PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 17-324
Released:  April 5, 2017
APPLICATION OF THE ALASKA WIRELESS NETWORK, LLC, AND NEXTEL WEST CORP.
FOR APPROVAL OF A LONG-TERM DE FACTO TRANSFER SPECTRUM LEASING 
ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING 800 MHZ SMR LICENSES IN ALASKA
NUMBERING RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND FORECAST REPORTS AND
LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY REPORTS TO BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD,
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER
WT Docket No. 17-63
CC Docket No. 99-200
The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCI Communication Corp. 
(together with The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, AWN), and Nextel West Corp., a wholly-owned 
indirect subsidiary of Sprint Corporation (Sprint, and together with AWN, the Applicants), have filed an 
application pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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seeking 
Commission approval of a long-term de facto transfer spectrum leasing arrangement.  AWN would lease 
from Sprint spectrum under two 800 MHz SMR licenses covering Alaska.  On April 5, 2017, the 
Commission accepted the application for filing and established a pleading cycle for the proposed 
transaction.
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In connection with the Commission’s review of the proposed transaction, the Commission intends 
to examine information contained in the biannual Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast (NRUF) 
reports filed by wireless telecommunications carriers,
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carrier-specific local number portability (LNP) 
data related to wireless telecommunications carriers, and further disaggregated monthly carrier-specific 
local number portability data (Carrier-to-Carrier 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 (NRUF Protective Order) being adopted this 
day,
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the Commission intends to place into the record in this proceeding:
? NRUF reports for all wireless telecommunications carriers concerning data as of June 30, 2014, 
December 31, 2014, June 30, 2015, December 31, 2015, June 30, 2016, and December 31, 2016
(when available).
                                                     
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47 U.S.C. § 310(d).
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Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, and Nextel West Corp. Seek FCC Approval of a Long-Term De Facto Transfer
Spectrum Leasing Arrangement Involving 800 MHz SMR Licenses in Alaska, WT Docket No. 17-63, Public Notice¸ 
DA 17-321 (WTB Apr. 5, 2017).
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47 CFR §§ 1.907, 52.5.
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Application of Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, and Nextel West Corp. for Approval of a Long-Term De Facto 
Transfer Spectrum Leasing Arrangement, WT Docket No. 17-63, NRUF/LNP Protective Order, DA 17-323 (WTB 
Apr. 5, 2017).
2? Wireless-to-wireless LNP data for all wireless telecommunications carriers from the June 30, 
2014, December 31, 2014, June 30, 2015, December 31, 2015, June 30, 2016, and December 31, 
2016 (when available) LNP databases that the Commission receives from the LNP Administrator, 
NeuStar, Inc.  This LNP data shows the total number of ports in and ports out per carrier.
? Wireless-to-wireless Carrier-to-Carrier LNP Data for all wireless telecommunications carriers, on 
a monthly basis, from the June 2014 to June 2016 LNP databases (and any updates that may 
become available during the pendency of the Commission’s review of the Application) that the 
Commission receives from the LNP Administrator, NeuStar, Inc.  This LNP data shows, on a 
monthly basis, the specific number of ports from each wireless carrier to another carrier in each 
area.
Section 251 of the Communications Act grants the Commission jurisdiction over the North
American Numbering Plan (NANP) and related telephone numbering issues.
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  To monitor better the way 
numbering resources are used within the NANP and allocate NANP resources efficiently, the 
Commission requires telecommunications carriers to provide the Commission with a utilization report of 
their current inventory of telephone numbers and a five-year forecast of their numbering resource 
requirements.
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  LNP data are collected by the LNP Administrator and provided to the Commission.
The Commission has recognized that disaggregated, carrier-specific forecast and utilization data 
should be treated as confidential and should be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 
§ 552(b)(4).
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  The NRUF and LNP reports will be placed into the record subject to the provisions of the 
NRUF Protective Order.  As such, the NRUF and LNP data will not be available to the public except 
pursuant to the terms of the NRUF Protective Order, as outlined below.
Persons seeking to review the NRUF or LNP data may do so only for purposes of participating in 
this proceeding.  Pursuant to the NRUF Protective Order, outside persons participating or intending to 
participate in the proceeding who are not involved in competitive decision-making activities and who 
have signed the Acknowledgment of Confidentiality attached to the NRUF Protective Order may review 
the NRUF and LNP data.  We emphasize that persons seeking to review the NRUF or LNP data must 
have adequate protections in place to prevent improper use or disclosure of the information.
Affected parties have until April 17, 2017 to oppose disclosure of their NRUF and LNP data.  In 
addition, affected parties will have three business days after the filing of an Acknowledgment of 
Confidentiality to object to the release of the data to a particular person who requests permission to 
review it.
If the Commission receives no opposition from affected parties by April 17, 2017, the 
Commission will place the NRUF, LNP, and Carrier-to-Carrier LNP data into the record subject to the 
safeguards contained in the NRUF Protective Order.  If disclosure is opposed, the procedures set forth in 
47 C.F.R. § 0.461(i) shall apply.  All filings should refer to WT Docket No. 17-63.
Under the Commission’s current procedures for the submission of filings and other documents,
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submissions in this matter may be filed electronically through the Commission’s Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS) or by hand delivery to the Commission.
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comments shall be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to 
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs.  In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their 
                                                     
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47 U.S.C. § 251.
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47 CFR § 52.15(f); see Numbering Resource Optimization, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making, 15 FCC Rcd 7574, 7578-7579, para. 5 (2000) (Numbering Report and Order).
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Numbering Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 7607, para. 78.
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FCC Announces Change in Filing Location for Paper Documents, Public Notice, 24 FCC Rcd 14312 (2009).
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Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998).
3full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket number.  Parties may 
also submit an electronic comment by email.
? To file by paper, the original and four copies of each filing must be filed by hand or messenger 
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail.  
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be 
delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St., SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554.  
The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  All hand deliveries must be held 
together with rubber bands or fasteners.  Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the 
building.  Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority 
Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.  U.S. Postal 
Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.  All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
One copy of each pleading must be delivered electronically, by email or facsimile, or if delivered 
as paper copy, by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or 
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (according to the procedures set forth above for paper filings), to:  
(1) Kathy Harris, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at kathy.harris@fcc.gov or 
(202) 418-2643 (facsimile); (2) Kate Matraves, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, at catherine.matraves@fcc.gov or (202) 418-2643 (facsimile); and (3) Jim 
Bird, Office of General Counsel, at TransactionTeam@fcc.gov or (202) 418-1234 (facsimile).
This action is taken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 310(d) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
§§ 154(i), 310(d), Section 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), and authority 
delegated under Section 0.331 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR § 0.331, and is effective upon its 
adoption.
For further information, contact Kathy Harris, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau, at (202) 418-0609, or Kate Matraves, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 391-6272.
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