3. The Joint Applicants

The Joint Applicants in this matter are:

(1) Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc., dba Frontier Communications of California (U1024C) (Frontier-California), operating as an ILEC in Elk Grove and several counties in central and northern California.

(2) Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tuolumne dba Frontier Communications of Tuolumne (U1023C) (Frontier-Tuolumne), operating as an ILEC in Tuolumne and Shasta Counties, serving approximately 6,700 access lines.

(3) Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Golden State dba Frontier Communications of the Golden State (U1025C) (Frontier Golden State), operating as an ILEC in Colusa, San Bernardino and Plumas Counties, serving approximately 15,000 access lines.

(4) Global Valley Networks, Inc. (U1008C) dba Frontier Communications of Global Valley (Frontier-Global Valley), operating as an ILEC in Stanislaus, Merced, Santa Clara, and Yolo Counties, serving approximately 15,000 access lines.

These four ILECs currently operate as separate legal entities in California. Frontier-California is a mid-sized ILEC regulated under the Commission's Uniform Regulatory Framework (URF), as outlined in D.06-08-030 and other decisions in Rulemaking 05-04-005. The remaining three smaller ILECs (Frontier-Tuolumne, Frontier-Golden State and Frontier-Global Valley) operate under a rate-of-return regulatory structure.