Federal Communications Commission DA 12-367
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the matter of
Application of Celico Partnership d!b/a
Verizon Wireless and SpectrumCo LLC
For Consent To Assign Licenses
WTDocketNo. 12-4
Application of Ceilco Partnership dlb/a
Verizon Wireless and Cox TMI Wireless, LLC
For Consent To Assign Licenses
Order
Adopted: March 8, 2012 Released: March 8, 2012
By the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. On January 19, 2012, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comment on two
separate applications, one filed by Celico Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless") and
SpectrumCo, LLC ("SpectrumCo"), and one filed by Verizon Wireless and Cox TMI Wireless, LLC
("Cox Wireless"), a subsidiary of Cox Communications, Inc. ("Cox"), to assign spectrum licenses held by
SpectrumCo and Cox Wireless to Verizon Wireless. The Commission established February 21, 2012, as
the deadline for filing comments and petitions to deny; March 2, 2012, as the deadline for filing responses
to comments and oppositions to petitions; and March 12, 2012, as the deadline for filing replies to
responses or oppositions.' In this Order, we extend the deadline for filing replies to responses or
oppositions to March 26, 2012.
2. SpectrumCo is a joint venture now comprising three MVPDs - Comcast Corp., Time
Warner Cable Inc., and Bright House Networks, LLC. On the same day that SpectrumCo entered into an
agreement with Verizon Wireless to assign SpecfrumCo's licenses to Verizon Wireless, the constituent
corporations of SpectrumCo entered into commercial arrangements with Verizon Wireless, including
agreements under which the MVPDs and Verizon Wireless will sell each other's cable and wireless
services. Cox and Verizon Wireless entered into substantially similar agreements on December 16, 2011.
The Applicants have stated that these commercial agreements "have no bearing on whether the spectrum
sale is in the public interest, do not require Commission approval, and, for several reasons, do not need to
be part of the formal record in this proceeding."2 Nevertheless, at the Commission's request, the
Applicants submitted versions of the commercial agreements into the record, redacting some highly
sensitive information.
'Cellco Partnership dlb/a Verizon Wireless, SpectrumCo, LLC and Cox TMI Wireless, LLC, Seek FCC Consent to
the Assignment of AWS-1 Licenses; Pleading Cycle Established, Public Notice, DA 12-67, WT Docket No. 12-4
(rel. Jan. 19, 2012).
2 Ex Parte Notice and Submission of Highly Confidential Documents, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, from
J.G. Harrington, Counsel to Cox TMI Wireless, LLC (filed Jan. 18, 2012) at 2 (Verizon Wireless-Cox commercial
agreements); Ex Parte Notice and Submission of Confidential and Highly Confidential Documents Pursuant to First
and Second Protective Orders, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, from Michael H. Hammer (filed Jan. 18,
2012) at 2 (Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo commercial agreements).
Federal Communications Commission DA 12-367
3. On March 7, 2012, several commenters filed a joint motion for an extension of time to
file their replies to responses and oppositions.3 They emphasize their desire for access to information
redacted from the commercial agreements. They also argue that as late as March 5, 2012, three days into
their ten-day response period, many parties still had not been able to fully review the Applicants'
Opposition due to delays associated with obtaining access to the confidential version of the Opposition.
4. Today, the Commission has requested the Applicants to submit for the record, on an
expedited basis, certain material previously redacted from their commercial agreements that is essential to
the Commission's review of the proposed license transfer. Iii light of the approaching filing deadline, and
in order to provide adequate time for all interested parties to review and comment on this additional
material and on Applicants' Opposition, we are extending the filing deadline for filing replies to the
responses or oppositions from March 12, 2012, until March 26, 2012 - the date requested in the Motion
for Extension of Time. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.331 of the
Commission's Rules.4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Rick Kaplan
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Motion for Extension of Time to File Replies to Responses and Opposition, filed by Public Knowledge, Free Press,
Media Access Project, National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, the Open Technology Initiative of
New America Foundation, Rural Telecommunications Group, and Sprint Nextel Corporation (filed March 7, 2012).
447 C.F.R. § 0.331.
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