Attachment bellsouth

This document pretains to ITC-214-20020219-00085 for International Global Resale Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

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PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION News Media Information: (202) 418-0500 th 445 12 STREET, S.W. Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 ftp.fcc.gov DA 02-1161 FCC File No. ITC-214-20020219-00085 Released: May 16, 2002 International Bureau’s Policy Division Grants BSLD International Section 214 Authority for Georgia and Louisiana 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’s Policy Division approves the application filed by BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (“BSLD”) requesting authority to provide international facilities-based and resale services originating in the states of Georgia and Louisiana and terminating at all international points, except countries listed on the Commission’s exclusion list. This application covers traffic originating in the states of Georgia and Louisiana, which are two of the in-region states of BellSouth Corporation (“BellSouth”) and BellSouth’s subsidiaries, including BSLD. BSLD’s international Section 214 Application is a companion to the joint application of BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (“BST”), and BSLD, for authorization to provide in-region, interLATA services in the states of Georgia and Louisiana, pursuant to Section 271 of the Act (47 U.S.C. § 271). No comments were filed on BSLD’s international Section 214 Application, which was put on public notice on March 13, 2002 (See Non-Streamlined International Application Accepted for Filing, Public Notice, FCC File No. ITC- 214-20020219-00085, DA 02-600 (rel. March 13, 2002)). Today the Commission approved BellSouth’s Section 271 application (See In the Matter of Joint Application by BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., And BellSouth Long Distance, Inc., for Provision of In-Region, InterLATA Services In Georgia and Louisiana, CC Docket 02-35, Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 02-147, (rel. May 15, 2002). Because BellSouth has received Section 271 authority to provide in-region, interLATA services in the states of Georgia and Louisiana, we grant BSLD authority to provide international facilities-based and resale services originating in Georgia and Louisiana and terminating at all international points, except countries listed on the Commission’s exclusion list. Grant of the international Section 214 application will serve the public interest by increasing competition in international

DA 02-1161 services, expanding the range of new and innovative services, and allowing for more efficient use of existing international telecommunications facilities. BSLD requests nondominant treatment for the following routes where it has affiliations with foreign carriers: U.S.-Israel, U.S.-Germany, U.S.-Denmark, U.S.-Guatemala, U.S.-Panama, U.S.- Venezuela, U.S.-Colombia, U.S.-Ecuador, U.S.-Peru, U.S.-Uruguay, U.S.-Argentina, U.S.-Chile, U.S.-Brazil, U.S.-Nicaragua, and U.S.-United Kingdom. BSLD has provided sufficient evidence that the foreign carriers with which BSLD is affiliated on these routes lack sufficient market power on the foreign end of the routes to affect competition adversely in the U.S. market. BSLD will therefore be regulated as nondominant in its provision of services on all routes. This grant of the international Section 214 Application will become effective upon the effective date of the Commission Order granting authorization to Bell South Corporation to provide in- region, interLATA services in the states of Georgia and Louisiana. FCC 2


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