20100826final_order_no_32053.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 26, 2010
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF WWC HOLDING CO., INc. FOR
RELINQUISHMENT OF ITS DESIGNATION
AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CARRIER
) CASE NO. WST-05-
) ORDER NO. 32053
On July 30 2010, WWC Holding Company, Inc. filed a Notice of Relinquishment of
its designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC). The Commission approved
ETC designation for WWC, doing business as Cellular One, in May 2005. The ETC designation
was only in non-rural telephone company service areas of Qwest Corporation. WWC's notice
states that the Company, through a series of transactions, became a subsidiary of Cellco
Partnership dba Verizon Wireless in 2009. As a condition of the transaction, Verizon Wireless is
required to relinquish its network and other assets in certain designated areas, including the area
for which WWC is designated an ETC in Idaho. As a result, WWC no longer has any customers
in its ETC designated area.
Idaho Code 9 62-610D(4) states the Commission "shall permit an eligible
telecommunications carrier to relinquish its designation as such a carrier in any area served by
more than one eligible telecommunications carrier." The Commission is also required to ensure
that customers of the withdrawing company will continue to be served by another ETC provider.
WWC states it satisfies the statutory requirements because Qwest currently is a provider in the
designated area, WWC has provided notice as required by statute, and it currently has no
customers that require Commission assurance of continued service. WWC requests that the
Commission issue an Order acknowledging that it properly relinquished and is relieved of its
designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier.
Staff reviewed WWC's Application and recommended the Commission issue an
Order finding that WWC has complied with the statutory requirements for withdrawal of its ETC
designation. At its Decision Meeting on August 23, 2010, the Commission determined that
WWC satisfied the statutory conditions for relinquishment of its ETC designation in Idaho.
ORDER NO. 32053
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that WWC Holding Company, Inc., having met the
statutory requirements for relinquishment of its designation as an eligible telecommunications
carrier, is no longer an ETC designated carrier in the State of Idaho.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order. Within seven (7)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration. See Idaho Code 9 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this
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Barbara Barrows
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ORDER NO. 32053