CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has asked the FCC for permission to merge some or all of its ILEC operating companies to reduce the number of Study Areas in each state it serves.
In an FCC filing, CenturyLink said that ILECs in each Study Area will initially be able to operate under a single tariff with uniform Transitional Intrastate Access Service, Tandem and End Office Access Service, and Dedicated Access rates (a.k.a. “Transitional Access Rates”), participate in a single statewide Federal access tariff filing, and consolidate their eligible recovery before merging.
