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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  05-  3156  Released:  December  8,  2005 
 DOMESTIC  SECTION  214  APPLICATION  FILED  FOR  ACQUISITION  OF  ASSETS  OF  CENTURYTEL  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST,  INC.,  BY  HOPI 
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS,  INC. 
 STREAMLINED  PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 WC  Docket  No.  05-  334 
 Comments  Due:  December  22,  2005  Reply  Comments  Due:  December  29,  2005 


 On  November  30,  2005,  Hopi  Telecommunications,  Inc.  (“  Hopi”)  and  CenturyTel  of  the  Southwest,  Inc.  (“  CenturyTel”)  (together  “Applicants”),  filed  an  application,  pursuant  to  section 
 63.04  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  1  seeking  authority  to  transfer  to  Hopi  the  local  exchange  assets  of  CenturyTel  on  the  Hopi  Reservation  in  Arizona  and  on  a  small  portion  of  the  Navajo 
 Reservation.  2 
 Applicants  seek  streamlined  treatment  for  this  transaction  under  sections  63.03(  b)(  1)(  ii)  and  (iii)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  because  Hopi  is  not  a  telecommunications  provider  and  the 
 proposed  transaction  involves  only  the  transfer  of  local  exchange  assets  of  an  incumbent  LEC  by  means  other  than  an  acquisition  of  corporate  control.  3 


 CenturyTel,  a  New  Mexico  corporation,  is  wholly  owned  by  CenturyTel  of  the  Northwest,  Inc.,  which  is  wholly  owned  by  CenturyTel  Holdings,  Inc.,  which  is  wholly  owned 
 by  CenturyTel,  Inc.  Century  Tel,  Inc.  is  a  publicly  traded  company,  of  which  no  person  or  entity  owns  ten  percent  or  more  of  the  equity. 


 Hopi,  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  Hopi  Tribe,  is  wholly  owned  by  the  Hopi  Tribe,  which  in  turn  is  controlled  by  its  members,  none  of  which  has  a  ten  percent  or  more 
 1  47  C.  F.  R  §  63.04;  see  47  U.  S.  C.  §  214. 
 2  The  CenturyTel  service  area  being  transferred  includes  a  few  subscriber  lines  on  the  Navajo  Reservation. 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  63.  03(  b)(  1)(  ii),  (iii). 
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 (2)  Tracey  Wilson-  Parker,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  5-  C212,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  email:  tracey.  wilson-  parker@  fcc.  gov; 
 (3)  Adam  Kirschenbaum,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  5-  C211,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  e-  mail:  adam.  kirschenbaum@  fcc.  gov; 
 (4)  Susan  O’Connell,  Policy  Division,  International  Bureau,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  7-  B544,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  email:  susan.  o’connell@  fcc.  gov;  and 
 (5)  James  Bird,  Office  of  General  Counsel,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  8-  C824,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  e-  mail:  james.  bird@  fcc.  gov. 
 Filings  and  comments  are  also  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  regular  business  hours  at  the  FCC  Reference  Information  Center,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room 
 CY-  A257,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  They  may  also  be  purchased  from  the  Commission’s  duplicating  contractor,  Best  Copy  and  Printing,  Inc.,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-B402, 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  telephone:  (202)  488-  5300,  fax:  (202)  488-  5563,  or  via  e-  mail  www.  bcpiweb.  com. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Tracey  Wilson-  Parker  at  (202)  418-  1394,  or  Adam  Kirschenbaum  at  (202)  418-  7280. 
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