FCC Wireline Bureau OKs Integra Telecom Buy of OpticAccess
Integra Telecom's proposed buy of opticAccess was approved by an FCC Wireline Bureau order Monday after no opposition was filed to the transaction in docket 15-202. Integra provides telecom services to about 50,000 customers primarily in 11 states in the…
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western and central U.S., said the companies' FCC application to transfer licenses under Section 214 of the Communications Act, while opticAccess is authorized to provide resold and facilities-based local exchange service in parts of California, and intraexchange service in certain local exchanges and interexchange service statewide in Oregon. "The proposed transaction will make Integra a more financially secure, competitive alternative to the incumbents, and further enable Integra to enter additional markets, thus expanding competitive choices for customers," the application said. "As operator of a fiber, facilities-based network, opticAccess focuses on delivering reliable metro and regional high-capacity fiber-based connectivity solutions to its customers."