Attachment Pro Forma Notice

This document pretains to ITC-ASG-20140107-00005 for Assignment on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCASG2014010700005_1032117

   BINGHAM

                              Russell M. Blau
                              Danielle Burt
                              Phone:        +1.202.373.6000
                              Fax:          +1.202.373.6001
                              russell.blau@bingham.com
                              danielle.burt@bingham.com

                              January 7, 2014

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                              Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
                              Office of the Secretary
                              Federal Communications Commission
                              445 12th Street, S.W.
                              Room TW-A325
                              Washington, DC 20554

                              Re:     Notice of Pro Forma Assignment of SureWest Kansas Operations, LLC's
                                      International Section 214 Authority to SureWest Kansas, Inc.

                              Dear Ms. Dortch:

                              Sure West Kansas, Inc. ("Sure West Kansas"), by undersigned counsel and pursuant to 47
                              C.F.R. § 63.24(£)(2), notifies the Commission that on December 31, 2013, Sure West
                              Kansas Operations, LLC ("SWKS Operations"), a wholly owned subsidiary of SureWest
                              Kansas, merged with and into SureWest Kansas with SureWest Kansas surviving. As a
                              result of this intracorporate pro forma merger, the international Section214 license held
                              by SWKS Operations, ITC-214-20060106-00007, was assigned to Sure West Kansas.
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                  Boston      As required by Section 63.24(£)(2), SureWest Kansas provides the following information
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                              required by Section 63.18(a) through (d) and (h):
                Hartford
              Hong Kong
      Lexington (GSC)         Section 63.18(a): Name, address, and telephone number ofthe Parties:
                 London
             Los Angeles
                                         Sure West Kansas, Inc.                FRN: 0014829592
               New York
       Orange County
                                         Sure West Kansas Operations, LLC      FRN: 0004069035
        San Francisco                    350 S. Loop 336 W
         Santa Monica                    Conroe, TX 77304
        Silicon Valley
                                         Tel: 936-788-7414
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                              Section 63 .18(b): The Parties are/were organized as follows:

Bingham McCutchen LLP
                                         Sure West Kansas is a Delaware corporation
      2020   K Street NW                 SWKS Operations was a Delaware limited liability company.
       Washington, DC
             20006-1806



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                        Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
                        January 7, 2014
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                        Section 63.18(c): Correspondence concerning this filing should be sent to:

                                  Russell M. Blau
                                  Danielle Burt
                                  Bingham McCutchen LLP
                                  2020 K Street, N.W.
                                  Washington, DC 20006-00 18
                                  Tel: (202) 373-6000
                                  Fax: (202) 373-6001
                                  russell.blau@bingham.com
                                  danielle. burt@bingham.com

                        Section 63.18(d): List of Section 214 authorizations

                                  SureWest Kansas is authorized to provide interstate service by virtue of blanket
                                  domestic Section 214 authority, pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 64.01. SureWest Kansas
                                  did not hold international Section 214 authority prior to the pro forma assignment.

                                  SWKS Operations was authorized to provide interstate service by virtue of
                                  blanket domestic Section 214 authority, pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 64.01. SWKS
                                  Operations held international Section 214 authority to provide global resale
                                  switched and private line services granted in IB File No. ITC-214-20060 106-
                                  00007.

                        Section 63 .18(h): The following entities hold a 10% or greater, direct or indirect, equity
                        interest in Sure West Kansas:

                                       Name:               SureWest Communications
                                       Address:            815 0 Industrial A venue
                                                           Roseville, CA 95678
                                       Citizenship:        U.S.
                                       Principal Business: Holding Company
                                       % Interest:         100%

                                       Name:               Consolidated Communications, Inc. ("CCI")
                                       Address:            121 South 17th Street
                                                           Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987
                                       Citizenship:        U.S.
                                       Principal Business: Holding Company
                                       %Interest:          100% (indirectly as 100% owner ofSureWest
                                                           Communications)




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                        Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
                        January 7, 2014
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                                     Name:                 Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. ("CCHI")
                                     Address:              121 South 17th Street
                                                           Mattoon,Illinois 61938—3987
                                     Citizenship:          U.S.
                                     Principal Business:   Holding Company
                                     % Interest:           100% (indirectly as 100% direct owner of CC1)

                        CCHIis a widely held publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CNSL). To its knowledge,
                        no person or entity currently has a 10% or greater interest in CCHI. CCHI does not have
                        any interlocking directorates with a foreign carrier.

                        SureWest Kansas certifies that the merger and assignment was proforma in nature and
                        that, together with all previous pro forma transactions, did not result in a change in the
                        ultimate owners of the licensee. Attached as Exhibit 1 is a signed certification.

                        Please contactthe undersigned with any questions you may have concerning this filing.

                        Respectfully submitted,



                        Russell M. Blau
                        Danielle Burt

                        Counsel to SureWest Kansas, Inc.




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            Therebycertify that the:merger described inthe foregoing letter was aproforma mergerand that,
together with all previous proforma transactions, did not result ina change in the licensee‘s ultimate

control.



                                                  uzen     Michael Sl\ult
                                                          VP — Rc.gulatory
                                                                         & PubhcAffairs
                                                          SureWest Kansas, Inc.

Dated: January 7, 2014




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Document Created: 2014-01-07 16:01:49
Document Modified: 2014-01-07 16:01:49

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