Wireline Bureau OKs United Telephone, Panhandle Deal and Waiver

The FCC Wireline Bureau granted United Telephone Association's transfer of control request for Panhandle Telephone Cooperative (PTCI) to "assign substantially all of the assets held by United in the South Englewood telephone exchange" from United to PTCI. A public notice Thursday in docket 23-255 also granted the companies' joint petition for a waiver of the commission's definition of a "study area" subject to PTCI's "commitment not to seek Safety Valve Support" following the transaction.