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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  1486 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 
 Petition  by  Wisconsin  RSA  #4  Limited  Partnership,  Wausau  Cellular  Telephone 
 Limited  Partnership,  Nsighttel  Wireless,  LLC  and  Metro  Southwest  PCS,  LLP  For 
 Commission  Agreement  in  Redefining  the  Service  Areas  of  Rural  Telephone  Companies 
 in  the  State  of  Wisconsin 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  May  23,  2005  Released:  May  23,  2005 


 By  the  Assistant  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 


 1.  On  February  9,  2005,  Wisconsin  RSA  #4  Limited  Partnership,  Wausau  Cellular  Telephone  Limited  Partnership,  Nsighttel  Wireless,  LLC  and  Metro  Southwest  PCS,  LLP 
 (collectively,  the  Cellcom  Companies)  jointly  filed  a  petition,  pursuant  to  section  54.207(  c)  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (Commission’s)  rules,  requesting  Commission 
 agreement  with  the  decisions  of  the  Wisconsin  Public  Service  Commission  (Wisconsin  Commission)  to  redefine  the  service  areas  of  the  following  incumbent  local  exchange  companies: 
 Marquette-  Adams  Telephone  Cooperative,  Inc.;  Niagara  Telephone  Company,  Inc;  and  Wittenberg  Telephone  Company.  1  On  May  18,  2005,  the  Cellcom  Companies  submitted  a 


 1  Petition  of  the  Wisconsin  RSA  #4  Limited  Partnership,  Wausau  Cellular  Telephone  Limited  Partnership,  Nsighttel 
 Wireless,  LLC  and  Metro  Southwest  PCS,  LLP  for  Agreement  with  Redefinition  of  Service  Areas  of  Certain  Rural  ILECs  in  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  CC  Docket  96-  45,  filed  February  9,  2005.  Section  54.  207  of  the  Commission’s 


 rules,  which  implements  section  214(  e)(  5)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  provides  that  a  rural  incumbent  local  exchange  company’s  service  area  will  be  its  study  area  “unless  and  until  the  Commission  and  states, 
 after  taking  into  account  the  recommendations  of  a  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  instituted  under  section  410(  c),  establish  a  different  definition  of  service  for  such  company.”  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  207(  b).  See  also  47  U.  S.  C.  § 
 214(  e)(  5). 
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 request  to  withdraw  its  petition.  2  We  grant  the  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  the  petition  without  prejudice. 
 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  request  to  withdraw 
 the  Cellcom  Companies’  petition  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  IS  GRANTED 
 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  Cellcom  Companies’  Petition  for  Redefinition  in  the 


 above-  captioned  proceeding  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  Seifert  Assistant  Chief 
 Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 2  Motion  of  the  Wisconsin  RSA  #4  Limited  Partnership,  Wausau  Cellular  Telephone  Limited  Partnership,  Nsighttel 
 Wireless,  LLC  and  Metro  Southwest  PCS,  LLP  for  Agreement  with  Redefinition  of  Service  Areas  of  Certain  Rural  ILECs  in  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  CC  Docket  96-  45,  filed  May  18,  2005. 
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