Attachment 20161229102122-527.p

20161229102122-527.p

SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

1999-12-20

This document pretains to ITC-ASG-19991220-00819 for Assignment on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCASG1999122000819_1387566

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 ht t B enc fine Bcfi tfineatine sttz In the Matter of Shell Offshore Services Company, Assignor Stratos Offshore Services Company, File No. _ Assignee Application for Assignment of Authority Under Section 214of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended APPLICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF SECTION 214 AUTHORITY I. INTRODUCTION Shell Offshore Services Company ("SOSCO" or "Assignor") and Stratos Offshore Services Company ("Stratos Offshore" or "Assignee") hereby apply, pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Cormmunications Act") for authority to assign the above—captioned Section 214 authority from SOSCO to Stratos Offshore. Part II of this Application describes the proposed assignment and demonstrates that grant of this Application is in the public interest. Part III provides the information required by 47 C.F.R. § 63.18.

II. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION AND PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT SOSCO requests Commission approval to assign its Section 214 authority to provide global resale services to Stratos Offshore. Pursuant to an agreement dated December 6, 1999 and p«efiding FCC approval, Stratos Global Corporation, a parent of Stratos Offshore intends to purchase the assets of SOSCO, including numerous FCC authorizations that will permit Stratos Offshore to provide wireless communications services in the Gulf of Mexico and the surrounding coast of the United States. The proposed assignment of Section 214 authority is in the public interest because it will permit Stratos Offshore to provide a full—range of telecommunications services to users operating in the Gulf of Mexico and the surrounding coast of the United States. This will result in increased and improved service offerings that will benefit U.S. consumers. III. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 63.18 The following information is provided in compliance with 47 C.F.R. § 63.18: a. The name, address and telephone number of the Assignor is: Shell Offshore Services Company 701 Poydras Street Suite 1500 New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 (800) 600—9610

The name, address and telephone number of the Assignee is: Stratos Offshore Services Company 6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 500 West Bethesda, MD 20817 (709) 748—4203 b. SOSCO and Stratos Offshore are U.S. corporations organized under the laws of Delaware. 6. Correspondence concerning this Application should be directed to: Shell Offshore Services Company 701 Poydras Street Suite 1500 New Orleans, Louisiana 70161 Attention: Gregory Necaise (800) 600—9610 Stratos Offshore Services Company 6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 500 Bethesda, MD 20817 Attention: Derek Woods, President (301) 214—8700 with copies to: Alfred M. Mamlet Marc A. Paul Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036—1795 (202) 429—3000 Wayne V. Black Keller and Heckman LLP 1001 G Street, N.W. Suite 500 W Washington, D.C. 20036—1796 (202) 434—4100

d. SOSCO has received authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide global resale services. See Overseas Common Carrier Section 214 Applications and Section 310(b)(4); Actions Taken, 13 FCC Red. 22516 (1998) (granting global resale service authority to SOSCO). Stratos Offshore has not received any Section 214 authorizations from the Commission. e. Stratos Offshore and SOSCO seek authority, pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(3), to assign SOSCO‘s Section 214 authority to Stratos Offshore. f. Not applicable. g. Not applicable. h. Stratos Offshore has the following direct and indirect 10 percent or greater shareholders: (1) Stratos Holdings Inc. ("Stratos Holdings"), a Delaware corporation, with a 100 percent ownership interest in Stratos Offshore, (2) Stratos Global Corporation ("Stratos Global"), with a 100 percent interest in Stratos Holdings; (3) NewTel Enterprises Ltd. ("NewTel"), with an approximately 64 percent interest in Stratos Global; (4) Aliant Inc. ("Aliant"), with a 100 percent interest in NewTel; (5) Bell Canada, with a 41.6 percent interest in Aliant Inc.; and (6) BCE Inc. ("BCE"), with an 80 percent interest in Bell Canada.‘ Currently, Stratos Offshore is controlled by Aliant with an approximately 64 percent interest in Stratos Global. BCE, in turn (through its subsidiary Bell Canada), 1 The other 20 percent of Bell Canada is owned indirectly by SBC Communications, Inc. through Ameritech Corporation. —4_

holds a 41.6 percent interest in Aliant, with the Aliant stock widely held. As set forth in a Section 214 Application for Transfer of Control filed on December 3, 1999 by BCE, BCE intends to acquire an additional 11 percent of Aliant‘s stock, which will place BCE in control of Aliant as an owner of approximately 53 percent of its stock. See Section 214 Application for Transfer of Control filed by BCE Inc., File No. ______ (filed Dec. 3, 1999). Once BCE acquires control of Aliant and when the Commission approves BCE‘s Section 214 Application, BCEwill have indirect control of Stratos Offshore via its control over Stratos Offshore‘s parent company, Stratos Global Corporation, through its controlling interest in Aliant. With respect to interlocking directorates, Stratos Offshore notes that it has two directors, Derek Woods and George Kilguss, who are also directors of the Canadian companies Stratos Global and Stratos Wireless. The principal place of business of Stratos Holdings is as follows: Stratos Holdings, Inc. 6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 500 Bethesda, MD 20817 The principal place of business of Stratos Global Corp. is as follows: Stratos Global Corp. Suite 5200 — Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario MSH 3Y2 Canada

