first- class or overnight U. S. Postal Service mail (according to the procedures set forth above for paper filings) to: (1) the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Qualex International, at qualexint@ aol. com or (202) 863- 2898 (facsimile); (2) John Branscome, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at jbransco@ fcc. gov, or (202) 418- 7447 (facsimile); (3) Erin McGrath, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at emcgrath@ fcc. gov or (202) 418- 7447 (facsimile); and (4) Jeff Tobias, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at jtobias@ fcc. gov or (202) 418- 2643 (facsimile). For further information, contact John Branscome or Erin McGrath, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418- 7240 (Parts 22 and 24); or Jeff Tobias, 5 See In the Matter of Implementation of Interim Electronic Filing Procedures for Certain Commission Filings, Order, FCC 01- 345 (rel. Nov. 29, 2001); see also FCC Announces a New Filing Location for Paper Documents and a New Fax Number for General Correspondence, Public Notice, DA 01- 2919 (rel. Dec. 14, 2001). 6 See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24,121 (1998). 3 4 Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418- 1617 (Part 101). - FCC - 4