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- Title: Mountain States Telephone And Telegraph Co. V. Public Utilities Commission
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 10, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 84 KB
Description
Prior to January 1, 1984, the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (Mountain Bell) regularly published telephone directories, including White and Yellow Pages, for the use of its customers. Mountain Bell included the publishing assets in its base for ratemaking purposes. Mountain Bell's publishing revenues, particularly the profits from Yellow Pages advertising, were used to further the goal of universal telephone service by subsidizing rates charged to telephone customers. This case arose because, through a series of transactions in early 1984, Mountain Bell transferred its publishing assets to U.S. West Direct and entered into a three year contract with U.S. West Direct to publish directories for Mountain Bell's customers. In exchange for its publishing assets, Mountain Bell received stock which it transferred to U.S. West, Inc. as a dividend. Both Mountain Bell and U.S. West Direct are subsidiaries of U.S. West, Inc., although Mountain Bell is a telephone company regulated by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and U.S. West Direct is not.