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MEMORANDUM August 9, 1996 Page 13 offered by US West in its responses. This is, of course, not unusual in a transfer format, especially when US West assumes it will be divesting itself of the systems within 18 months. Should US West ultimately divest the Minnesota systems, a change in management structure could occur. However, the Authorities will have the opportunity to review any such transfer should it occur in the future. It is also informative to investigate the technical qualifications of the parent corporation. In this case, however, US West's qualifications are only as good as the Continental people which they are merging into US West's operations. We have reviewed information provided by US West as it relates to its technical qualifications and Continental's cable management experience. Of course US West, one of the "babyBell's" createdthe g by divestiture of AT&T, has loner been a leader in the telecommunications industry in the Western and Midwestern United States. US West provides telephony services in a 14-state region. US West is one of the largest telecommunications services companies doing business in the United States. In addition to its telephone service, in 1995 US West also provided cellular telephone service to 1,500,000 subscribers and cable telephone service to 527,000 subscribers in Atlanta, Georgia. US West, since 1989, has provided both telephony and telephone service in the United Kingdom through its partnership as TeleWest Communications. TeleWest has become the world's largest provider of combined cable television and telephone service. In addition, US West offers its cable/telephone ventures in the Netherlands, Japan, the Czech Republic and Malaysia.