Published in the Tahlequah Daily Press on November 23, and 30, 2018 PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WAVE RURAL CONNECT, LLC, FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE RESOLD AND FACILITIES BASED LOCAL EXCHANGE, INTEREXCHANGE AND DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WITHIN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CAUSE NO. PUD 201800134 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that WAVE Rural Connect, LLC, has filed an Application, pursuant to 17 0.S. § 131 et seq., OAC 165:55, and OAC 165:56, seeking a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity authorizing it to provide competitive local exchange, interexchange, and data telecommunications service on a facilities-based and resold basis within the State of Oklahoma initially limited to the areas served by: (i) Southwestern Bell Telephone d/b/a AT&T Oklahoma, formerly d/b/a SBC Oklahoma and formerly known as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; and (ii) Valor Telecommunications of Texas, LP - OK d/b/a Windstream Communications Southwest, Windstream Oklahoma, LLC, Oklahoma Windstream, LLC, formerly General Telephone Company of the Southwest, Inc. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person desiring to file an objection to the Application must do so within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of this Notice. Objections must be filed with the Court Clerk at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 130, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and served on counsel for WAVE Rural Connect, LLC, and on any intervenors. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no objections are timely filed, the Commission, without hearing, shall issue such orders and grant such relief, if any, as it deems fair, just, reasonable, and lawful in the premises, whether or not specifically requested in the Application. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that additional information concerning this Cause may be obtained by contacting Michael T. Torrone, Logan & Lowry, LLP, 101 South Wilson Street, P. O. Box 558, Vinita, OK 74301, (918) 256-7511, or Kimberly C. Snyder, Deputy General Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 40, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma. City, Oklahoma 73105, (405) 522-1010.