Wireline Bureau Clears Ark-O's Purchase of Three TDS Telecom Telcos
The FCC approved Ark-O’s buy of three small TDS Telecom subsidiaries: Cleveland County Telephone, Decatur Telephone and Wyandotte Telephone. The transfer of related Section 214 communications licenses was granted, noted a Wireline Bureau notice Monday after no opposition was filed…
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in docket 15-217. Cleveland County and Decatur are both Arkansas corporations and serve 2,233 and 651 working loops, respectively, while Wyandotte, an Oklahoma corporation, serves 482 working loops, the companies' application said. Ark-O is a nonpublic corporation created specifically for the transaction and is owned by two brothers, Jay and Brian Mitchell of Seneca, Missouri. It's related through common ownership to Seneca Telephone, Goodman Telephone and Ozark Telephone.