Attachment 20170124094850-300.p

20170124094850-300.p

SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

1998-10-21

This document pretains to ITC-214-19981021-00740 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITC2141998102100740_1396166

Streamlined ITC—214—19981021—00740 SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Categories of Services for 214 Applications Streamlin —streamline) Eitaly—la9g10a1—66 790 DDDDDV:I_ ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED/GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE f INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE _ INTERCONNECTED PRIVATE LINE RESALE SERVICE LIMITED GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE/LIMITED GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE LIMITED GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE oA 0A JA OA O 0o 0 LIMITED GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE INMARSAT AND MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE SWITCHED RESALE SERVICE ~TRANSFER OF CONTROL— SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL PROJECT Description of Application: C# /

Before the 9 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION a‘S Washington D.C. 20554 K‘* Q-ii\qi\ ) «y In the Matter of ) l ) ¥~ soNUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ) zit . — | ) File No. ITC—I#{448{6021—s~"]4> Application for global facilities authority ) pursuant to §214 of the Communications Act ) of 1934, as amended. ) )\ ) APPLICATION SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (hereinafter "SONUS"), by counsel, pursuant to §214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended," and §63.18 ofthe Commission‘s Rules," hereby requests global facilities authorization to permit SONUS to provide international communications sc:rvicés. As stated herein, SONUS is not a facilities based carrier, however, in anticipation of the possibility in the future, SONUS is requestingfacilities based carrier authority in addition to its present capacity. SONUS is legally, financially, and technically qualified to provide the service proposed in this application. This application is subject to the FCC‘s streamlined processing procedures applicable to eligible §214 applications. As fully described herein, grant of authority to provide international communications services will allow SONUS‘s customers long distance communication abilities between the United States and others residing or doing business in foreign countries. Accordingly, grant of ! 47 U.S.C. §214 (1998) 2 47 C.F.R. §63.18 (1998)

thi;; aoplication will benefit the public interest by permitting SONUS to provide consumer friencly and cost ef fectin z long distance t« lephc ne services for it customers L. DESCRIPT ‘ON OF TE APPLIC ANT A. Legal D sscriftion: SONL S is ; Commont ealth of Vi ‘ginia Corporatio 1 whi :h is vholl own :d by Charles Albo wvho h olds 50% o ‘the stock ; nd M ;. Nana Ma ‘inelli who »wus 50% f the stock. B. Technicil De:cripti »n: SONUS seek: auth »rity to opeate ai internatior al tel phon : net sork i sing a packet switching anid "V »ice c ver IP" and "Voiu e over Frarie" te shnol gy. 3ONUS carries the traffic via te rrestr al les sed lines, I¢ ased atellice ear h stat on fa :ilitie s, anc leased satellite circ uits i1. the 1J.S.A. SOT [US c wns the cor ipres ion e yuipn ent a id thle gateway switches use d to & fficie itly distribte the traffic on l oth tl e U.S . and the fc reign end of the circuit. As such, SONUS is no a facilities—base . carr »r." Howe ver, S ONUS is requesting faciliti :s—ba: ed carrier & ithor ty in this af plica ion, in anti :ipati in of the possibility of acquiring equipment n the future that voule qualify it : s a fe :ilities—based carrier. SONUS is a United States carrier that has no affiliation with, and is not itself, a foreign carrier‘ in any country to which it provides services, and is therefore, non— dominant carrier for the provision of international communications services." C. Business/Contractual Description 3 See 47 C.F.R. §63.12, Note to Paragraph (c) * See definitions set forth in 47 C.F.R. §63.18 (h)(1)(I) and (ii); and §63.10 (a)

SONUS contracts with long distance carriers in the United States. Contracts are to deliver voice and facsimile traffic to foreign countries. The U.S. carriers deliver the traffic to SONUS in Newark, New Jersey. The contracts call for SONUS to deliver an terminate the calls in foreign countries. To fulfill these contracts, SONUS has contraci with transmi companies to transmit the traffic to the foreign country. SONUS ha: further contt vith foreign telephone companies to receive the traffic and terminate that country. IL. PUBLIC IN ST CONSIDERATIONS SONUS‘s at :o enter the international telecommunications market place will prom competition stically and abroad, thus helping to lower prices and consequently causing a m« ficient use of the domestic and international telecommunications infrastructur rthermore, United States consumers, and thei'r counterparts abroad, v benefit from r prices. In addition to economic—price advantages to consumers, SONUS‘s d« ment and deployment of advancedtelecommunications technologies will benefit | mers. SONUS is now using recently developed Voice Over IP (VOIP") an .ce Over Frame Relay ("VOF") technologies. Approval of SONUS‘: application 1 mefit consumers as they will have greater access to these technologi¢ ° See §63.10 (a)(1)

