Parties to the Transaction

WINCO is a Delaware limited liability company. Its principal place of business is located at 4601 DTC Boulevard, Suite 450, Denver, Colorado 80237. By Decision (D.) 00-01-031 and D.00-03-047, WINCO was granted CPCNs to operate in California as a limited facilities-based and resale provider of interexchange services (U-6299-C), and local exchange services (U-6324-C), respectively. WINCO's ultimate parent is Western Integrated Networks, LLC.

SureWest is a California corporation. Its principal place of business is located at 211 Lincoln Street, Roseville, California 95678. SureWest was formed for the purpose of receiving the assets, operating authorities and customer base that are the subject of this application. It is a subsidiary of SureWest Communications that, in turn, is the parent of Roseville Telephone Company and other regulated and non-regulated entities.