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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  06-  928  April  27,  2006 
 ALLTEL  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.  AND  MIDWEST  WIRELESS  HOLDINGS,  LLC  APPLICATIONS  FOR  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  OF  LICENSES  AND  AUTHORIZATIONS 
 NUMBERING  RESOURCE  UTILIZATION  AND  FORECAST  (NRUF)  REPORTS  AND  LOCAL  NUMBER  PORTABILITY  REPORTS  PLACED  INTO  THE  RECORD, 
 SUBJECT  TO  PROTECTIVE  ORDER 
 WT  Docket  No.  05-  339  CC  Docket  No.  99-  200 
 CC  Docket  No.  95-  116 
 On  December  2nd,  2005,  ALLTEL  Communications,  Inc.  (“  ALLTEL”)  1  and  Midwest  Wireless  Holdings,  LLC  (“  Midwest  Wireless”)  filed  joint  applications  pursuant  to  Sections  214  and  310(  d)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  “Communications  Act”)  2  asking  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (“  the  Commission”)  to  approve  the  transfer  of  control  of  four  Midwest 
 Wireless  subsidiaries  to  ALLTEL.  3  In  connection  with  the  Commission’s  review  of  the  applications,  the  Commission  intends  to  examine  information  contained  in  the  Numbering  Resource  Utilization  and 
 Forecast  (“  NRUF”)  reports  filed  by  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  4  and  disaggregated,  carrier-specific  local  number  portability  (“  LNP”)  data  related  to  wireless  telecommunications  carriers.  These 
 data  may  assist  the  Commission  in  assessing  the  competitive  effects  of  the  transaction.  Accordingly,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  a  protective  order  being  adopted  this  day,  the  Commission  intends  to  place 
 into  the  record  in  this  proceeding  (1)  NRUF  reports  for  all  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  concerning  data  as  of  December  31,  2004  and  as  of  June  30,  2005,  and  (2)  wireless-  to-  wireless  LNP  data 
 for  all  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  from  the  December  2004  and  June  2005  LNP  databases  that  the  Commission  receives  from  NeuStar,  Inc. 


 Section  251  of  the  Communications  Act  grants  the  Commission  jurisdiction  over  the  North  American  Numbering  Plan  (“  NANP”)  and  related  telephone  numbering  issues.  In  order  to  better  monitor 


 1  ALLTEL  is  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  ALLTEL  Corporation. 
 2  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  214,  310(  d). 
 3  The  four  Midwest  Wireless  subsidiaries  are  (1)  Midwest  Wireless  Communications  LLC,  (2)  Midwest  Wireless 
 Iowa  LLC,  (3)  Midwest  Wireless  Wisconsin  LLC,  and  (4)  Switch  2000  LLC.  See  Midwest  Wireless  Holdings,  L.  L.  C.  and  ALLTEL  Communications,  Inc.  Seek  FCC  Consent  to  Transfer  Control  of  Licenses  and  Authorizations, 


 WT  Docket  No.  05-  339,  Public  Notice,  20  FCC  Rcd.  19834  (2005).  4 
 See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.907. 
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