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1990 - 1994

During this period, the carrier was originally called Citizens Utilities Company of California and had one study area jurisdiction: California. During 1993 and 1994, the company was above revenue threshold and filed the required ARMIS Reports.

1995

On 12/31/1994, Citizens acquired additional access lines from GTE Corporation. Citizens Utilities Company of California became known as Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, though it kept the same study area jurisdiction it had under the previous name. During this period, the company fell below revenue threshold.

COSA

Effect

CUCA

Operating company changed name from Citizens Utilities Company of California to Citizens Telecommunications Company of California.

 

1996 - 1999

Citizens Telecommunications Company of California had no changes during this period.

2000

During this period, Citizens purchased study areas and exchanges from a number of ILECs, which required it to reorganize its corporate structure. Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, formerly an operating company/study area, was disaggregated into a separate operating company and study area. The study area continued with the original COSA (CUCA) and the operating company was given a new COSA (CTCC).

COSA

Effect

CTCC

New operating company COSA.

CUCA

Changed from an operating company/study area to a study area; renamed Communications Telecom. of California – Shasta.

 

2001 - 2004

Citizens Telecommunications Company of California had no changes during this period.

2005

Citizens Telecommunications Company of California has reached the revenue threshold, again. (Note: This operating company fell below the threshold in 1995.) This requires Citizens to resume filing the ARMIS Summary Report (43-01) for CUCA, and the ARMIS Operating Data Report (43-08) for CTCC. Citizens will continue filing the ARMIS Service Quality (43-05) Report for CUCA.

  

2006

Citizens Telecommunications Company of California had no changes during this period.

2007

In 2007, Citizens Telecommunications Company of California (CTCC) acquired Global Valley Networks (CTGV) as a below-threshold price cap operating company/study area. Global Valley Networks would begin filing Report 43-05 for 2008 data in 2009. Citizens Telecom. of California continued to be required to file Report 43-08 for 2007 data in 2008. Citizens Telecom. of California’s study area, Shasta California (CUCA), was required to file Reports 43-01 and 43-05 for 2007 data in 2008.

2008

Citizens Telecom. of California (CTCC) had no changes during 2008, and was required to file Report 43-08 for 2008 data in 2009, and the company's study area, Shasta California (CUCA) was required to file Reports 43-01 and 43-05 for 2008 data in 2009. Global Valley Networks (CTGV) will file Report 43-05 for 2008 data in 2009.

2009

 

On January 1, 2009, Frontier reclassified Global Valley Networks (CTGV) as a study area under Citizens Telecom Co. of California (CTCC), required to file Report 43-01 for 2009 data in 2010. On the same date, Colusa California (CTCA) was reclassified from a study area under Citizens Telecom Co. of Golden State (CTGS), to a study area under Citizens Telecom Co. of California, required to file the Report 43-01 for 2009 data in 2010, and Citizens Telecom Co. of Tuolumne (CTTU) was reclassified from an operating company to a study area under Citizens Telecom Co. of California, required to file the Report 43-01 for 2009 data in 2010.

COSA

Before 01/01/2009 reclassifications

CTCC

Citizens Telecom. Co. of California - operating company

CUCA

Shasta California - study area of CTCC

CTGS

Citizens Telecom. Co. of Golden State - operating company

CTCA

Colusa California - study area of CTGS

CTTU

Citizens Telecom. Co. of Tuolumne - operating company/study area

CTGV

Global Valley Networks - company/study area COSA

COSA

After 01/01/2009 reclassifications

CTCC

No change; remains operating company: Citizens Telecom. Co. of California

CUCA

No change; remains study area of CTCC: Shasta California

CTGS

Ceased to be an operating company; transferred its only study area (CTCA) to CTCC

CTCA

Transferred study area from CTGS to CTCC: Colusa California

CTTU

Reclassified from an operating company; becomes study area under CTCC: Tuolumne California

CTGV

Reclassified from an operating company; becomes study area under CTCC: Global Valley California

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Thursday, May 14, 2015