Federal Communications Commission DA 11-2027
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C.  20554
In the Matter of
Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for 
Universal Service Support
Petition for Forbearance of Zefcom, LLC d/b/a 
Telispire PCS
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WC Docket No. 09-197
ORDER
Adopted:  December 15, 2011 Released:  December 15, 2011
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On January 13, 2011, Zefcom, LLC d/b/a Telispire PCS (Telispire) filed a petition 
seeking forbearance from the facilities requirement of section 214(e)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, (the Act) for the limited purpose of receiving Lifeline support.1 Telispire seeks 
forbearance not only on behalf of the mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) it provides services to, 
but also to the entire class of other potential MVNOs that lack their own facilities and seek Lifeline 
support.2 The Wireline Competition Bureau sought comment on Telispire’s petition. Two commenters 
opposed the petition for forbearance, raising questions about whether Telispire was entitled to seek such 
forbearance under section 10(c) of the Act and section 1.54 of the Commission’s rules and arguing that 
the petition did not meet the statutory criteria for forbearance.3 On November 14, 2011, Telispire 
submitted a request to withdraw its petition for forbearance and requested that the Commission dismiss its 
petition without prejudice.4 We grant the request to dismiss the petition and do not address the merits of 
Telispire’s forbearance request or the comments filed in opposition.
2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to section 1.59(b) of the Commission’s 
rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.59(b), and 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 petition of Zefcom, LLC d/b/a Telispire 
PCS IS GRANTED and that the petition for forbearance filed on January 13, 2011 IS DISMISSED.
  
1 See Petition for Forbearance of Zefcom, LLC d/b/a Telispire PCS., WC Docket No. 09-197 (filed Jan. 13, 2011) 
(Telispire Petition).
2 Telispire Petition at 2.  Telispire states that it is a mobile virtual network enabler that aggregates mobile virtual 
network operators in order to obtain volume discounts from Sprint and Verizon Wireless on a wholesale basis.  
Telispire Petition at 2.
3 See Comment Sought on Zefcom, LLC d/b/a Telispire PCS Petition for Forbearance from Eligible 
Telecommunications Carrier Facilities Requirement, WC Docket No. 09-197, Public Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 1657 
(Wireline Comp. Bur. 2011) (Public Notice); Comments of the National Association of State Utility Consumer 
Advocates (NASUCA), WC Docket No. 09-197, filed Mar. 18, 2011; Opposition of PlatinumTel Communications, 
LLC, WC Docket No. 09-197, filed Mar. 18, 2011. 
4 Motion to Withdraw Petition for Forbearance, WC Docket No. 09-197 (filed Nov. 14, 2011) (Telispire Withdrawal 
Request).  Because Telispire filed its request to withdraw more than ten days after the due date for reply comments, 
such withdrawal requires approval.  47 C.F.R. § 1.59(b).
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3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to section 1.102(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules, 
47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b)(1), that this order SHALL BE effective upon release.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Sharon E. Gillett
Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau