Attachment ITC-TC-20171031-0020

ITC-TC-20171031-0020

CONSUMMATION submitted by BCHI Holdings, LLC

2018-06-01

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20171031-00201 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2017103100201_1410119

                                           June 1, 2018


Marlene Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
       Re:     Application of Birch Communications, Inc. and Fusion Telecommunications
               International, Inc. for Consent to Acquire Control Pursuant to Section 214 of
               the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended - Notice of Consummation
               WC Docket No. 17-301
               IB File Nos ITC-T/C-20171031-00201 and ITC-T/C-20171031-00202

Dear Ms. Dortch:
       Birch Communications, LLC1 (“Birch Comm”) and Fusion Connect, Inc.2 (“Fusion” and,
together with Birch Comm, the “Applicants”), hereby respectfully notify the Federal
Communications Commission (“Commission”) that the merger transaction described in the
Applicants’ initial filing in the above-referenced proceedings (the “Transaction”), was
consummated on May 4, 2018, resulting in the substantive transfer of control of Fusion and its
subsidiaries to BCHI Holdings, LLC.3

       Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §63.24(e)(4), Applicants note that the international application
addressed the substantive transfer of control of authorizations granted to Fusion and its
subsidiaries in IB File Nos. ITC-214-19971001-00592 and ITC-214-19990127-00044. The




1
       Subsequent to the filing and approval of the above-referenced application, Birch
       Communications, Inc. was converted from a corporation to a limited liability company.
       Birch Comm’s Form 499-A registration has been updated to reflect this change. Birch
       Comm is currently filing to surrender its international Section 214 authorization.
2
       In connection with the consummation of the transaction, Fusion Telecommunications
       International, Inc. changed its name to Fusion Connect, Inc. The appropriate filings are
       being made separately with the Commission.
3
       As described in the application, Birch Comm and its pre-close subsidiaries also
       underwent certain intra-corporate reorganizational changes. Pro forma notices are being
       filed separately, as appropriate, in connection with these changes.


international application was approved effective Dec. 29, 2017 (public notice issued January 4,
2018) and the domestic application was approved on January 5, 2018.4

       Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact the undersigned
counsel for the Applicants.
                                                      Sincerely,

    /s/ Winafred Brantl                                     /s/ Chérie R. Kiser
    Edward A. Yorkgitis, Jr.                                Chérie R. Kiser
    Winafred Brantl                                         Angela F. Collins
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP                                Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
    3050 K Street, NW Suite 400                             1990 K Street, NW Suite 950
    Washington, DC 20007                                    Washington, DC 20006
    Tel:   (202) 945-6649                                   Tel. (202) 862-8900
    Fax:    (202) 342-8451                                  Fax: (866) 255-0185
    Email: cyorkgitis@kelleydrye.com                        Email: ckiser@cahill.com
           wbrantl@kelleydrye.com                                  acollins@cahill.com




4
       International Authorizations Granted, Rpt. No. TEL-01883, DA No. 18-8, (Jan. 4, 2018); Notice of
       Domestic Section 214 Authorization Granted, WC Dkt. 17-301, DA No. 18-16 (Jan. 5, 2018).



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