Before the AUG 9 ; WLlC SERI

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KENTUCKY

IN THE MATTER OF THE INFORMATIONAL FILING OF 1 MIDWESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR 1 AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AS A RESELLER OF ) No. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THROUGHOUT 1 KENTUCKY 1

Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc. (MTI) hereby submits the following informat in accordance with the provisions of Administrative Case No. 359 and its proposed ti in accordance with 807 KAR 5:O 1 1.

1. The name, address, telephone and fax number of the applicant corporation are:

Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc. 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, Illinois 60443 -6 Phone: (708) 679-5000

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2.2-2 05- 2cJ 7 Fax: (708) 679-5063 Toll Free: (877) 684-4349

2. A copy of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation are attached her4 as:

Exhibit A.

3. A copy of the Company’s Certificate of Authority to transact busines a foreign corporation is attached hereto as:

Exhibit B

4. The name street address, telephone and fax numbers of the responsil contact person(s) for customer complaints and regulatory issues are:

Customer Service Contact

Tisha Palmer 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, Illinois 60443 Phone: (708) 679-5058 Fax: (708) 679-5063

Regulatory Issues Contact

Jerry Holt 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite Matteson, Illinois, 60443 Phone: (708) 679-5050 Fax: (708) 679-5062

5. A notarized statement that the Company has not provided or collectec for intrastate service in Kentucky prior to filing its tariff is attached a

Exhibit C.

6. The Company does not seek authority to provide operator assisted services to traffic aggregators as defined in Administrative Case No. 3

7. The company’s proposed tariffs are attached as:

Exhibit D

8. A sample Company bill is attached as:

Exhibit E

WHEREFORE, Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc. requests that the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky grant authority to engage in the resale of local exchange and interexchange telecommunications services to the public in accordance with applicable 1i currently in effect or hereinafter enacted by the Commission.

Respectfully submitted on this 2 2nd day of J u l y , 2 0 0 2

Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc.

Jerrg€f Holt, Co-CEO Mi estern Telecommunications, Inc.

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List of Exhibits

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit C: Notarized statement

Exhibit D: Company’s proposed tariff

Exhibit E: Sample Company Bill

Copy of Articles of Incorporation

Copy of Certification of Authority

5919-222-1 Ffle Number

. . ' ' . , .c .,,,.~~,~-.,MID~sTE~. T~LECOMK&CJ+TIONS, ~ N C O R J ~ O ~ T E D INC,&RPO.RATED 'UNDER ~ E . - L A W S OF . i c r r ~ S T ~ T E OF. ;xLkx~tjxs f i ~ v ~ BEE FILED TN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Aa'PROVIDED BY' BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT OF ILLINOIS, IN FORCE JULY 1, A.D. 1

i Now Therefore, I, George H. Ry'an, Secretary of State 'of th Stat of fiIinois, &y virtue of the powers vested in me fiy law, do her by issue this certificate and attach hereto a copy of the Applicati n of the aforesaid corporation.

%b%tffOf, I hereto set my affixed the G r e h Seal

the Independence of and of

at the City of Springfield, thIs 3 0 ~ ~

day of DECEMBER A.D. 19 96

hundred and 21ST

Secretary of State c-212.2

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GYXGE ti. RYAN SSC:?F!'A!?Y OF STAT4

Ikechuku Chinwah First Name Middle initial tast

2. Initial Registered Agent:

~ me corporate name must contain the word 'corporation", 'company," "incorpamted,' 'limited" or an ab eviation hereof.) t name

1507 E. 53rd S t , a274 I. .

Chicago II 60615 Cook

Initial Registered Office: NUmb8r Street Silite #

3. Purpose or purposes for which the corporation Is organlzed: f3/ & (If not sufficient space to cover this point, add one or more sheets of this slze.) The transaction of any or all lawful purposes for which may be incorporated under the I l l i n o i s Business Corporation

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corporations Act of 19d3,

(If not sufficient space lo cover this point, add one or more sheets of thts slze.)

Class per Share Authodzed Proposed to be Issued

(over)

Rciceived Therefor

Paragsph 2: Th4 preferences, qualifications, fimilalions, restrictions and specfal or relative rlghts In of each class are:

respect of the shores

t I 5. *OPT/ONAl: (a) N-umber of directors. constitutlng the initial board of direclors of the corporation:

(b) Names'and'addre%es'of the persons who are to serve as directors until the first shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualify:

cmnual meeting of

6. OPTiONAL: (a) It is eitimated that the value of all fiioperty to be owned by the

(b) I t Is estirnateij'that the v%e of wla property to be located within

(c) I t is esli4ated that the gross amount of buslness that will be transacted by the corporation during the following year will be:

(d) It Is estimated that the gross amount of business that wit1 be transacted from places of business In the State of llllnois during

cot$oratfon for the following year wherever located wlll be:

the State of Iilinols'during the following year will be:

$

$

$

the following year will be: $

7. OPTIONAL: OTHER PROVISIONS Attach a separate sheet of this size for any other provision to be Included in the Incorporatlon, e.g., aulhorizlng preemptive rights, denying cumulative votlng, regulatir affairs, voting majority requfrements, fixing a duration other than porpetuai, etc.

NANIE(S) 81 ADDRESS(ES) OF INCORPORATOR(S) 0.

