501 Commonwealth Long Distance Company and Commonwealth Communications, Inc.; telecommunications service

Telecommunications Service

Without Hearing

[27 Pa.B. 1620]

   Commonwealth Long Distance Company and Commonwealth Communications, Inc. Application for the issuance of various certificates of public convenience approving transactions involved in the restructuring of Commonwealth Long Distance Company and Commonwealth Communications, Inc., as follows:

   The transfer of assets ad patrons from Commonwealth Long Distance Company to CTLD, Inc.
Docket No:  A-310071 F0003

   The application of CTLD, Inc., to render interexchange reseller telecommunications services in Pennsylvania.
Docket No:  A-310509

   The transfer of CTLD, Inc., stock from Commonwealth Long Distance Company to C-TEC Corporation.
Docket No:  A-310509 F5000;

   The transfer of Commonwealth Long Distance Company stock from C-TEC Corporation to C-TEC Cable Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary of RCN Corporation, a separate, publicly traded corporation.
Docket No:  A-310071 F5001

   The transfer of all assets and patrons from Commonwealth Communications, Inc., to Commonwealth Telecom Services, Inc.
Docket No:  A-310397 F0002

   The transfer to Commonwealth Telecom Services, Inc., of the certificate of public convenience to provide competitive local exchange services currently held by Commonwealth Communications, Inc.
Docket No:  A-310510

   The right of Commonwealth Communications, Inc., to abandon service in Pennsylvania.
Docket No:  A-310397 F2000

   This application may be considered without a hearing. Protests or petitions to intervene can be filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, with a copy served on the applicant on or before April 14, 1997, under 52 Pa. Code (relating to public utilities).

   Counsel for Applicant:  Norman James Kennard, Esquire, Janet L. Miller, Esquire, Malatesta, Hawke and McKeon, 100 North Tenth Street, P. O. Box 1778, Harrisburg, PA 17105-1778.

JOHN G. ALFORD,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-501. Filed for public inspection March 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]