Parties to the Transaction
Focal is a privately-held Delaware corporation whose principal place of business is located in Chicago, Illinois. Focal is the holding company for a family of facilities-based national integrated communications enterprises. Through its subsidiaries, Focal is authorized to provide local and long distance services in
approximately 20 states and is also authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide domestic and international services nationwide as a non-dominant carrier.
Focal CA is a privately held Delaware corporation that is authorized to do business in California. Focal CA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focal Financial Services, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focal. Focal CA is authorized to operate in California as a local exchange and an interexchange carrier by Decisions (D.) 98-01-015 and 98-03-066, respectively.
Corvis is a Delaware corporation and a publicly traded company. Corvis' principal place of business is located in Columbia, Maryland. Corvis does not presently hold a CPCN to provide telecommunications services in this state. However, Corvis is the majority and controlling owner of Broadwing, L.L.C. (Broadwing). Broadwing is a provider of data, voice and video services. Broadwing has a CPCN to provide facilities-based and resold interexchange services in California.2 Corvis' communications equipment division also designs, manufactures, and sells all optical and electrical/optical communication systems.
Corvis Acquisition Company, Inc. (Corvis Acquisition) is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Corvis, which was created to carry out this transaction.
2 Broadwing received its CPCN to provide facilities-based interexchange services under the name C III Communications Operations, LLC (C III Ops). (D.03-08-020, as corrected by D.03-09-047.) C III Ops' name was later changed to Broadwing Communications, L.L.C., effective on September 22, 2003. In D.03-08-020, Broadwing was granted the authority previously held by Broadwing Communications Services, Inc. (Broadwing CSI) and Broadwing Telecommunications, Inc. (Broadwing TI). Broadwing-CSI received authority to resell telecommunications services in California on October 5, 1995 under the name IXC Long Distance, Inc. (IXC-LD) (D.95-10-007). In l997, Broadwing-CSI received additional authority from the Commission to operate as a facilities-based carrier. IXC-LD's name was later changed to IXC Communications Services, Inc., and then to Broadwing CSI. Broadwing-TI received its authority to provide resold telecommunications services in California in 1997 under the name Network Long Distance, Inc (Network) (D.97-04-019). Network's name was later changed to Eclipse Communications, Inc., and then to Broadwing-TI.
