NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on June 30, 2021, Mobilitie, LLC (Mobilitie) filed an application to discontinue competitive local exchange telecommunications service and to relinquish Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 736. Docket No. U-21-024 was opened to address this matter.
In conjunction with its application, Mobilitie has filed a request for waiver of the requirements to file a plan to transfer its customers to another carrier, noting that it does not provide local exchange service in Alaska and has no customers to transfer. Interested persons may file a response to the waiver request with the Commission by 5:00 p.m. the close of the comment period as stated below.
AS 42.05.261(a) provides that a public utility may not discontinue service unless, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, the Commission finds that the continued service is not required by the public convenience and necessity. A hearing may be scheduled by the Commission in a future order to allow interested persons to voice their support for or opposition to Mobilitie’s proposed discontinuance of service. All interested persons will be invited to attend and make comments at the hearing.
The Commission has not assessed the completeness of Mobilitie’s application. The Commission will determine whether the application is complete after the close of the public comment period.
You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Elisabeth Ross, Counsel for Mobilitie, at Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 20036; phone: (202) 659–5800. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222. You may also view the filing via the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “U-21-024” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m. on July 27, 2021, at either the Commission address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference Docket U-21-024 in your comments and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Mobilitie at the address given above.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8937, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by July 19, 2021.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this 6th day of July, 2021.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
David Parrish
Common Carrier Section Manager