19970919Order No 27143.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ATLAS COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A RESELLER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WITHIN THE STATE OF IDAHO.
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ORDER NO. 27143

On April 23, 1997, Atlas Communications, Ltd. (Atlas; Company) filed an Application for authority to provide local exchange carrier services in the state of Idaho. On September 10, 1997, the Commission Staff filed a Motion to Dismiss Atlass Application on the basis that the Company had failed to provide the necessary information with its Application as required by a prior Commission Order in a generic telephone proceeding. On September 15, 1997, Atlas filed a voluntary withdrawal of its Application and requested that the Commission issue an Order dismissing this proceeding.

F I N D I N G S
Based on the foregoing, we hereby acknowledge the withdrawal of Atlass Application in this matter. This proceeding is hereby closed without prejudice to the right of Atlas to refile its Application at a future time.

O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this proceeding is closed without prejudice as discussed above.

THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally decided by this Order) or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. ACM-T-97-1 may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order with regard to any matter decided in this Order or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. ACMT97-1. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code  61626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this day of September 1997.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

RALPH NELSON, COMMISSIONER

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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Service Date
September 19, 1997