Attachment 20161227093250-403.p

20161227093250-403.p

SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

2000-03-23

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20000323-00182 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2000032300182_1386036

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A Partnership Including Boston Professional Corporations Chicago 600 13th Street, N.W. London Washington, D.C. 20005—3096 it‘ 202—756—8000 Morcaw Facsirnile 202—756—8087 New York http:/ / www.mwe.com Orange County St. Petersburg Silicon Valley Christine M. Gill Vilnius Attorney at Law Washington, D.C. M cgill@mwe.com MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY 202—756—8283 April 3, 2000 MESSENGER Alicia Smothers, Esq. Federal Communications Commissior Room #6A767 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Storm Telecommunica ns Limited APPLICATION FOR TTHORITY TO TRANSFER CONTROL Dear Ms. Smothers: This is in follow—up to your \ ch 31, 2000 facsimile to us in the above— referenced matter, in which you 1 fied us that Storm Telecommunications Limited‘s Request for Special Temp ryAuthority (ITC—TAO—20000215—00168) had been granted. Also in that facsin , you requested that we deliver to you five copies of Storm Telecommunicatio Limited‘s Application for Authority t Transfer Control of Authorized International Facilities—Based and Resale Carrier. Pursuant to that request, five copies of that pleading are enclosed. Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions regarding the enclosed pleading, please do not hesitate to call us. Very truly yours, /.esztos//L Christine M. Gill Enclosures bee: Anne Todd (w/o enclosures) Stephanie Liston (w/o enclosures) WDC99 240101—1.055490.0010

B_ ‘ore the FEDERAL CON 1UL CATION :C( 1IMISSION Wa iing n, D.C. 21 554 In tt Mz gr 0 ) ) STO M‘ LE OM IUNICATION LT ) I] :D« ket N>. _ ) App cati for uth ‘ity to Transfe ) Con: ol o itor: Tel ‘ommunicatior Lt ) an A tho ‘ed ] terr tional Facilitie Bas 1 ) and esal Car er L der Section 21 oft > ) Com un itiot Act £1924 ) PE CAITIONFC iA TEDRIY O ¢ANS] E. IN ROJ OF AL °H/ i ED NT RN TION \J FA ILIIES—BA ED iN RE AI ;C 19 Stc a F 2COI nunications Lt (" orm her by spe _ fully re ue ts, pursuant to Secti n 21 of t Te rommunication Act f£19 14 aniFec al ( mmuunic iti as Commission Rule Sect 1i 62 it the Commis on ant uthority 1 nc , o fu rc Or Telenor Global Services Tele Xr"), IXC In ma mal Inc. (" iC" anc —= la on Resources 3 Tommuni! ions Son ration ("Clario Res irce ) to tran: cr a of thei1 in »rests in Storm ‘which co ‘ctiv y c stitutes 100% f S m‘s awnershi; to itorm Investments Limited "SH.">. INTRODUCTION Storm is an international telecommunications common carrier based in the United Kingdom. It provides international switched telephone, fax, and data services through facilities— based and resale operations. It owns and operates international gateway switching hubs in the UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. Until February 11, 2000 Storm was structured as a joint venture, with ownership split between Telenor (approximately

68%), IXC (approximately 19%), and Clarion Resources (approximately 12%). It obtained j0n 14 Certi ‘atior on Septemjer 2. 196 . witl authority o of ate as bo a faciliti t 6 d : ad resal carcr. Stomn his c y ~sU sidi ¥ i thi United res, Sto ‘cormr nunicatic s, Inc Th subsi liary s in rport ied | Del; vare orm Invs men Lir ted is regisi »red 1 Eng and nd 1 ales it is s ruct a jC rm ure ith own ship >lit tweer Qua itun ndus rial artn( 3 L1 > ("Q 1ant 12.38 { D¢ nestic In stme ts. L C.("SEM ) (1 %); : id r. ie in vidi pel ons 1vel l of %). Of > nin ind iduals, eigl t ha : bee aci ‘ely vol 1 in he n nag nent m u der the eviot ; ov ership stmture and All ntir 2 tf0 lo s und the curr ersh > configi ition Qu tum is an oper ng S bsic ry C um ndu: tal _ aldit , an nvestme: func anc ts place cf org izZal on is he I /irg i Isl ds. SFM iate«. with Sor Fun Ma gement L] ,.C ar is i1 :orpc ited war( L elenor, 1: ;, an d Clz on Resourc:es s d al then nteri ts i1 Stot L t oug! saction which lose | on 1 bruary 11 200 cordi 3ly, wne aip f St« SI[ .. Time—s isiti e fin; cial and c »rpor aside tion reqi ed 1 e ex utic of : sact on prior t filir 3 this pplication Ac glya 4 orm respe full: reql its 7 nc J apy roval of tt tran ifer. L ‘he trans: ion desct ied in thz pre din par raph cha red Storn 1 93 rers! ) structure, but will have no immediate effect on its operations. Thus, this transfer will not create confusion or inconvenience for Storm‘s existing customers or otherwise adversely affect Storm‘s ‘ International Authorizations Granted, ITC—214—19990805—00481, Public Notice, DA No. 99—1782 (Sept. 2, 1999). * Thomas John Stephen Carroll, Cherise Ann Emerson, Geraldine Anne Gilgallon, Manish Vinayakrai Joshi, Paul Stuart Mayho, Stephen Sanderson, Mark Julien Stewart, Linda Anne Todd, Andrew Colin Wood. 2