Articles of g internal

The undersigned incorporator(s) hereby declare(s), under penalties of perjury, that the statemenls ma e in the foregoing Articles ot Incorporation are lrub

3. 3. Signature stfeet

Vype or Print Name) Cifyflown State (Sign-atures must be in m C K INK on original documenl. Carbon copy, photocopy or rubber stamp signatures used'on conformed copies.) . NOTE If a corporation acts as incorporator, Ihe name of the corporation and Ihe state of incorporation shall execution shall be by its president or vice president and verified by him, and attested by its secretary or

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FEE SCHEDULE

(Type or Print Nahe)

Z& Code may only be

be shown and Ihe assistant secretary.

.... ., ,:& :". :;, The%Jial,, tranglse lax Is assessed at the rate of 131 00 of 1 percent ($1 S O per $1,000) on the

TQ$Jlf,pg:$ee.k $75..

The Department of Buslness Services In Springfield will provide assistance in calculating !he total facts

repiestcked &@ state, with a minimum of $25. . ...

pi*;: t .The'minirnum total,due (franchlse tax filing fee) is $1 00. i : . . ,-(&plies when the Consideration lo be Received'as set forth in Item 4 does not exceed $1 6,667)

Illinois Secretary of State Sprinafietd. IL 62756

pald-in capital

if necessary.

Department of Business Services Telephone (217) 782-9522 or 762-9523 I C-162.18

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MIDWESTERN . TELECOMMUNLCATIONS . . . . , INC WcryCO, *A . . . . b 1. CORPORATE NAME:

Form BCA-5.10 I

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NFP-105.10 (Rev. April 1995)

George H. Ryan Secretary of State

Il l inois 2.

3.

STATE OR COUNlRY OF INCORPORATION:

Name and address of the registered agent and registered office as they appear on the of the Secretary of State @efm change) :

Ch inwith . . . . Ikechuku '

1507 E. 53rd St. P274

Registered Agent

Registered Office ; Hmt Name

Number Street ' s;;ire NO. (A P.O. BOX a/& IS not

Department of Business Services SpringfieId, IL 62756 Telephone (21T) 782-3647 httpY/www.sos&te.il.us

- reccxds of the ofice

.r* acceptable)

STATEMENT OF CHANGE

OF REGISTERED AGEN AN DIO R REGISTERED

OFFICE

4. Name and address of the reglstered agent and registered office shall be (afterallchanges

Registered Agent Larry A. Last . - First Name . MWie Name

Registered Office 3856 Oakton St. Number Suite'No. (A P.O. Box'aioie is not

FEB 1 4 2000

herein reported): Chaabers .K

7L Name

,ecceptable,l . f

I . t ..... c( ' - IC b t h iE 3tC RET AHY 0 F STATE

. . - 6007 6 S b k i e ,

ciiy Zp code . ....

I FEB 1 4 2000 1

Cook J Zounly

bY B 23 -7

Approved:

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Chicago, 60615 Cbok ZP 'cod8 qowY

*. City

5.

6.

The address of the registered office and the address of the business off ice of the registered i will be identical.

The above change was authorized by: (“X. one box O~/JI)

a. By resolution duly adopted by the board of directors. (Note 5) - b. 0 By action of the registered agent. (Note 6)

gent, aschanged,

NOTE: When the registered agent changes, 7,

whom affirms, under penalties of perjury, Dated December 2, 1999

(rr auihorfied by the board The undersigned corporation has caus

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3.

4.

A corporation cannot act as its own registered agent.

If the registered office is changed from one county to another, then the corporation mus of deeds of the new county a certified copy of the articles of incorporation and a certified of change of registered office. Such certffbd copies may be obtained ONLY from the

6. The registered agent may report a change of the registemdoffice of the corporation for registered agent. When the agent reports such a change, this statement must be agent.

c-135.12

Exhibit B

Copy of Certification of Authority

File Number 5919-222-1

To all to whom these Presents Shall Come, Gre

I , Jesse White, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, dc MIDWESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INCORPOR

keg&k&lcf%r$&P%@&ION, INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS S DECEMBER 30, 1996, APPEARS TO HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE PROV OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT OF THIS STATE RELATING TO THE FILING OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAYMENT OF FRANCHISE TAXES, AND THIS DATE, IS IN GOOD STANDING AS A DOMESTIC CORPORATION IN T STATE OF ILLINOIS******f**************+************************

In Testimony Whereof, I , h my hand and cause to be affi'xed the Great the State of Illinois this

121 - JUL'Y day of A D .

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SECRETARY OF STATE

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ZTED, FATE ISIONS

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?reto set :ea1 of 4

Exhibit C

Notarized Statement

AFFIDAVIT

I, Jerry Holt, Co-CEO of Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc., do hereby certif! that the Company has not provided or collected for intrastate service in Kentucky prior to filing of this application and tariff.

Sworn to and subscribed before me This g d a y of JWL)( 2 0 e . A '

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My Commission Expires: _ .

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J e d . Holt, Co-CEO Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc.

Exhibit D

Proposed Tariff

Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc. KENTUCKY TAR Origina

REGULATIONS, RATES, AND CHARGES

APPLYING TO THE PROVISION OF ACCESS SERVICE

FOR CONNECTION TO INTRASTATE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIE

FOR INTRASTATE CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE

OPERATING TERRITORY OF

MIDWESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

IN THE STATE OF

KENTUCKY

AS PROVIDED HEREIN.

ISSUED: January 16,2002 Jerry E. Holt, CEO EFFECTIVE: Ja 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive Suite 600

Matteson, IL 60443

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