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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Regulatory and Litigation Matters The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to certain regulatory and legal proceedings and other claims arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages and taxes that are substantial in amount. The Company believes that, except for the items discussed below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, for which the Company is currently unable to predict the final outcome, the disposition of proceedings currently pending will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. In August 2013, the Company received FCC final approval for approximately $47.0 million of Mobility Fund support to its Alltel business (the “Alltel Mobility Funds”) and $21.7 million of Mobility Fund support to its wholesale wireless business. See Note 8 for further discussion. In November 2007, Caribbean Telecommunications Limited (“CTL”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against GT&T and ATN claiming breach of an interconnection agreement for domestic cellular services in Guyana and related claims. CTL asserted over $200 million in damages. GT&T and ATN moved to dismiss the complaint on procedural and jurisdictional grounds. On January 26, 2009, the court granted the motions to dismiss the complaint on the grounds asserted. On April 4, 2013 CTL filed a similar claim against GT&T and the PUC in the High Court of Guyana. The Company believes the claim is without merit and is duplicative of a previous claim filed by CTL in Guyana that was dismissed. There has been no action on this matter since the April 2013 filing. The Guyana Parliament is continuing to consider the telecommunications legislation originally introduced in August 2012, which, if passed and assented to by the President, would, among other things, effectively terminate GT&T’s exclusive right to provide international long distance services. Historically, the Company has been subject to litigation proceedings and other disputes in Guyana that while not conclusively resolved, to the Company’s knowledge have not been the subject of other discussions or other significant activity in the last five years. It is possible, but not likely, that these disputes may be revived. The Company believes that none of these additional proceedings would, in the event of an adverse outcome, have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operation or liquidity. For all of the regulatory, litigation, or related matters listed above and in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company believes some adverse outcome is probable and has accordingly accrued $5.0 million as of September 30, 2013.

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