Attachment DA 90-759

DA 90-759

ORDER & AUTHORIZATION submitted by FCC

DA 90-759

1990-05-30

This document pretains to ITC-214-19900315-00015 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITC2141990031500015_703404

5 F.C.C.R. 3270                                                                        Page 1
1990 WL 603902 (F.C.C.), 5 F.C.C.R. 3270, 5 FCC Rcd. 3270
(Cite as: 1990 WL 603902 (F.C.C.), 5 FCC Rcd. 3270)


DA 90-759

                                 *1 In the Matter of
                             AT & T OF PUERTO RICO, INC.
   Application for authority to acquire and operate facilities for direct service
                            between Puerto Rico and Aruba
                         AT & T OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, INC.
  Application for authority to acquire and operate facilities for service between
                         the U.S. Virgin Islands and Aruba.

                                          File No. I-T-C-90-070

                                          File No. I-T-C-90-071

                       Adopted:      May 21, 1990;          Released:   May 30, 1990

                                ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

**3270 By the Chief, International Facilities Division:
 1. The above-captioned applications, filed on March 15, 1990 by AT & T of Puerto
Rico, Inc. (AT & T-PR) and AT & T of the Virgin Islands, Inc. (AT & T-VI), re-
spectively, request authority pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, to acquire and operate facilities for direct service between Pu-
erto Rico and Aruba and between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Aruba.   The applica-
tions were placed on public notice on March 21, 1990.   No comments were re-
ceived.   Upon consideration of the applications, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the
present and future public convenience and necessity require the provision of dir-
ect service between Puerto Rico and Aruba by AT & T-PR and between the U.S. Virgin
Islands and Aruba by AT & T-VI.

 2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that applications File Nos. I-T-C-90-070 and I-
T-C-90-071 ARE GRANTED; and

  a. AT & T-PR is authorized to:

    i. activate seven whole channels in the Puerto Rico terminal of the Puerto
Rico-St. Thomas Digital Microwave System (DMS);

    ii. acquire, on an Indefeasible Rate of User (IRU) basis, from AT & T-VI and
operate a whole interest in seven channels in the St. Thomas terminal of the Pu-
erto Rico-St. Thomas DMS;

    iii. activate a one-half interest in seven circuits in the St. Thomas-
Venezuela II cable;




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5 F.C.C.R. 3270                                                               Page 2
1990 WL 603902 (F.C.C.), 5 F.C.C.R. 3270, 5 FCC Rcd. 3270
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    iv. lease from Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV) a one-
half interest in seven circuits in the Venezuela-Curacao DMS;

    v. use for service to Aruba its interest in three circuits in the Netherlands
Antilles Cable System (NAG cable) and the Puerto Rico-St. Thomas DMS presently as-
signed for service to the Netherlands Antilles;

    vi. use the facilities in paragraph a above to establish ten operating chan-
nels to provide AT & T-PR's regularly authorized services between Puerto Rico and
Aruba and beyond;

  b. AT & T-VI is authorized to:

    i. activate three additional half-circuits in the St. Thomas-Venezuela II
cable;

    ii. lease from CANTV a one-half interest in three circuits in the Venezuela-Cur-
acao DMS;

    iii. use for service to Aruba its half-interest in three circuits in the NAG
cable presently assigned for service to the Netherlands Antilles; and

    iv. use the facilities in paragraph b above to establish six operating chan-
nels to provide AT & T-VI's regularly authorized services between the U.S. Virgin
Islands and Aruba and beyond.

 3. No material changes inconsistent with this or any other relevant Commission
order shall be made before final execution of operating agreements between AT & T-
PR and AT & T-VI and their correspondent in Aruba, and copies of the agreements
shall be filed with the Commission within 30 days of their execution.

 *2 4. This order is issued under Section 0.291 of the Commission's Rules and is
effective upon adoption.   Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or
applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules may be filed
within 30 days of the date of public notice of this order (see Section 1.4(b)(2)).

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
George S. Li

Chief, International Facilities Division

Common Carrier Bureau

FCC

 1990 WL 603902 (F.C.C.), 5 F.C.C.R. 3270, 5 FCC Rcd. 3270

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