Attachment 20170209091126-047.p

20170209091126-047.p

SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

1999-04-26

This document pretains to ITC-214-19990426-00251 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITC2141999042600251_1420259

                                                           Streamlined        ITC—214—19990426—00251
                                                           MAINSAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.




            Categories of Services for 214 Applications
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          ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE
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          CLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE
          CLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED/GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE
          CLOBAL RESALE SERVICE
          INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE
          INTERCONNECTED PRIVATE LINE RESALE SERVICE
          LIMITED GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE/LIMITED
           CLOBAL RESALE SERVICE
          LIMITED GLOBAL FACILITIES—BASED SERVICE
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          LIMITED GLOBAL RESALE SERVICE
          INMARSAT AND MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE
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          SWITCHED RESALE SERVICE
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          TRANSFER OF CONTROL—
          SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE
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          INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL PROJECT



   Description of Application:


                   SWIDLER BERLIN SHEREFF FRIEDMAN, LLp

3000 K STREET, NW; SUITE 30Q_
WASHINGTON, DC 20007—5116—                                                                   NEW YORK OFFICE
TELEPHONE (202)424—7500                                                                     919 THIRD AVENUE
FACSIMILE (202) 424—7645    x                                                   _\ NEW YORK, NY 10022—9998
WWW.SWIDLAW.COM                                                             (2\Q>)\§§8—9500 FAX (212) 758—9526
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International Bureau Telecommunications Division —
P.O. Box 358115
Pittsburgh, PA 15251—5115

   Attention:      Troy Tanner, Chief, Policy and Facilities Branch, International Bureau

         Re:       Application of MainSat Telecommunications, Inc. for Global Authority
                   Pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to
                   Operate as an International Facilities—based Carrier and as an International
                   Resale Carrier

Dear Sir/Madam:

         Enclosed for filing with the Commission are an original and six (6) copies of the
application of MainSat Telecommunications, Inc., requesting global authority, pursuant to
Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to operate as an international
facilities—based carrier and as an international resale carrier between the United States and
various international points.

       As required by the Commission‘s Rules, a check in the amount of $780.00 is enclosed.
Please date—stamp the extra copy of this application and return it in the enclosed self—
addressed, stamped envelope. Any questions regarding the enclosed application should be
addressed to Kathy Cooper.

                                                Respectfully submitted,
                                                      f              Coope————
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                                                Kathy Cooper
                                                Counsel for MainSat Telecommunications, Inc.


Enclosures


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                                                       )
In the Matter of                                       )
                                                       )
MAINSAT TELECOMMUNICATION                        ‘C.   )
                                                       )      File No.
Application Pursuant to Section                        )
214 of the Communications Act of 1934,                 )
as amended, for Global Authority to Opei               )
as an International Facilities—Based and               )
International Resale Carrier                           )
                                                       )



                                         A       CATION

       MainSat Telecommunications, Inc           inSat"), by its undersigned counsel, hereby requests

"global" authority pursuant to Section 2         ‘the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,

47 U.S.C. §214, and Section 63.18 ofthe (        ission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18 (1996), to provide

international telecommunications services        en the United States and international points (other

than those excluded bythe Exclusion Lis!, wuere applicable). Grant of MainSat‘s request will

directly further the Commission‘s policies of bringing increased competition to the United States

international telecommunications services market and is, therefore, in the public interest. Pursuant

to 47 C.F.R. § 63.12, this application is eligible for streamlined processing.


Information Required under Section 63.18
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       As required by Section 63.18 of the Commission‘s Rules, MainSat submits the following

information:

       (a)         Name, address and telephone number:

                   MainSat Telecommunications, Inc.
                   5544 West Marconi Avenue
                   Glendale, AZ 85306
                   Telephone:        (602) 978—3880
                   Facsimile:        (602) 978—1488                                                    e

       (b)         MainSat is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Dehw.
                                                                                          C


       (¢)         Correspondence concerning this application should be sent to:

                   Catherine Wang
                   Kathy Cooper
                   Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
                   3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
                   Washington, D.C. 20007
                   Telephone:     (202) 424—7816
                   Facsimile:     (202) 424—7645

                   with a copy to:

                   Vincent Bepler
                   MainSat Telecommunications, Inc.
                   5544 West Marconi Avenue
                   Glendale, AZ §$5306
                   Telephone:        (602) 978—3880
                   Facsimile:        (602) 978—1488

       (d)         Upon grant of this application, MainSat will become an authorized non—dominant
                   facilities—based carrier and reseller with global authority, subject to Section 214 of
                   the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Commission‘s Rules.
                   MainSat lacks the market power that would allow it to control prices to the detriment
                   of market competition.


        (e)     \     nSat hereby requests four types of authority, all of which are eligible for
              _ stt   inflined processing.‘‘ Specifically MainSat requests: (1) global facilities—based
                a      ority pursu       > Section 63.18(e)(1) of the FCC‘s Rules, 47 C.FR. §
                6     8(e)(1), to :      ce interests in United States—authorized facilities as well as
                n     :ssary conne       facilities to provide international telecommunications services
                b     zeen the U1        States and all international points except those countries
                e     uded by the]       sion List;*" (2) global authority pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(2)
                o     ie FCC‘s R1        47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(2), to resell the international switched
                se    ices of all U       States—authorized carriers, other than those affiliated carriers
                w     . market pov       i a particular route, to provide international switched services
                b     zeen the Uni       tates andall international points served by those carriers; (3)
                g     al authority       uant to Section 63.18(e)(2) of the FCC‘s rules, 47 C.F.R.§
                6      8(e)(2), to         international private lines to provide international non—
                ir    connected p        : line services between the United States and all international
                p       ts; and (4) :    rity pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(2) of the FCC‘s Rules, 47
                C     R. § 63.18(e       0 resell international private lines interconnected to the public
                s        ched netwo1     ‘SN‘‘) at one or both ends to provide international switched
                se    ices on all ir     tional routes on which the Commission permits such services
                t     : provided.?                                                                        ‘

        (£)     I      nSat seeks a      ity to provide only services referenced under paragraph (e) of
                S      ion 63.18 of      ommission‘s Rules.



