Federal Communications Commission DA 26-102 DA 26-102 Released: January 30, 2026 DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS FILED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE FASTWYRE ALASKA AND FASTWYRE NEBRASKA LICENSEES TO ANACOCO CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC NON-STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED WC Docket Nos. 25-329 & 26-2 Comments Due: February 13, 2026 Reply Comments Due: February 20, 2026 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment from interested parties on applications Domestic Section 214 Application for the Transfer of Control of the Fastwyre Alaska Licensees to Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, WC Docket No. 25-329 (filed Nov. 25, 2025) (Alaska Application); Domestic Section 214 Application for the Transfer of Control of ABC Parent Holdings LP to Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, WC Docket No. 26-2 (filed Jan. 5, 2026) (Nebraska Application). Applicants filed a supplement to the Alaska Application on December 18, 2025, and filed supplements to the Alaska and Nebraska Applications on January 21, 2026. Letter from Todd Slamowitz, Counsel for Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, and Brian W. Murray, Counsel for ABC Parent Holdings LP, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket No. 25-312 (filed Dec. 18, 2025) (December Supplement); Letter from Todd Slamowitz, Counsel for Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, and Brian W. Murray, Counsel for ABC Parent Holdings LP, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket Nos. 25-312 and 26-2 (filed Jan. 21, 2026) ( January Supplement). Applicants also filed applications for the transfer of authorizations associated with wireless and international services. Any action on the Application is without prejudice to Commission action on other related, pending applications. filed by ABC Parent Holdings LP (ABC Parent) and Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC (Anacoco) (together, Applicants), pursuant to section 214(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 63.04 of the Commission’s rules, See 47 U.S.C. § 214(a); 47 CFR § 63.04. requesting consent to transfer control of ABC Parent’s indirect, wholly-owned Alaska-based subsidiaries, TelAlaska Long Distance, Inc., Interior Telephone Company, and Mukluk Telephone Company, Inc. (Fastwyre Alaska Licensees), and ABC Parent’s indirect, wholly-owned Nebraska-based subsidiaries, Arlington Telephone Company, The Blair Telephone Company, Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company, Rock County Telephone Company, and HunTel Cablevision Inc. (Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees) (collectively, Fastwyre Licensees), to Anacoco. ABC Parent, a Delaware limited partnership that does not provide telecommunications services, Alaska Application at 2. wholly-owns ABC Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation (ABC Intermediate), which in turn wholly-owns ABC Acquisition Inc. (ABC Acquisition), a Delaware corporation, which wholly-owns American Broadband Holding Company (American Broadband), a Delaware corporation. Id.; Pre-Closing Organizational Chart, Attach. to December Supplement. American Broadband is an aggregator of rural local exchange and broadband companies that serve customers under the brand name of Fastwyre. Alaska Application at 2. These companies provide telecommunications services, cable services, and information services in largely rural markets in Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas. Id. American Broadband wholly-owns TelAlaska, Incorporated (TelAlaska, Inc.), an Alaska corporation and the parent company of the Fastwyre Alaska Licensees. Id. at 2-3; Pre-Closing Organizational Chart, Attach. to December Supplement. Thus, the Fastwyre Alaska Licensees are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of ABC Parent. Alaska Application. at 3-4. The Fastwyre Alaska Licensees provide data, telecommunications, and other services to rural communities in Alaska. Id. at 4. Specifically, TelAlaska Long Distance, Inc., an Alaska corporation, provides competitive local exchange and interexchange telecommunications services in designated areas of Alaska. Id. Interior Telephone Company (Interior Telco) and Mukluk Telephone Company, Inc (Mukluk Telco) are Alaska corporations and incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). Id. Interior Telco and Mukluk Telco are also designated Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) that receive Universal Service Fund (USF) high-cost support in the form of the Alaska Plan. Id. at 16. All Fastwyre Alaska Licensees participate in the Lifeline program and will continue to do so post-transaction. Id. at 18. American Broadband also wholly owns HunTel, Inc., the parent company of the Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees. Nebraska Application at 3-4, Exh. A (Pre-and Post Closing Organizational Charts). The Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees are therefore also indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of ABC Parent. Id. at 2-4, Exh. A. The Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees provide data, telecommunications, and other services to rural communities in Nebraska. Id. at 5. Specifically, Arlington Telephone Company, Blair Telephone Company, Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company, and Rock County Telephone Company are designated ETCs and incumbent LECs that receive USF high-cost