The principal place of business of NewTel is as follows: NewTel Enterprises, Ltd. P.O. Box 2110 Fort William Building 10 Factory Lane St. John‘s, Newfoundland A1C5H6 Canada The principal place of business of Aliant Inc. is as follows: Aliant, Inc. One Brunswick Square P.O. Box 5030 Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L4 The principal place of business of BCE Inc. is as follows: BCE Inc. 1000, rue de La Gauchetiere Street West Bureau 3700 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3B 4Y7 The principal place of business of Bell Canada is as follows: Beill Canada 105 Hotel—de—Ville Hull, Quebec Canada J8X 4H7 Stratos Offshore certifies, by signature to this Application, that it is affiliated with the foreign carriers listed in Appendix 1. These carriers are located in Canada, Colombia, Mexico, India and Brazil. J. Other than the carriers and countries identified in Appendix 1 as part of section (i) above, Stratos Offshore does not seek to provide international telecommunications services to any destination country where: —6—

(1) Stratos Offshore is a foreign carrier in that country; or (2) Stratos Offshore controls a foreign carrier in that country; or (3) Any entity that owns more than 25 percent of Stratos Offshore, or that controls Stratos Offshore, controls a foreign carrier in that country. (4) Two or more foreign carriers (or parties that control foreign carriers) own, in the aggregate, more than 25 percent of the applicant and are parties to, or the beneficiaries of, a contractual relation (e.g., a joint venture or market alliance) affecting the provision or marketing of international basic telecommunications services in the United States. k. Canada, Colombia, Mexico, India and Brazil are each WTO—member countries. 1. As demonstrated in section (m) below, Applicant is entitled to non— dominant status on all routes except the U.S.—Canada route because each of its affiliates (outside of Canada) controls less than 50 percent of the local access and international transport markets. m. Stratos Offshore certifies by its signature to this Application that it will comply with the Commission‘s dominant carrier regulations on the U.S.—Canada route. Stratos Offshore qualifies for non—dominant status on all other routes where it has affiliates. As noted in Appendix 1, Stratos Offshore is affiliated with cellular carriers in India and Colombia. In Brazil, Stratos Offshore is affiliated with a carrier which provides heavy route space segment services. In Mexico, Stratos Offshore is affiliated with a newly authorized competing carrier of local and long distance services. Each of these _7

affiliates clearly controls far less than 50 percent of the local access and international transport markets. In short, since Stratos Offshore is not affiliated with any foreign carrier (outside of Canada) with sufficient market powerto affect adversely competition in the U.S. market, Stratos Offshore is entitled, under Section 63.10(a)(3), to non— dominant status on all routes otherthan the U.S.—Canada route." n. Stratos Offshore certifies that it has not agreed to accept special concessions directly or indirectly from any foreign carrier or administration with respect to any U.S. international route where the foreign carrier possesses sufficient market power on the foreign end of the route to affect competition adversely in the U.S. market and will not enter into such agreements in thefuture. o. By its signature to this Application, Stratos Offshore certifies pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.2002 that it is not subject to denial of any federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988. See 21 U.S.C. § 853a. p. As stated above, Stratos Offshore is entitled to streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12 of the Commission‘s Rules because (1) Canada is a member of the WTO and Stratos Offshore certifies, by signature to this application, that it will comply with the Commission‘s dominant carrier regulations on the U.S.—Canada route (47 C.F.R. § 63.12(c)(1)(v)); and (2) as noted in paragraph (m) above, Applicants are 2 Bell Canada recently filed a petition for declaratory ruling seeking its removal from the Commission‘s "List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets." See Petition of Bell Canada, Inc. (filed Nov. 4, 1999).

entitled, pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 63.10(a)(3), to non—dominant status on all other routes (47 C.F.R. § 63.12(c)(1)(ii)). IV. CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, SOSCO and Stratos Offshore hereto request that the Commission promptly grant this Application to assign SOSCO‘s Section 214 authority to Stratos Offshore. Respectfully submitted, Stratos Offshore Services Company By: Title: Derek Woods Alfred M. Mamlet Marc A. Paul Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 202—429—3000 Counsel for Stratos Offshore Services Company Dated: December 29 1999

Respectfully submitted, Shell Offshore Services Company By: <_ Title: Y 4SDb \r\,-‘f" Wayne V. Black Keller and Heckman LLP 1001 G Street, N.W. Suite 500 W Washington, D.C. 20036—1796 (202) 434—4100 Counsel to Shell Offshore Services Company December 20 1999 — 10 —

