20040817Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:WAYNE HART
DATE:AUGUST 13, 2004
RE:REQUEST TO CANCEL MCI WORLDCOM COMMUNICATIONS,
INC. CERTIFICATE; CASE NO. MCI-04-
On July 30, 2004, the Commission received a letter from MCI, Inc. informing the
Commission that the corporate restructuring undertaken by MCI Worldcom Communications
Inc. was completed and requesting that the Commission cancel the certificate of public
convenience and necessity it had previously granted to WorldCom Technologies.
The Commission granted Certificate No. 347 to World Com Technologies, Inc. in Case
No. GNR-97-15. The name on this certificate was subsequently changed to MCI WorldCom
Communications, Inc. In Case No MCM-97-, the Commission granted a certificate to
MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc. As a result of the merger of MCI and WorldCom
these two companies shared the same corporate parent. Prior to the bankruptcy, representative of
the corporate parent informed Staff that the two entities would remain separate, and therefore
they wished to keep both certificates.
As a result of the bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, the local assets and customers
of the former WorldCom Technologies, Inc. subsidiary were transferred to MCImetro Access
Transmission Services, Inc. Therefore, the certificate granted to WorldCom Technologies, Inc.
is no longer necessary.
DECISION MEMORANDUM - 1 -AUGUST 13 2004
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission grant the Company s request and cancel the
certificate originally granted to Worldcom Technologies, Inc., now held under the name MCI
WorldCom Communications, Inc.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to cancel the MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.
certificate?
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umisc/MCI certificate cancellation
DECISION MEMORANDUM - 2 -AUGUST 13 2004