ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation seek FCC consent to transfer control of licenses and authorizations. See the Public Notice for more information...

7/11/05 - Day 154

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7/19/05
FCC Consents With Conditions to ALLTEL Corporation Acquisition of Western Wireless Corporation Licenses and Authorizations.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Abernathy Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

7/11/05
FCC Consents With Conditions to ALLTEL Corporation Acquisition of Western Wireless Corporation Licenses and Authorizations.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Abernathy Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/1/05
Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast (NRUF) reports and Local Number Portability (LNP) reports placed into record, subject to Protective Order, DA 05-516A1.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/1/05
Protective Order regarding access to NRUF data DA 05-517.
Word | Acrobat

2/11/05
Protective Order issued by bureau, DA 05-373A1.
Word | Acrobat

2/7/05
Western Wireless Corporation and ALLTEL Corporation seek FCC consent to transfer control of licenses and authorizations.
Word | Acrobat

Below is a list of record documents in reverse chronological order.

11/22/05
Request 35-Day Extension of the Divestiture Deadline filed by ALLTEL Corporation

11/22/05
Request to Grant a 35-Day Extension of the Divestiture Deadline filed by ALLTEL Corporation

9/29/05
Notice of Ex Parte Communication, filed by Alltel Corporation

7/11/05
Ex Parte Presentation Regarding Enhanced 911 Requirements filed by Alltel Corporation

7/8/05
Notice of Ex Parte Presentation filed by Alltel Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

7/7/05
Notice of Ex Parte Presentation filed by Alltel Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

6/30/05
Notice of Ex Parte Communications filed by Alltel Corporation

6/29/05
Notice of Ex Parte Communication filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

6/7/05
Notice of Ex Parte Presentation filed by ALLTEL Corporation

5/25/05
Response to Request for Information filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

5/20/05
Notice of Ex Parte Presentation filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

5/6/05
Notice of Ex Parte Communications filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

5/3/05
Notice of Ex Parte Communications filed by Western Wireless Corporation and Alltel Corporation

4/15/05
Comment filed by State of Nebraska

4/14/05
Notices of Ex Parte Communication filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation
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Notice of ex parte communication filed by Rural Cellular Association, filed 4/5/05

3/29/05
Response to Request for Information filed by ALLTEL Corporation and Western Wireless Corporation

Reply of Dobson Cellular Systems and American Cellular to Joint Opposition to Petitions to Deny, filed 3/28/05

Response by Rural Telecommunications Group to Joint Opposition to Petitions to Deny, filed 3/28/05

Reply by Lamar County Cellular to Joint Opposition to Petitions to Deny, filed 3/28/05

Reply by USCC to Joint Opposition to Petitions to Deny, filed 3/28/05

Letter from Kansas Grain & Feed Association

Letter from Hastings Economic Development Corporation

Letter from Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce

Joint Opposition to Petitions to Deny and Comments, filed by Applicants, March 21, 2005

Petition to Deny filed by Dobson Cellular Systems, 3/9/05

Two executed Acknowledgement of Confidentiality forms pursuant to Protective Order, DA 05-517, rel. Mar. 1, 2005

Comment filed by E911 Program Manager Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division

Letter re ex parte request for extension of time for response to document request

Comment by Virginia Wireless E-911 Services Board

Comment by speaker, North Carolina House of Representatives

Comment by Nebraska PSC

Comment by AK CMRS Emergency Telephone Services Board

Comment by Richard Taylor

Comment by Assoc. General Contractors of Ohio

Comment by Rosebud Sioux Tribe Utility Commission

Comment by State Sen. Jay Emler

Comment by Alachua County Combined Communications Center

Comment by AK Attorney General Mike Beebe

Comment by Wayne County E-911

Comment by Neb. State Senator Tom Baker

Comment by Martinsville-Henry VA Emergency Communications Center

Comment by Regions Financial Corp.

Comment by Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation

Comment by Hot Springs County 911

Comment by State Rep. Daniel McComas

Comment by AGL Resources

Comment by Independence County Office of Emergency Services

Comment by Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Comment by League of Nebraska Municipalities

Comment by Lorain OH County Chamber of Commerce

Comment by City of Searcy Police Dept.

Comment by Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Comment by SC State CMRS E 911

Comment of Maricopa Region 911 Office

PETITION TO DENY, Lamar County Cellular, Inc.

Comments in Opposition, Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc.

Comments by United States Cellular Corporation

3/1/05
Information Request by the Wireless Bureau.

• January 24, 2005:
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Western Wireless Corporation (“WWC”) and ALLTEL Corporation (“ALLTEL”) have filed a series of applications pursuant to Sections 214 and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. In these applications, the Applicants generally seek Commission approval of the transfer of control of WWC’s licensee subsidiaries to ALLTEL. This transfer of control will take place as a result of a proposed merger whereby WWC will be merged into Wigeon Acquisition LLC (“Wigeon”), a limited liability company wholly owned by ALLTEL. These transfer of control applications pertain to licenses for the Part 22 Cellular Radiotelephone Service, the Part 22 Paging and Radiotelephone Service, the Part 24 Personal Communications Service, the Part 90 Industrial/Business Pool Service, the Part 90 Private Carrier Paging Service, the Part 90 Specialized Mobile Radio Service, the Part 101 Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service, and the Part 101 Local Multipoint Distribution Service, as well as international Section 214 authorizations

• Erin McGrath, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: (202) 418-2042

• Susan Singer, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: (202) 418-1340