— FOREIGN FILIATE f Company O u0_ Description of* ~~Sountry _ BCE Nexx1a Inc. | ‘rovides high speed ~anada Bell Advanced ‘ Peseller of telecommunciations services. Canada Communications 1998 Inc. | Bell Canada (*) ‘rovides local, long distance, and international voit anad . __a Ontario and Québec, Canac Bell Mobility Cellular Inc. | Provides of cellular and PCS services in Ontario and Québec, Canada. Canada Bell Mobility Paging Inc. ‘rovides paging serv1cesinOntarlo and Quebec Canat ~anada Bell Satellite SeIVoo a.~. | & av ravv0 vilfboo vo mvare raveev surm suigne uprese uie vea ravew. ~anada Comunicacion Celular S., ovides cellular service U jomb Comcel S.A. (Comcel) , ConneCTIvity Managed ‘rovides resold data servic ~anada Network Services Inc. Darome Canada l.._. | +~~..~~~ «‘Jeconferencing servi ~anada Infosat Telecommunication ‘rovides mobi ~anada Iridium Canada ‘ Provides mobilesatellite services. anada Communications Inc. | — Island Telecom Inc. ‘rovides local, long distance, and international ser anada ! »dward Island, Canada. (See Note 1 *—*—— *

~_ Companvy — _0 |— __ 00 _ _ _==> ~‘Descrintionof Service ~_— — _ S | Country _ Maritime&Tel Limited | Provides local, long dictance and internatinnal eervicee in Nava I Canada 1 Scotia, Canada. (See inote 1 below.) 1 1 MT&T Mobility !— 2oof4—— ~offr~— ned 4 Pnb—~ ‘mada 1 in Nova Scotia, Canada. (See Note 1 below.) | NBTel Inc. harddan fagnt Inan dinmans ols mada | data services in New Brunswick. Canada. (See Note 1 below.) | NewTel Mobility * ‘+~‘*=5 w/"dse irele$$ SETVICEo im ivuwivunuiauu auu naviauui. vauaua. 1 van~*~ I 1 NewTel Communt~~"~~— — ravridao "‘CEI], 1UUp, UISLGLIUC, dLU LLULCILLUG@UUILIdI SCLVIUCS in 1 vanada | Newtoundland and Labrador. Canada. (SeL inuuw 1 uuauw.s 1 NorTel MObility Inc. | rrovides cellUlau se vives ui ivurucastcin vuar 1v, vauaua. | vanada Northern Telephone Limited | Provides local telephonse cervice in Nartheactarn Ontarin (Canada | Canad" 1 1 1 Northwestel Inc. ravidse l!ncal and IOIlg disance ser vices im me q uxon anu inNurnuwest 1 wanada | Territories and British CO:1umwia. vauaua. 1 Northwestel MObility Inc. — tovides the wireless SEFViGes in uuc i unuu auu inNuiruuwest 1 cii1uiLIcs \,fiua ' and British Columbia. Canada. Occidente Y Caribe Colnlar reavidee RellUJ@f you yaues n uuc wosicii icraun un uuinunmna 1 i ,ulombia S.A. (Occel) 1 1 SkyTel Communic~*~~— mremides Si+liNne passcuget cumumunicauon services. i anada Corporation I 1 Stratos Wireless, "~~— <o—"~"Idss ~obile auu L1XCU SALCHLILE SELVICES. 1 ans ~ Tata Communications Limited | Provides cellular services in the ctate nf Andhra eraaeen inaia 1 india 1 (Tata) | |

‘Company _ _ _ _ o o s awie Descrlptlon ofServnce stt c Cl o _ Country: _ Télébec Itée | Prowdes local and long d1stance services in Quebec Canada Canada Télébec Mobilité Inc. Provides cellular and other wireless services in Québec, Canada. Canada Telefonia Inalambrica del Holds a concession (1996 telephony license) to offer local and long Mexico Norte S.A. de C.V. distance services in Mexico. Telesat Canada Provides space segment satellite service in Canada. Canada Telesat Servigcos de Provides heavy route space segment services in Brazil. Brazil Telecommunicacio S.A. TMI Communications and Provides mobile satellite services. Canada Company, L.P. Note 1: Some 1 n n en n on ene en eenenene ene on e renaben ermactrenatics a rearr ues Management (Stentor), a workmg association of nine Canadlan te]ephone compames and Telesat Canada (Telesat). The Stentor members are: BCT.TELUS Communications, Inc., Bell Canada, Island Telecom Inc., Maritime Tel & Tel Limited, MTS Communications Inc., NBTel Inc., NewTo! Commuininstians Ina and °askatchewan Telecommunications. Northwestel, Québec—Téléphone and Telesat are associate members of SteNtOGi . auivoar 10 uin U murasupuiaw! ui uiy vauauran LUIIcCout Ddatciil oyswun.


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