Attachment Amendment

This document pretains to ITC-ASG-20051228-00528 for Assignment on a International Telecommunications filing.

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Polar Communications FCC Section 214 Application Assignment or Transfer of Control Amendment February 14, 2006 Answer to Question 3 Please change response from (b) transfer of control to (a) assignment. Answer to Question 10 (c) Assignor/Transferor Polar Telecommunications Inc. (PTI) Incorporated in North Dakota Shari Flanders Regulatory Affairs/Administrative Services Manager PO Box 270 Park River, ND 58270 701-284-7221 Assignee/Tranferee Polar Communications (Polar) Incorporated in North Dakota Shari Flanders Regulatory Affairs/Administrative Services Manager PO Box 270 Park River, ND 58270 701-284-7221 (d) PTI was granted a 214 in July of 1997. It is to construct and operate fiber optic cable facilities in North Dakota to the Canadian border near Pembina, ND, connecting with facilities in Canada to be provided by the Manitoba Telephone Company. Also, to use said facilites to provide regularly authorized services, including switched voice and data and private line services, between the United States and Canada. Answer to Question 13 PTI is a six exchange, 2194 access line company, that has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Polar Communications since 1996. Beginning January 1, 2005 PTI merged into Polar Communications, a cooperative, and Polar Telecommunications (PTI) ceases to exist. PTI was the previous holder of the 214, File I-T-C-97-283, and we wish to transfer that 214 into Polar’s name. 2/16/20069:03 AM

Prior to the merger the company structure was as follows: Parent Company Polar Communications: The original cooperative with members receiving capital credits and holding voting rights. Wholly Owned Subsidiaries Polar Telecommunications: A series of exchanges that were purchased after the cooperative had been formed. Subscribers did not receive capital credits or hold voting rights. Polar Cablevision: The cable television company. No capital credits or voting rights. Polar Telcom: A competitive local exchange carrier in Mayville, ND as well as the wireless internet provider in non-Polar exchanges. No capital credits or voting rights. Wolverton Telephone Company: Three exchanges purchased 10/1/04. No capital credits or voting rights. Post merger the company structure is as follows: Parent Company Polar Communications: The original cooperative with members receiving capital credits and holding voting rights. Former Polar Telecommunications subscribers are now members receiving capital credits and holding voting rights. Wholly Owned Subsidiaries Polar Cablevision: The cable television company. No capital credits or voting rights. Polar Telcom: A competitive local exchange carrier in Mayville, ND as well as the wireless internet provider in non-Polar exchanges. No capital credits or voting rights. Wolverton Telephone Company: Three exchanges purchased 10/1/04. No capital credits or voting rights. There was not a merger agreement involved. The merger was voted on by the members of the cooperative at the annual meeting in June of 2004. A news release was issued to all newspapers in the service area announcing the merger. Also, a company newsletter with notification of the merger was mailed to all members of the cooperative. The assignment transaction has been consummated as of 1/1/05. At the time of the merger, all assets and liabilities of Polar Telecommunications were assigned to the books of Polar Communications. Polar Telecommunications ceases to exist. There is no international customer base. Answer to Question 20 Applicant does not request streamlined processing. 2/16/20069:03 AM


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