operations. Among its other current operations, Storm intends to continue to compete with other carriers providing internat mnal switched se vice o fe sign joint by optain ig c: acit from facilities—based carriers au 10ri;: d to provice internat nal :rvic s betvieen he L ited itates and foreign po‘nts. Stor 1 be ieves that ts cortim d p senc in the it ernai »mnal esal marl:etplace anc the ngot g in lementatio| of it glo al ne work will jurg :ater om; titio amo ig anid betv een i iciliti s—be »d internati nal omm nca iers ; ad it srnat onal 1| selle va Continuition of S rm‘ current se vice is i the jubli int rest, onve ienc , an necessity. It will pre vent . isru; ion of serv ce tc Stor ‘s es sting :uste ners nd c ifer irthe benefits upon consu ners of L ited States ove eas ong istan e se vices Th se t aefil include competitive oricin , im easec availaibili of rvic opti ns,. id in rease var ty C service options. Tk: Co imis on previously detei iinee that Stor ‘s pr visic . of lob: facilities—based and r ‘sale ervi : offerings are i the ubli inter st. Inder ‘he c mer, ip c SIL, Storm plans to provide t : same service: it p vide pre ious ; anc will be s we positioned, if not better posiit jmned, to offer omp itive y—priuved : rvice uncit nei ownership structure. Therefore Storm submits hat 1 2 pt lic interes: will be se ved y th Commission‘s approval of this t asfer of control. RULE 63.18{ HOV ING In support of Storm‘s req »st for consent t thet nsfé of contro: lesciibed zbove, ‘torm submits the following information pursuant to FCC Rule 63.18: (a) Name, address, and telephone number of Transferors: Telenor Global Services AS P.O. Box 6701 St. Olavs plass, N—0130 Oslo, Norway . 44—22—77—89—00 (Telephone)

IXC International, Inc. 1122 Capital of Texas Highway South Austin, TX 78746—6426 512—328—1112 Clarion Resources Communications Corporation 100 Galleria Parkway, N.W. Suite 1650 Atlanta, GA 3( 139 770—690—9080 Name, address and lept ne nuT ‘ers c © Trar sferee: Storm Investm nts I micle 87 Cheapside London EC2V EB England, Unite | Kir der 44—171—776—0C 0 (T lef h 1e) Name, address and leph ne num er oi Applicant: Storm Telecon nuni atior Limite 87 Cheapside London EC2V EB England, Unite . Kir dom 44—171—776—0C 0 (T eph 12) (b) Transferor Tel: i0r C obal service: AS i a Norwegian company. Transferor IXLC Inte: ati01 U, Inc. : a cc poration formed under the laws of Delaware. Transferor Cla on R sout 2s Com runications Corporation is a corporation formed under t s lavy : of 1 slaware Transferee Sto a Im ‘stm its Lim ed is incorporated in England and Wales. Applicant Storm Telecommunications Limited is organized under the laws of England.

(c) Correspondence concerning this application should be directed to the following contact points: Linda Anne Todd General Counsel and Secretary Storm Telecommunications Limited 87 Cheapside London EC2‘\ 6EB England, Uni +d Kingdon . 44—171 776—0 133 (Teleph one} and Chrnis i + M.\fill, Esq. MeD 1 ott, ‘ ill & Emery 600 13 Stre t, NW Wast i ton,. . )C 20005 202— 5 8282 (3) Storn . ‘leco imunications L 1 d an .: fero ; h their ownership ogst in Stcr Tele ommunications i iited | viou T ed authority to + im mtR provid. rloba facilities—based r resa °: (IT( — 190805—00481) m under { ction 214 of the Com t icatie n Storm vestments Limited ha t previc n aut to provide service omm under | ction 214 of the Com ication d does k international authori under Section 214 es : to the hat it s ontrolling equity K0 interes: 1 Storm Telecommun ons Li (e) This is transfer of control. A l rative c ig the 1 y which the transfe: ook place is set forth L e prece ©—_:tion 0 ¢ — eading. (£) No res1 nse required. (g) Not apj cable. (h) Applicant Storm Telecommunications Limited: 100% owned by Storm Investments Limited, 87 Cheapside, London EC2V 6EB, England, United Kingdom. Storm Investments Limited is organized under the laws of England and Wales. Its principal business is the ownership of Storm Telecommunications Limited.

