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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:GRACE SEAMAN
DATE:OCTOBER 30,2015
RE:SYRINGA WIRELESS LLC’S APPLICATION TO RELLNQUTSH
ITS ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIER
DESIGNATION;CASE NO.SYR-T-08-01.
On September 8.2015,Syringa Wireless LLC (“Syringa”or the “Company”)
filed a Notice of Relinquishment of its eligible telecommunications carrier (“ETC”)
designation in Idaho pursuant to 47 U.S.C §214(e)(4),47 C.F.R.§54.204 and Idaho
Code §62-610D(4).The Commission granted ETC status to Syringa on August 28,
2008.See Order No.30629.
Syringa is a commercial mobile radio service carrier currently providing mobile
service as delined in the federal statute,and also provides intrastate telecommunications
services in Idaho.Id.at I.Syringa slates that it will cease doing business effective
December 31,2015,because it is no longer “feasible to continue to operate.”See
Customer Notice.The Customer Notice,dated September 1,2015,states that it will
maintain customer accounts until the above date.Customers who receive Syringa
Wireless services through one of its partners will receive a different set of instructions for
terminating service.The partner companies are Project Mutual Telephone,Filer Mutual
Telephone,Direct Communications,and Albion Telephone.Id.
All customers,including the Idaho Telephone Service Assistance Program
(ITSAP)and Lifeline subscribers,received notification of the Company’s closure by mail
and through its website.See Cover Letter.In the notice,the Company provides
instructions for closing accounts along with a list of other wireless providers in the area.
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Customers under contract who do nothing will continue to have service through
December31,2015.After that date,the service will be discontinued and any agreement
will be voided.See Customer Notice.
STAFF REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed the Application and believes the Company meets the statutory
requirements for relinquishment of the ETC designation.See 47 C.F.R.§54.205(a).
Staff also believes that Syring&s ITSAP/Lifeline subscribers have competitively-priced
alternatives with other ETC providers in southern Idaho.Thus,Staff recommends
Commission approval.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission approve Syringa Wireless LLC’s Application to relinquish
its ETC designation in Idaho?
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