*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 54142.doc* 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 06- 2 Released: January 3, 2006 NONSTREAMLINED DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION GRANTED WC Docket No. 05- 308 On November 29, 2005, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued a public notice seeking comment on the transfer of control of the local exchange assets of United Telephone Company of Kansas and United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas to Twin Valley Telephone, Inc. 1 No commenters opposed grant of the application. After careful consideration of the record in this proceeding, we conclude that grant of the proposed transaction is in the public interest and should be granted accordingly. 2 For purposes of computation of time for filing a petition for reconsideration or application for review, or for judicial review of the Commission’s decision, the date of “public notice” shall be the release date of this notice. 3 For further information, please contact Kimberly Jackson, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418- 7393. 1 Domestic Section 214 Application Filed For Transfer of Control of United Telephone Company of Kansas and United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas to Twin Valley Telephone, Inc. WC Docket No. 05- 308, DA 05- 3114 (rel. November 29, 2005). 2 Implementation of Further Streamlining Measures for Domestic Section 214 Authorizations, CC Docket No. 01- 150, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 5517, 5534, ¶ 33 (2002) (stating that transfers of incumbent LEC local exchange assets are unlikely to raise the potential of competitive harm). 3 See 47 C. F. R. § 1.4 (computation of time). 1