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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  358 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 


 Hancock  Communications,  Inc.  Petition  for  FCC  Approval  and  Agreement  of 
 Redefinition  of  the  Service  Area  of  United  Telephone  Company  of  Indiana,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Sprint 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  February  9,  2005  Released:  February  9  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  January  21,  2005,  Hancock  Communications,  Inc.  filed  the  above-  captioned  Petition  for  FCC  Approval  and  Agreement  of  Redefinition  of  the  Service  Area  of  United  Telephone  Company  of 
 Indiana,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Sprint.  1  On  January  26,  2005,  Hancock  Communications,  Inc.  submitted  a  request  to  withdraw  the  above-  captioned  petition.  2  We  grant  the  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  the  petition. 


 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 
 above-  captioned  Petition  IS  GRANTED  and  Hancock  Communications,  Inc.  ’s  petition  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Narda  M.  Jones  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy 
 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU 


 1  Hancock  Communications,  Inc.  Petition  for  FCC  Approval  and  Agreement  of  Redefinition  of  the  Service  Area  of 
 United  Telephone  Company  of  Indiana,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Sprint  (filed  January  21,  2005).  2 
 Hancock  Communications,  Inc.,  Motion  for  Leave  to  Withdraw  Petition  (filed  January  26,  2005). 
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