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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  2291  Released:  August  16,  2005 
 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  GRANTS  MOTION  FOR  LIMITED  EXTENSION  OF  TIME  FOR  FILING  REPLY  COMMENTS  IN  APCC  SERVICES,  INC.  PETITION  FOR 
 RECONSIDERATION  OF  THE  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU’S  DECISION  GRANTING  THE  DOMESTIC  SECTION  214  APPLICATION  FILED  FOR  ACQUISITION  OF 
 ASSETS  OF  TRANSTEL  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.,  TEL  AMERICA  OF  SALT  LAKE  CITY,  INC.,  EXTELCOM,  INC.,  TO  UCN,  INC. 


 WC  Docket  No.  05-  198 
 On  August  15,  2005,  APCC  Services,  Inc.  (“  APCC”)  filed  a  motion  pursuant  to  section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  1  to  extend  the  period  for  filing  a  reply  to  the  Joint  Opposition  of  Tel  America  of 
 Salt  Lake  City,  Inc.  and  UCN,  Inc.  to  the  Petition  filed  by  APCC  for  reconsideration  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau’s  decision  to  grant  the  domestic  section  214  application  filed  for  acquisition  of  assets 
 of  Transtel  Communications,  Inc.,  Tel  America  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Inc.,  Extelcom,  Inc.,  to  UCN,  Inc.  2  The  deadline  for  filing  replies  was  August  15,  2005. 


 The  Motion  requests  an  extension  of  time  because  counsel  for  APCC  is  currently  occupied  directly  with  other  Commission  proceedings  and  deadlines.  APCC  argues  that  because  counsel  for  UCN, 
 Inc.  and  Transtel  Communications,  Inc/  Tel  America  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Inc.  have  consented  to  the  extension,  no  party  to  this  proceeding  suffers  any  prejudice  by  the  grant  of  this  request.  3 


 The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  motions  for  extension  of  time.  Nevertheless,  we  still  consider  and,  in  certain  instances,  grant  limited  requests  for  extensions  of  time  where  we  find  that  the 
 public  interest  would  be  served  by  a  more  complete  discussion  of  the  matters  pending  before  the  Commission.  We  believe  that  it  is  in  the  public  interest  to  decide  this  matter  with  the  most  complete  and 
 well-  developed  record  possible.  Because  of  the  Commission’s  desire  to  obtain  a  complete  record  and  the  fact  that  APCC’s  request  is  unopposed,  we  find  that  a  brief  extension  of  time  appropriately  balances  the 
 interests  of  commenting  parties.  Therefore,  parties  have  until  August  22,  2005  to  file  replies. 
 For  further  information,  please  contact  Erin  Boone  at  (202)  418-  0064. 
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 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  46. 
 2  See  APCC  Services,  Inc.,  Consent  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  198,  filed 
 August  15,  2005  (Motion).  See  also  Public  Notice,  Notice  of  Streamlined  Domestic  Section  214  Application  Granted,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  198,  DA  05-  1795  (rel.  June  27,  2005). 


 3  See  Motion  at  2. 
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