support in the form of Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model. Id. at 3-4, 16. All Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees participate in the Lifeline program and will continue to do so post-transaction. Id. at 20. HunTel Cablevision, Inc. is a designated ETC and competitive LEC authorized to provide local and interexchange telecommunications services in designated areas of Nebraska. Id. at 4, 19. Anacoco is a Delaware limited liability holding company that is equally owned and controlled by Jonathan D. Foxman and Daniel E. Hopkins, both U.S. citizens. Alaska Application. at 4, 8, 12; Nebraska Application at 5, 12-13; December Supplement at 3. Mssrs. Foxman and Hopkins, through commonly controlled entities, have a history of providing rural communities with access to communications services that include fixed and mobile broadband and voice services. Alaska Application. at 4-5; Nebraska Application at 5. Anacoco and its affiliates do not provide facilities-based or resold telecommunications services in the areas served by the Fastwyre Licensees. Alaska Application. at 8; Nebraska Application at 9. Pursuant to the terms of both proposed transactions, ABC Parent, ABC Intermediate, and Anacoco entered into a stock purchase agreement under which Anacoco will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in ABC Intermediate and, therefore, indirect ownership and control of its subsidiaries, including the Fastwyre Licensees. Alaska Application. at 5; Nebraska Application at 6; January Supplement at 1-2. Accordingly, Applicants state that upon consummation of the transactions, the Fastwyre Licensees will be indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Anacoco, ABC Intermediate, ABC Acquisition, and American Broadband. January Supplement at 1-2. Applicants state that post-consummation of the transaction, Anacoco will assume control of the Fastwyre Licensees, including all licenses, physical plant, and operations in Alaska and Nebraska. Alaska Application. at 5; Nebraska Application at 6. The Fastwyre Licensees, following closing, will be managed by Anacoco, but will continue to be operated, on a day-to-day basis, by a majority of the existing employees. Alaska Application. at 5; Nebraska Application at 6. Applicants assert that a grant of the Application would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Alaska Application. at 6-9; Nebraska Application at 7-9. Because the proposed transaction is more complex than those accepted for streamlined treatment, and in order to analyze whether the proposed transaction would serve the public interest, we accept the Application for non-streamlined processing. 47 CFR § 63.03(c)(1)(v). Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of the Fastwyre Alaska Licensees to Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, WC Docket No. 25-329 (filed Nov. 25, 2025); Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of the Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees to Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, WC Docket No. 26-2 (filed Jan. 5, 2026). GENERAL INFORMATION The Application identified herein has been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any application if, upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in conformance with the Commission’s rules and policies. Interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). § Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. § Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. § Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial courier, or by the U.S. Postal Service. All filings must be addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. § Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. by the FCC’s mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. 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In addition, e-mail one copy of each pleading to each of the following:S 1) Megan Danner, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, megan.danner@fcc.gov; 2) Robert Martin, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, robert.martin@fcc.gov; 3) Karen Johnson, Office of International Affairs, karen.johnson@fcc.gov; and 4) Jim Bird, Office of General Counsel, jim.bird@fcc.gov. The proceeding in this Notice shall be treated as a “permit-but-disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the presenter’s written comments, memoranda or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b), 47 CFR § 1.1206(b). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission’s ex parte rules. To allow the Commission to consider fully all substantive issues regarding the Application in as timely and efficient a manner as possible, petitioners and commenters should raise all issues in their initial filings. New issues may not be raised in responses or replies. See 47 CFR § 1.45(c). A party or interested person seeking to raise a new issue after the pleading cycle has closed must show good cause why it was not possible for it to have raised the issue previously. Submissions after the pleading cycle has closed that seek to raise new issues based on new facts or newly discovered facts should be filed within 15 days after such facts are discovered. Absent such a showing of good cause, any issues not timely raised may be disregarded by the Commission. For further information, please contact Megan Danner, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1151 or Robert Martin, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-2903. -FCC- 2