20151217final_order_no_33438.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
December 17,2015
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN TUE MATTER OF ORBITCOM,INC.’S )
REQUEST FOR CANCELLATION OF ITS )CASE NOS.ORB-T-03-01
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND )ORB-T-08-01
NECESSITY NO.430 )
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ORDER NO.33438
On September 8,2015,OrbitCom,Inc.filed a request to cancel its Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity (CPCN or Certificate)No.430.On April 27,2015,OrbitCom and lonex
Communications North,Inc.dba Birch Communications filed an application with the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)to transfer all OrbitCom assets and customers to lonex.On
June 5,2015,the FCC approved the transfer.In its Decision Meeting on December 14,2015,this
Commission addressed OrbitCom’s request for cancellation of Certificate No.430.
COMMISSION FINDINGS
In November 2003,OrbitCom,Inc.filed an application for authority to provide local
exchange and interexchange telecommunications services in Idaho.In June 2004,the Commission
granted OrbitCom’s application for a Certificate.Order No.29516.In October 2008,OrbitCom
requested that its CPCN be amended to operate in northern Idaho as OneEighty Networks,which the
Commission granted.Order No.30666.
On September 8,2015,OrbitCom requested the Commission cancel its Certificate and
stated the transfer of all assets and customers to Jonex Communications North,Inc.dba Birch
Communications was complete.Based upon this request,the Commission cancels Certificate No.
430 and directs Staff to remove the Company’s price list or tariff on file.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that OrbitCom,Inc.’s request for cancellation of its
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No.430 is granted.Certificate No.430 is no longer
in effect,and OrbitCom is no longer authorized to provide telecommunications services in the State
of Idaho.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER.Any person interested in this Order or in interlocutory
Orders previously issued in this case 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
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Orders previously issued in this case.Within seven (7)days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration.any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration.See Idaho code §§62-619
and 6 1-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this /7
day of December 2015,
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MARSHA H.SMITH,COMMISSIONER
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KRIS11NE RAPER,CO%IMISSIONER
ATTEST:
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Commission Secretary
bls/O:ORB-T-03-O I ORB-T-O8O1 Cancel
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