NOTICE OF FILING AND PUBLIC HEARING Docket No. 2025-194-C - Application of Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Facilities-Based Local Exchange and Resold Long Distance Telecommunications Services and for Flexible Regulation of Its Local Exchange Services and Alternative Regulation of Its Long Distance Service Offerings, and Jointly with Its Affiliates Uniti Fiber LLC, Uniti National LLC, and Southern Light LLC for Authority to Complete a Pro Forma Assignment of Assets Why is this Notice Important? Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC ("GulfCo" or the "Company"), filed an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") to provide facilities-based and resold local exchange (including exchange access) and interexchange telecommunications services in all areas of South Carolina open to competition with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (the "Commission"). Uniti Fiber LLC, Uniti National LLC and Southern Light, LLC (collectively "Joint Applicants") seek authority to complete a pro forma transfer of assets from the Joint Applicants to GulfCo ("Pro Forma Transaction"). What are the Company and the Joint Applicants requesting? The issuance of a CPCN to provide facilities-based and resold local exchange (including exchange access) and interexchange telecommunications services in all areas of South Carolina open to competition. Regulation of the Company's interexchange service offerings in accordance with the principles and procedures established for alternative regulation in Commission Order Nos. 95- 1734 and 96-55 in Docket No. 95-661-C, and modified by Commission Order No. 2001-997 in Docket No. 2000-407-C. Flexible regulation for its local exchange telecommunications services in accordance with procedures authorized in Order No. 98-165 in Docket No. 97-467-C. GulfCo and the Joint Applicants request the Commission approve the Pro Forma Transaction: ­ - Pro forma transfer of assets, including certain customer contracts and related network infrastructure from the Joint Applicants to GulfCo. ­ - Affected customers receive enterprise services including point-to-point services such as ethernet and/or non-telecommunications services, including but not limited to VoIP, managed services, and broadband internet access services. The case was filed according to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280, Section 58-9-585, and Section 58-9­310, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and this hearing has been scheduled according to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280(B) and S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-817. PLEASE BE ADVISED pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-9-280, as amended, the Commission will invoke the 120-day period allowed for consideration of this matter. For the entire Case visit: https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Web/Dockets/Detail/119417 A public hearing has been scheduled in this case to begin on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Public Service Commission, Hearing Room, 101 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, SC 29210. Intervention deadline: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Manner of filing Intervention: Email a Petition to Intervene to contact@psc.sc.gov or mail a Petition to Intervene to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210. Please include your email address. You must give a copy of your Petition to Intervene to all Parties in this case. Manner to file Letters of Protest: File Public Comments or Letters of Protest by emailing contact@psc.sc.gov or mail Public Comments or Letters of Protest to 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, SC 29210. For questions regarding this filing, contact the Office of Regulatory Staff at 1-800-922-1531, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-922-1594, Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC at 212-704-6445, or for public information, on this filing contact the Commission at 1-803-896-5100. IPL0255377 Jul 18 2025