Application Form ITC-STA-20090218-00098

Application Form

This document pretains to ITC-STA-20090218-00098 for Special Temporal Authority on a International Telecommunications filing.

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3060-0686

INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICATION
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

APPLICANT INFORMATION

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Request for Special Temporary Authority to provide domestic and international telecommunications services and to operate the facilities in the areas described in the Joint Application of Midcontinent Communications, CC VIII Operating LLC and Charter Fiberlink, LLC for Consent to Transfer of International and Domestic Authority Pursuant to Section 214.

1. Applicant

Name:	Midcontinent Communications	Phone Number:	605-357-5777
DBA Name:		Fax Number:	605-330-4083
Street:	410 S. Phillips Avenue	E-Mail:	[email protected]
	PO Box 5040
City:	Sioux Falls	State:	SD
Country:	USA	Zipcode:	57104 -
Attention:	Mr Thomas M Heier

2. Contact

Name:	J.G. Harrington, Esq.	Phone Number:	202-776-2818
Company:	Dow Lohnes PLLC	Fax Number:	202-776-2222
Street:	1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW	E-Mail:	[email protected]

City:	Washington	State:	DC
Country:	USA	Zipcode:	20036 -
Contact Title:		Relationship:	Legal Counsel

3. Place of Incorporation of ApplicantSouth Dakota

4. Other Company(ies) and Place(s) of Incorporation

5. Service Type(s) (check all that apply)

Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Authority (Section 63.18(e)(1))

Global or Limited Global Resale Authority (Section 63.18(e)(2))

Individual Facilities-Based Service (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Individual Switched Resale Service (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Individual Facilities-Based and Resale Service (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Switched Services over Private Lines (ISR) (Section 63.16 and/or 63.18 (e)(3))

Inmarsat and Mobile Satellite Service (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Overseas Cable Construction (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Individual Non-Interconnected Private Line Resale Service (Section 63.18(e)(3))

Other (Section 63.18(e)(3))

TYPE OF REQUEST

New Request

Extend STA Date

Other

7. Date Authorization Needed:02/02/2009

Is a fee submitted with this application?

If Yes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114).

Governmental Entity

Noncommercial educational licensee

Other(please explain):

9. Description of Special Temporary Authority Requested.
Request for Special Temporary Authority to provide domestic and international telecommunications services and to operate the facilities in the areas described in the Joint Application of Midcontinent Communications, CC VIII Operating LLC and Charter Fiberlink, LLC for Consent to Transfer of International and Domestic Authority Pursuant to Section 214.

10. In Attachment 1, provide justification of need for special temporary authority requested.

11. If this request for Special Temporary Authority is associated with any pending applications filed with the Commission, enter either the file number [e.g., ITC-214-19930101-23412] or the IB Submission ID of the pending application [e.g., IB200311111] AND go to question 16.)
File Number ITCASG2008121700538 or Submission ID

Applicant certifies that its responses to questions 11 through 17 are true:

12. If the applicant is a foreign carrier, or is affiliated (as defined in 47 C.F.R. Section 63.09(e)) with a foreign carrier, provide in Attachment 1 the information and certifications required by Section 63.18(i) through (m).

13. Does the applicant seek authority to provide service to any destination described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of Section 63.18(j)? If yes, list those destinations in Attachment 1 as a response to question 12.

Yes

14. Does the applicant seek authority to provide service to any destinations other than those listed in response to question 12 where it has an affiliation with a foreign carrier? If yes, list those destinations in Attachment 1 as a response to question 13.

Yes

15. [Section 63.18(h)] In Attachment 2, provide the name, address, citizenship and principal business of the applicant's ten percent or greater direct and indirect shareholders or other equity holders, and identify any interlocking directorates.

16. In Attachment 1, respond to paragraphs (d), (e)(3) and (g) of Section 63.18.

17. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of "party to the application" for these purposes.

Yes

18. By checking Yes, the applicant certifies that it has not agreed to accept special concessions directly or indirectly from a foreign carrier 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 the future.

Yes

CERTIFICATION

19. Typed Name of Person Signing
W. Thomas Simmons

20. Title of Person Signing
Senior Vice President

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT
(U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION
(U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

21. 1: Attachment 1

2: Attachment 2

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