6.21.12 Filing.pdf

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by Verizon Wireless

Ex Parte

2012-06-21

This document pretains to ITC-ASG-20120420-00105 for Assignment on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCASG2012042000105_957110

Nancy J. Victory 1776 K STREET NW 202.719.7344 WASHINGTON, DC 20006 nvictory@wileyrein.com PHONE 202.719.7000 FAX 202.719.7049 June 21, 2012 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE McLEAN, VA 22102 PHONE 703.905.2800 FAX 703.905.2820 VIA ECFS www.wileyrein.com Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Notice of Ex Parte Presentation Applications of E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative, its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Plateau Telecommunications, Incorporated, and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless for Consent to the Assignment of Cellular, Personal Communications Service, AWS-1, and Related Point-to- Point Microwave Licenses and International Section 214 Authority; ULS File Nos. 0005034870, 0005034877, and 0005063051; File No. ITC- ASG-20120420-00105 Dear Ms Dortch: On June 19, 2012, the undersigned counsel for Verizon Wireless had a telephone conference with James Schlichting, Senior Deputy Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, regarding the status of the above-referenced proceeding and the timing of action on the applications. I noted that prompt action on the applications was in the public interest to ensure that there would be no disruption to CDMA customers and roamers within the New Mexico – 6 RSA (“NM-6”). The obligation of AT&T, the operator of a CDMA/EVDO system in NM-6 (which is part of the former ALLTEL network that Verizon Wireless was required to divest as a condition of its acquisition of ALLTEL), to provide CDMA roaming services will end in June 2013, which ends AT&T's commitment to provide CDMA services in NM-6 (AT&T has already deployed its own GSM-based technology network in NM-6).1 There is no other CDMA/EVDO system with comparable coverage that overlaps with AT&T’s system. To enable Verizon 1 Applications of AT&T Inc. and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Memorandum Opinion & order, WT Docket No. 09-104, FCC 10-116, at Appendix D (June 22, 2010).

Marlene H. Dortch June 21, 2012 Page 2 Wireless to build out and upgrade the E.N.M.R. system to provide expanded service in NM-6 and to avoid disruption to customers and roamers who rely on AT&T’s network for CDMA voice and 3G EVDO data services – Verizon Wireless would need to gain access to the licenses at issue in this proceeding no later than Labor Day. I accordingly urged the Bureau to act promptly on the applications. Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned counsel for Verizon Wireless should you have any questions regarding the foregoing or should you require additional information. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Nancy J. Victory Nancy J. Victory cc: James Schlichting Kathy Harris Kate Matraves David Krech Jim Bird Best Copy and Printing


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