**DA 08-1784**

**JULY 29, 2008**

**Applications OF Cellco Partnership d/b/a/ Verizon wireless and
atlantis holdings llc For Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses,
Authorizations, AND spectrum manager and *de facto* transfer leasing
arrangements**

NUMBERING RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND FORECAST (NRUF) REPORTS

AND LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY REPORTS PLACED INTO THE RECORD,

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

**WT Docket No. 08-95**

**CC Docket No. 99-200**

Cellco Partnership d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless") and
Atlantis Holdings LLC ("Atlantis" and, together with Verizon Wireless,
the "Applicants") have filed a series of applications pursuant to
Sections 214 and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
("Communications Act").[^1] In these applications, the Applicants seek
Commission consent to the transfer of control of licenses,
authorizations, and spectrum manager and *de facto* transfer leasing
arrangements through the transfer of control of subsidiaries of ALLTEL
Corporation ("ALLTEL") and partnerships in which ALLTEL has either
controlling or non-controlling general partnership interests from
Atlantis to Verizon Wireless.[^2]

In connection with the Commission's review of the applications, the
Commission intends to examine information contained in the Numbering
Resource Utilization and Forecast ("NRUF") reports filed by wireless
tele­communications carriers[^3] and disaggregated, carrier-specific
local number portability ("LNP") data related to wireless
telecommunications carriers. These data may assist the Commission in
assessing the competitive effects of the transaction. Accordingly,
subject to the provisions of a protective order ("NRUF Protective
Order") being adopted this day,[^4] the Commission intends to place into
the record in this proceeding (1) NRUF reports for all wireless
telecommunications carriers concerning data as of December 31, 2006,
June 30, 2007, and December 31, 2007, and (2) wireless-to-wireless LNP
data for all wireless telecommunications carriers from the December
2006, June 2007, and December 2007 LNP databases that the Commission
receives from NeuStar, Inc.

Section 251 of the Communications Act grants the Commission jurisdiction
over the North American Numbering Plan ("NANP") and related telephone
numbering issues. In order to better monitor the way numbering resources
are used within the NANP and efficiently allocate NANP resources, the
Commission requires telecommunications carriers to provide the
Commission with a utilization report of their current inventory of
telephone numbers and a five-year forecast of their numbering resource
requirements.[^5] LNP data are collected by the LNP Administrator and
provided to the Commission.

The Commission has recognized that disaggregated, carrier-specific
forecast and utilization data should be treated as confidential and
should be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4).[^6]
The NRUF and LNP reports are being placed into the record subject to the
provisions of an NRUF Protective Order. As such, the NRUF data will not
be available to the public except pursuant to the terms of the NRUF
Protective Order, as outlined below.

Persons seeking to review the NRUF or LNP data may do so only for
purposes of participating in this proceeding. Pursuant to the NRUF
Protective Order, outside persons participating or intending to
participate in the proceeding who are not involved in competitive
decision-making activities and who have signed the Acknowledgement of
Confidentiality attached to the NRUF Protective Order may review the
NRUF and LNP data. We emphasize that persons seeking to review the NRUF
or LNP data must have adequate protections in place to prevent improper
use or disclosure of the information.

Affected parties have until August 8, 2008 to oppose disclosure of their
NRUF and LNP data. In addition, affected parties will have five business
days after the filing of an Acknowledgement of Confidentiality to object
to the release of the data to a particular person who requests
permission to review it.

If the Commission receives no opposition from affected parties by August
8, 2008, the Commission will place the NRUF and LNP data into the public
record subject to the safeguards contained in the NRUF Protective Order.
If disclosure is opposed, the procedures set forth in 47 C.F.R.
§ 0.461(i) shall apply. All filings should refer to WT Docket No. 08-95.

Under the Commission's current procedures for the submission of filings
and other documents,[^7] submissions in this matter may be filed
electronically (*i.e.*, though ECFS) or by hand delivery to the
Commission's Massachusetts Avenue location.

-   **If filed by ECFS**,[^8] comments shall be sent as an electronic
    file via the Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. In
    completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their
    full name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket
    number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet
    e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters
    should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the
    following words in the body of the message, "get form \<your e-mail
    address\>." A sample form and directions will be sent in reply.
    Parties are reminded that unredacted comments and other material
    containing confidential information may not be filed electronically.

-   **If filed by paper**, the original and four copies of each filing
    must be filed by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight
    courier, or by overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we
    continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service
    mail). The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive
    hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the
    Commission\'s Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite
    110, Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are
    8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together
    with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of
    before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than
    U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to
    9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal
    Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be
    addressed to 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. All
    filings must be addressed to the Commission\'s Secretary, Office of
    the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

One copy of each pleading must be delivered electronically, by e-mail or
facsimile, or, if delivered as paper copy, by hand or messenger
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by overnight U.S. Postal
Service mail (according to the procedures set forth above for paper
filings), to: (1) the Commission\'s duplicating contractor, Best Copy
and Printing, Inc., at FCC@BCPIWEB.COM or (202) 488-5563 (facsimile);
(2) Erin McGrath, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
at erin.mcgrath@fcc.gov, or (202) 418-7447 (facsimile); (3) Susan
Singer, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, at susan.singer@fcc.gov, or (202) 418-7447
(facsimile); (4) Jim Bird, Office of General Counsel, at
Jim.Bird@fcc.gov, or (202) 418-2822 (facsimile).

This action is taken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 310(d) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i) and 310(d),
Section 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), and
authority delegated under Section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R. § 0.331, and is effective upon its adoption.

For further information, contact Erin McGrath, Mobility Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-2042, or Susan Singer,
Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, at (202) 418-1340.

**-FCC-**

[^1]: 47 U.S.C. §§ 214, 310(d).

[^2]: *See* Verizon Wireless and Atlantis Holdings LLC Seek FCC Consent
    to Transfer Licenses, Spectrum Manager and *De Facto* Transfer
    Leasing Arrangements, and Authorizations, and Request a Declaratory
    Ruling on Foreign Ownership, WT Docket No. 08-95, *Public Notice*,
    DA 08-1481 (rel. June 25, 2008). The Applicants have also filed a
    petition pursuant to Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act for
    a declaratory ruling that it is in the public interest for the
    subsidiaries and partnerships of ALLTEL to have indirect foreign
    ownership in excess of the 25 percent benchmark under Section
    310(b)(4) of the Communications Act. *See id*.

[^3]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.907.

[^4]: Applications of Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless,
    Airtouch Cellular, and Atlantis Holdings LLC, For Consent to
    Transfer Control of Licenses, Spectrum Manager Leases, De Facto
    Transfer Leasing Arrangements, and Authorizations, WT Docket No.
    08-95, *Protective Order*, DA 08-1785 (WTB rel. July 29, 2008).

[^5]: *See* Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200,
    *Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making*, 15
    FCC Rcd. 7574, 7578-79 ¶ 5 (2000).

[^6]: *Id.* at 7607 ¶ 78.

[^7]: *See* Implementation of Interim Electronic Filing Procedures for
    Certain Commission Filings, *Order*, 16 FCC Rcd. 21483 (2001); *see
    also* FCC Announces a New Filing Location for Paper Documents and a
    New Fax Number for General Correspondence, *Public Notice*, 16 FCC
    Rcd. 22165 (2001); Reminder: Filing Locations for Paper Documents
    and Instructions for Mailing Electronic Media, *Public Notice*, 18
    FCC Rcd. 16705 (2003).

[^8]: *See* Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, GC
    Docket No. 97-113, *Report and Order*, 13 FCC Rcd. 11322 (1998).