The Michigan Public Service Commission rescinded the license of Drenthe...
The Michigan Public Service Commission rescinded the license of Drenthe Telephone and ordered its phone numbers surrendered to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator in light of the telco’s purchase by Allendale Telephone on May 25, 2011. After the consolidation,…
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Allendale “was granted a permanent license to provide basic local exchange service in the Drenthe exchanges in the October 4, 2011 order in Case No. U-16835” and Drenthe customers learned that Allendale would be taking over, the commission said in a Friday order rescinding the license (http://xrl.us/bng2s8). Drenthe told the commission it would surrender its license, in a June 21 message saying it now lacks customers and “has ceased operations in Michigan."