Federal Communications Commission DA 26-322 DA 26-322 Released: April 1, 2026 DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS GRANTED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE FASTWYRE ALASKA AND FASTWYRE NEBRASKA LICENSEES TO ANACOCO CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC WC Docket Nos. 25-329 & 26-2 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants 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) (collectively, Applications). 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. On January 30, 2026, the Bureau released a public notice seeking comment on the Applications. See Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of the Fastwyre Alaska and Fastwyre Nebraska Licensees to Anacoco Capital Partners, LLC, WC Docket Nos. 25-329 and 26-2, Public Notice, DA 26-102 (WCB 2026). The Bureau did not receive any comments or petitions in opposition to the Applications. Applicants and Description of Transactions 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 (SAC 613011) and Mukluk Telco (613016) are also designated Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) that receive Alaska Plan and Connect American Fund (CAF) Intercarrier Compensation (CAF-ICC) support. Id. at 16. TelAlaska Cellular, Inc. (SAC 619013) receives Alaksa Plan support for mobile wireless. See ULS File No. 0011795005 (Transfer of Control of TelAlaska Cellular, Inc. from ABC Parent to Anacoco). 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 (ACAM) support. 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. HunTel Cablevision, Inc. (SAC 376016) does not currently receive high-cost support. 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. According to Applicants, 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. Discussion 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. Applicants assert that the transfer of control of the Fastwyre Licensees will be transparent to their customers, have no adverse impact on any customers, and will not alter the services they currently receive. Alaska Application at 7; Nebraska Application at 7-8. Applicants explain that the transactions will not result in immediate carrier changes for customers, will not result in the discontinuance, reduction, loss, or impairment of service to customers, and that any future changes to the rates, terms, or conditions of service, if any, will be undertaken pursuant to the applicable federal and state obligations. Alaska Application at 7; Nebraska Application at 8. Applicants also state that the transaction does not present any anticompetitive issues because Anacoco and its affiliates do not provide facilities-based or resold telecommunications services in the areas served by the Fastwyre Licensees or in the states of Alaksa or Nebraska and therefore will not remove a competitor for telecommunications services. Alaska Application at 8; Nebraska Application at 9. Based on the most recent service information reported by carriers in the National Broadband Map, this transaction does not involve Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric locations where one party to the transaction receives high-cost support and the other party to the transaction already makes fixed broadband service available at 100/20 Mbps or greater. National Broadband Map (NBM) data as of June 30, 2025, https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/data-download/nationwide-data. Applicants further assert that the transactions will enable the continued provision of high-quality communications services and enhance the Fastwyre Licensees’ ability to innovate and provide advanced network services in Alaska and Nebraska. Alaska Application at 6-7; Nebraska Application at 7. Applicants maintain that Anacoco has the necessary managerial and technical experience to provide voice and broadband service. Alaksa Application at 7; Nebraska Application at 8. Therefore, Applicants assert that upon consummation, Anacoco and the Fastwyre Licensees together will have extensive technical, organizational, regulatory, and management experience in building and operating residential and business networks in rural and remote areas. Alaksa Application at 8; Nebraska Application at 8. Additionally, Applicants state that Anacoco does not anticipate material changes to established deployment technologies or network architecture and will continue to use strategies that will advance telecommunication services provided to business and residential customers in rural Alaska and Nebraska. See Alaska Application at 8; Nebraska Application at 9. Grant of Applications We find that grant of the Applications will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity. See 47 U.S.C. § 214(a). Therefore, pursuant to section 214 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. § 214, and sections 0.91, 0.291, and 63.04 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 63.04, the Bureau hereby grants the Applications discussed in this Public Notice. We further direct Applicants to submit in the domestic section 214 docket a notice that the proposed transaction has closed with the consummation date and also provide a courtesy copy of the notice to hcinfo@usac.org. Applicants must submit a copy of the consummation notice via email to Megan.Danner@fcc.gov and Nissa.Laughner@fcc.gov. Pursuant to section 1.103 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR § 1.103, the grant is effective upon release of this Public Notice. Petitions for reconsideration under section 1.106 or application for review under section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR §§ 1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date of this Public Notice. For further information, please contact Megan Danner, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at Megan.Danner@fcc.gov or Robert Martin, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at Robert.Martin@fcc.gov. -FCC- 2