U       See Stree     ining the Ini      ional 214 Authorization Process and TariffRequirements, IB
Docket No.95—1        _FCC 96—79         ised March 13, 1996) (adopting streamlined 35—day processing
procedures for ce     uin internatic     »sale applications)("Streamlining Order"); 47 C.F.R. § 63.12
(1996); seealsol      es andPolici       Foreign Market Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications
Market,IBDock         27—142, Rep«       d Order on Reconsideration, FCC 97—398 at [« 21, 322—29 (rel.
Nov. 27, 1997) (      oreign Mari        ‘rficipation Order").

*2/     MainSat _ _ ks only auth        _ to own circuits on facilities not excluded by the ExclusionList.

*3/     The FCC will automatically amend all Section 214 authorizations to permit carriers to resell
international private lines to provide international switched services between the United States and
other countries as provision of such services becomes permitted by the Commission. See
Streamlining Order at § 34. Cf. Foreign Market Participation Order at [« 29—86 (declaring that,
upon the effective date of the Commission‘s new rules, carriers reselling international private lines
interconnected to the public switched network to provide international switched services between
the U.S. and WTO Member countries will no longer have to meet the equivalency test if settlement
rates for at least 50 percent of the U.S.—billed traffic on the route or routes in question are at or below
the relevant benchmark posted in the Commission‘s Benchmarks Order.). Cf. also International
Settlement Rates, IB Docket 96—261, Report and Order, FCC 97—280 (rel. Aug. 18, 1997)
("‘Benchmarks Order‘).

                                                    —3


       (g)       The authority requested in this application is categorically excluded from
               _ envirdonmental processing as defined by Section 1.1306 of the Commission‘s Rules,
                 47 C.F.R. § 1.1306. As such, an environmental assessment is not required for
                 purposes of this application and is therefore not attached.

       (h)      MainSat certifies that it is not affil    >d with any fore    rriers, within the meaning
                of Section 63.18(h), 47 C.F.R. §\         18(h), of the C«    ision‘s rules.

                MainSat does not have any interl          :ing directorate    port.

                The following individuals and e:          ies hold a ten j    t (10%) or greater direct
                or indirect shareholder or other e«       ty interest in M    &          ~


                 Name:                   Vincent Bt       ar
               _ Address:                5544 West        arconi Avenue
                                         Glendale, .       85306
                Percentage Held:         100%
                Citizenship:             U.S.A.
                Principal Business:      Telecormmm       .cations

                Pursuant to Section 63.18(i) of           : Commission‘       :s, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(i),
                MainSat certifies thatit has not as       ad to accept no1    it accept in the future any
                special concessions, as defined b         he Commissio1       iles, direéctly or indirectly
                from any foreign carrier or admi          tration with res    > traffic or revenue flows
                between the United States and an:         reign country >     it is or may be authorized
                to serve. MainSat‘s certification 1       suant to Sectio1    8(i) is attached.

      0)        MainSat is not subject to a denial :      Zederal benefits    iant to Section 5301 of the
                Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988. .            :sertification pu    to Section 1.2002 of the
                Commission‘s Rules (implement             ; the Anti—Drug     ie Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C.
                 § 3301) is attached.

       (k)      MainSat is not affiliated, as that wrm is defined t, . ...? 63 of the Commission‘s
                Rules and the Commission‘s recent revisions ofPart 63,* with any dominant United
                States carriers whose international services it will resell; nor is MainSat affiliated
                with any foreign carriers with market power. This application is, accordingly,
                eligible for streamlined processing.*




      Market Entry and Regulation ofForeign—affiliated Entities, Report & Order, 11 FCC Red
3873 (1995).
       See Streamlining Order; 47 C.F.R. § 63.12 (1996).

                                                    —4—


                    *                  CONCLUSION

       For the reasons stated above, MainSat Telecommunications, Inc. respectfully submits that

the public interest, convenience and necessity would be furthered by a grant of this Section 214

application.


                                            Respectfully submitted,




                                     By:    %_%ul ( ?(YD/?J A.               uzt
                                            ]Cjatherix‘ze/)bang I
                                              athy Cooper
                                            Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
                                            3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
                                            Washington, D.C. 20007
                                            Telephone:    (202) 424—7816
                                            Facsimile:      (202) 424—7645

                                            Counsel for MainSat Telecommunications, Inc.




Dated: April 26, 1999


CERTIHCATION OF APPLICANT



           On behalf of MainSat Telecommunications, Inc., and in accordance with Section

1.2001—1.2003 of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.2001—1.2003, I hereby certify that no

party to this application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits

pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988. See 21 U.S.C. § 853a. I also

hereby certify that the statements in the foregoing Application for Section 214 authority are true,

complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and are made in good faith.

           MainSat Telecommunications, Inc. has not agreed to accept nor shall it accept in the

future any special concessions, as defined      : Commission‘s Rules, directly or indirectly from

any foreign carrier or administration witn respect to traffic or revenue flows on any US

international route where the foreign carrier possesses sufficient market power on the foreign énd

ofthe route to affect competition adverselyin the U.S. market.


                                              MAINSAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NC.

                                             By:      ;,MZ%___
                                             Name: ViweaurC.Befea@.
                                             Title:   Pflfll ocexi

                                             Date: AM&t 25, 1999




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