III. INI ORV ATIOCON REQUIEED EY §63.18 (a) Name, Address and Telephone number of applicant. SOJUS :OMIMUNICATIONS, NC. Ch; rles \/7. Altio Ch: irmar. Board of Directors & CEO 600 5 Gre sley Eilvd. ' Spr ngfie d, VA 22152 (70 }) 912 —3846 (b) Virginii SCNUS is a Corporation organized in and under the laws of the Commonwealth of V irginia. (c) Addres ; all c »rrespondence to: DA VID Ii. AL3O Cot nsel t» SONMUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Alb> & C blon, L.L.P. 635 ) Rol ing Miill, PI. Sut e 102 Spr ngfie d, VA 22152 (70.;) 455 —0046 CH \ARLES W. ALBO Chairman Board of Directors & CEO SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 6005 Greeley Blvd. Springfield, VA 22152 (703) 912—3846 (d) SONUS has not previously received authority under 47 U.S.C. §214. \ (e) (6): SONUS is applying for authority to acquire facilities or to provide services not covered by §63.18(e)(1)—(5). SONUS‘s description of the facilities and services for which it seeks authorization is set forth above in section I. Description of the Applicant. Although

SONUS is not presently a facilities—based carrier, SONUS is requesting such authorityin addition to what it needs at this time in anticipation of acquiring equipment in the future that would qualify it as a facilities—based carrier. (f) Not applicable (g) Not applicable (h) By the attached certification, SONUS certifies that it has no affiliation with any foreign carrier, as defined by §63.18(h)(1) of the Commission‘s Rules. In support of this certification, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a list of SONUS‘s shareholders, inclttding the address, citizenship and principal business of each such shareholder. In addition, attached hereto as Exhibit B is a list of all interlocking directorates held by SONUS‘s directérs. Sonus further certifies that it is not affiliated with U.S. carrier(s) whose facilities—based services(s) SONUS leases or otherwise contracts. (i) By the attached certification, SONUS certifies that, except as permifie<i by the Commission‘ Rules, as amended from time to time, SONUS has not agreed to accept any special concessions, directly or indirectly from any foreign carrier or administration with respect to traffic or revenue flows between the U.S. and any foreign country which SONUS may be authorized to serve and it will not enter into agreements in the future. (j) By the attached certification and as required by §63.18(j) of the Commission‘s rules, SONU: certifies that no party to this Application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits pursuant to §5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988.

IV. CONCLUSION For the reasons stated above, SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC., submits that the public interest, convenience and necessity would be furthered by a grant of this application for global facilities authorization to provide international communications services as both a non— facilities—based carrier and a facilities—based carrier. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CaO— CHARLES W. ALBO Chairman—Board of Directors & CEO ALBO & OBLON, L.LP. Counsel to Applicant 6350 Rolling Mill PI. Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22152 (703) 455—0046 Va Bar #28488

EXHIBIT A LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS OF SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CHARLES W. ALBO 50% shareholder Address: 6005 Greeley Blvd. _ Springfield, VA 22152 U.S. Citizen Principal Place of Business: 6005 Greeley Blvd. Springfield, VA 22152 NANA MARINELI 50% shareholder Address: 111 Culpeper Rd. Richmond, VA 23229 Republic of Georgia Citizen Resident Alien. Full Employment Authorization approved 01/16/98. INSA Card #EAC9807150030. Principal Place of Business: 6005 Greeley Blvd. Springfield, VA 22152

EXHIBIT B INTERLOCKING DIRECTORIES OF SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DIRECTORS SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. INTERLOCKING DIRECTORIES CHARLES W. ALBO Goodwill Communications, 1JSA, Inc. Director A Virginia Corporation CHARLES W. ALBO Goodwill Communications, Ltd. Director A Republic of Georgia corporation which Conducts private line telecommunications from Republic of Georgia to foreign countries. Non—dominant and non— government owned company. NANA MARINELLI Goodwill Communications, USA, Inc. Director A Virginia Corpo ation

CERTIFICATION OF APPLICANT On behalf of SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, [NC., and 11 accordance with Section 1.2001—1.2003 of the Communication‘s Rules 47 C.F.R. §§1.2001—1.2003, I hereby certify that no party to this application is subje:t to a deni:il of I ederal beneffits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 0 the inti—Drug Aibuse Act of 198i}. See 21 U.S.C. 853a. I also hereby certify that th : state ment; in tk e fore going applicatior! for special temporary authority are true, complets, and correct to ‘he best of 1ny knowledge and are madein good faith. Except to the extent authorized under 47 C.F.R. 63.14, as it may be ainended froin time to time, SONUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. hss not agree1 to a:cept imy concession directly nor indirectly from any foreigzn cairier or adir inistration ‘vith respeci to traffic or revenue flow between the United Stiites ar d var ous i atern: tiona. points under Section 214 of the Communicetions Act of 193«, as amend2d, ar d the Commission‘s Rules, and has not agreed to entei into ;such : greerrents in the future. SONUS SOMMUNIC ATIONS, INC. IQ(Q, 1998 flm@ ¢ @/ By: CHARLES W. ALBO Chairman — Board of Directors & CEO


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