Attachment DA 02-896

DA 02-896

PUBLIC NOTICE submitted by FCC

DA 02-896

2002-04-17

This document pretains to ITC-214-20020213-00082 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITC2142002021300082_689794

PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION News Media Information: (202) 418-0500 445 12th STREET, S.W. Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 ftp.fcc.gov DA 02-896 FCC File Nos. ITC-214-20020213-00081 ITC-214-20020213-00082 ITC-214-20020213-00083 ITC-214-20020213-00084 Released: April 17, 2002 International Bureau Policy Division Grants Verizon International Section 214 Authority for Vermont Pursuant to section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") (47 U.S.C. § 214) and section 63.18 of the Commission’s rules (47 C.F.R. § 63.18), the International Bureau, Policy Division, grants the applications filed by the following subsidiaries of Bell Atlantic Corp. d/b/a Verizon Communications Inc., (Verizon) for authority to provide international service originating in the state of Vermont: (1) Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., d/b/a Verizon Long Distance (VLD); (2) NYNEX Long Distance Company, d/b/a Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES); (3) Verizon Global Solutions Inc. (VGSI, formerly Bell Atlantic Global Network and Transport Solutions, Inc.); and (4) Verizon Select Services Inc. (VSSI, formerly GTE Communications Corporation) (collectively, “Applicants”). Specifically, Applicants request authority to provide global international facilities-based service between all points in Vermont and all international points, except countries listed on the Commission’s exclusion list, and resale service between all points in Vermont and all international points, except countries listed on the Commission’s exclusion list. The applications cover traffic originating in the state of Vermont, which is one of the “in- region” states of Verizon and its subsidiaries, including VLD, VES, VGSI, and VSSI. The international section 214 applications are companions to the joint application of Verizon New England, Inc., VLD, VES, VGSI, and VSSI (collectively, “Verizon”) for authorization to provide in-region, interLATA service in the state of Vermont pursuant to section 271 of the Act (47 U.S.C. § 271) (see Application of Verizon New England d/b/a Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc. (d/b/a Verizon Long Distance), NYNEX Long Distance Company (d/b/a Verizon Enterprise Solutions), Verizon Global Networks Inc., and Verizon Select Services Inc., for Authorization to

Provide In-Region, InterLATA Services in Vermont). No comments were filed on the international applications, which were put on public notice on March 1, 2002 (see Non- Streamlined International Applications Accepted for Filing, FCC File Nos. ITC-214-20020213- 00081, ITC-214-20020213-00082, ITC-214-20020213-00083, ITC-214-20020213-00084, Public Notice, DA 02-491 (rel. March 1, 2002)). On April 17, 2002, the Commission approved Verizon’s section 271 application (see Application of Verizon New England, Inc., Verizon Long Distance, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Verizon Global Networks Inc., and Verizon Select Services Inc., for Authorization to Provide In- Region, InterLATA Services in Vermont), CC Docket 02-7, Memorandum Opinion and Order FCC 02-118, rel. April 17, 2002. Because Verizon has received section 271 authority to provide in-region, interLATA service in the state of Vermont, we grant VLD, VES, VGSI, and VSSI authority to provide the services for which they request authority in their applications: international facilities-based service pursuant to sections 63.18(e)(1) and (e)(4) of the Commission’s rules, originating in the state of Vermont and terminating at all international points, except those countries listed on the Commission’s exclusion list; and international resale service pursuant to sections 63.18 (e)(2) and (e)(4) of the Commission’s rules, originating in the state of Vermont and terminating at all international points. Grant of the international section 214 applications will serve the public interest by increasing competition in international services, expanding the range of new and innovative services and allowing for more efficient use of existing international telecommunications facilities. These grants of authority, as agreed to by Applicants, are subject to Applicants’ compliance with the Commission's international dominant carrier regulations as specified below on the following routes where Applicants have affiliations with foreign carriers that the Commission has not yet determined lack market power: (1) the U.S.-Dominican Republic route, U.S.-Venezuela route, and the U.S.-Gibraltar route, for international facilities-based service; and (2) the U.S.-Dominican Republic route, the U.S.-Venezuela route, and the U.S.-Gibraltar route, for international resale service (except to the extent Applicants serve these routes solely by reselling the international switched services of unaffiliated U.S. facilities-based carriers). We grant Applicants’ request for nondominant classification on all other routes where Applicants have affiliations with foreign carriers. Applicants have demonstrated that these foreign carriers lack sufficient market power on the foreign end of the routes to affect competition adversely in the U.S. market. In sum, the Verizon carriers will be classified as nondominant in their provision of U.S. international services on all routes except the U.S.-Dominican Republic route, the U.S.-Venezuela route, and the U.S.-Gibraltar route. This grant of the international section 214 application will become effective upon the effective date of the Commission Order granting authorization to Verizon to provide in-region, interLATA services in the state of Vermont. -FCC-


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