Opinion ID: 6930056
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Philadelphia Proceeding

Text: A year before the decision in the Atlantic City proceeding, Metromedia Co. asked the Commission to approve a transfer of AWACS Inc., a Metromedia subsidiary licensed to operate the Philadelphia cellular system, to Comcast Cellular Communications, Amcell’s parent corporation. TDS’s subsidiary United States Cellular Communications (USCC) and USCC’s subsidiary Vineland Cellular Telephone (Vineland) petitioned the Commission to deny Metromedia’s request. USCC alleged that Comcast, through Amcell, had taken illegal actions in the Atlantic City market that showed defects of character warranting denial of the transfer. The Commission, in an order rendered after its order in the Atlantic City proceeding, simply noted that it had there found Amcell blameless and thus denied USCC’s petition. See Metrome-dia Co., 8 FCC Red 870, 870 (1993). TDS appeals the Philadelphia order as well.