Nashville Mobilphone Co., Inc. v. Atkins

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This action involves an interpretation of the State Radio Common Carrier Act as set forth in § 65-3011, et seq., T.C.A. More particularly we are concerned with the construction of § 65-3004(f).

I

Nashville Mobilphone Company, Inc. is a radio common carrier providing mobile telephone service in Davidson and certain adjoining counties in Tennessee. It operates under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued in 1964 and various supplemental certificates issued thereafter.

On April 5, 1973, Mobilphone Systems, Inc. filed its application with the Public Service…