2016 03 01 Verizon C

LETTER submitted by MCI International Services, Inc. (fka MCI WorldCom International, Inc.)

Acceptance of T&C for Waiver, Cuba Benchmark Rates

2016-03-01

This document pretains to ITC-214-19961003-00486 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

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Ian Dillner Vice President Federal Regulatory and Legal Affairs 1300 I Street, NW, Suite 400 West Washington, DC 20005 Phone 202.515.2458 Fax 202.336.7922 ian.dillner@verizon.com March 1, 2016 Mindel De La Torre Chief, International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Notification of Acceptance of Terms and Conditions for Waiver of the Benchmark Rates for Cuba, IB Docket No. 10-95; ITC 214-19961003-00486 Dear Ms. De La Torre: By this letter, MCI International, Inc. (MCI) notifies the Commission that it agrees to accept the terms and conditions for a waiver of the benchmark rate applicable to Cuba as specified in the Commission’s TeleCuba Waiver Order and International Settlements Policy Reform Order.1 MCI submits the enclosed certification in support of this notification. Pursuant to the process established in the TeleCuba Waiver Order, MCI requests that the Commission reflect this notification as an “Informative” in its next Public Notice of actions taken on international telecommunications applications.2 Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this filing. Sincerely, cc: (by email) Denise Coca David Krech Enclosure 1 iConnect Wholesale, Inc. d/b/a TeleCuba, Petition for Waiver of the International Settlements Policy and Benchmark Rate for Facilities-Based Telecommunications Services with Cuba, IB Docket No. 10-95, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 5217 at ¶31 (2011 ) (TeleCuba Waiver Order); International Settlements Policy Reform, IB Docket Nos. 11 -80, 05-254, 09- 10, RM 11322, Report and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 15521 (2012) (eliminating the International Settlements Policy and applying a modified version to Cuba) (International Settlements Policy Reform Order). 2 See TeleCuba Waiver Order, ¶33.

CERTIFICATION I, David Goldhirsch, Director, Contract Mgmt, hereby certify that MCI International, Inc. accepts the terms and conditions for a waiver of the benchmark rate applicable to Cuba for U.S. carriers seeking to provide direct services between the United States and Cuba, as set forth in Paragraph 31 of the Federal Communications Commission‘s April 8, 2011 Memorandum Opinion and Order, IB Docket No. 10—95, 26 FCC Red 5217. Director, ContFact Mgmt, Verizon P zfig)dutions for MCI International, Inc. Date: Ma{ i.'l 2/


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