Transferee Storm Investments Limited: 93.5% of equity owned by Quantum Industrial Partners LDC, Kaya Flamboyan 9. Willenstad, Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. Quantum Industrial Partners LDC maintains a registered office in the Netherlands Antilles and its place of organization is the B iti h Vi i I ands > i % 1 1 u ‘ness is ‘a ~ 1g in se cu ities. () AJI m Te econ atio1 ; I d ign c ed ir t CD U1 i it I is n« ated v: Lon ‘ign ca Tow. v |, «m Ston in un catic ited v l r also ha 1°8, ( w $s E. n ua 00 _3 SWw i: 0r(Vi es fa —base 1 ic ore ies fro: im any, «h Fr u »tl er. inds, a, an | y Z C Trai m Ir zestr imit d carmer Th wi ffiha Ei w . oc uS S Sto1 in un catic ited o 1( 21 iA :s own of tk : selovZ 62 m (c~ Poa Lf of S 01 it inic? imit d ‘ed wit her | )1 cart () Sto1 inunucatic ited e nited P 1 is a f*. 2. l e wooy o z: te th C‘ dest u try to wh seks 0 ionalt nuni a > Lk m o iw ~— sa serv vh‘ch it i ign car comm ns L t e M O y S also i t C ermar ice, Th c ustria, itzer a 1 KK 5; _ H ©ou itries : h it see ‘ernati« oCC are / oo 92 a~ tele it or s servi 1 in wh es, ow hes, a1 dd proj 1 +s—pased ; ale ser x LC u2 —a Trar >af o a I ivestn I imited x f oes no ) provi tele it or ; servi a w EC iny des nui: t ‘s exce rexten h it or ) th : equity, orm T« ‘con ns Lin ~ t 4 Qua d sia Partner:s 2 C own: 23.5 C 1 : »~quity 0 5 Investuue s t Lim a»l 1 tum Industri; I _rtners LC I 5 3 stments i1 . ber of compai :s providii g telecor..munications servic_. . foreign ( 1 3, howeve: it does not control either of the following: (1) any dominant foreign carriers; or (2) foreign carriers that have sufficient market power on the foreign ends of routes between their countries and the United States to affect competition adversely in the United States market. (k) The destination countries listed in response to Rule Section 63.18(7) are all Members of the World Trade Organization. (1) Storm Telecommunications Limited proposes to resell the international switched services of an unaffiliated U.S. carrier for the purpose of providing international telecommunications services to countries where it is a foreign 6

carmer. However, Storm Telecommunications Limited certifies the following: (1) it is non—dominant in all of the countries in which it is a foreign carrier; (2) it lacks sufficient market power on the foreign ends of all of its routes to affect competition adversely in the United States market; and (3) it lacks 50% market share in the international transport and the local access markets on the foreign ends of all of its foreign market routes. ic o nve n n r t _ certili _‘ a" t does ~ot seosk *p nrovide c amu C i as en 2s exce t sexter thit 0ov i J % fooe c ity ‘ouc nTeoe or t n z& ons Lir t . naccc darc t u a h 3c m s rent L a » : t esthat 1i stateri ats i l i a ux x j or «& ing x g ph: :s u voil « ardtoi ia a lasii ml lc u ic ic s u it 1 x q Tele » 1 r & : ;sLimit . : ‘oreigr ari i t : re k n}p c i1 1 h «bra : s a n i switche c crovul fa:r tos a c u 32 1 ic sin e n or I i ve, The & ie ands, usr , i S i : u x q (ele » 1t r a 3 sLimit . s estol re;p a dos c —« r n 4 Ofr e ar visic . 1 le o r imicatic s x dcestc Iltk s x ui i . :o i ction e r th,f§ o a e «c 1 aunicat : I mited rofi i a i 3 > d m i tin 1 x eco r e a 1i u itlack i i entmi cobip vor r i foe nor sof on cs be v a ts c antries i t Unite § at ; fot o p it 1 borolyu d 1r« 3 tesma : 4 orm T 2 or r on & 3 ; i tt 1 i6 cert ie t it : 3 150%1 uo2 sharei tle: it bo: t ra 0 i d e o ilac x r u_ _z ¢ thefor $ «ds ofi i0u s e v : ko s : n ies i J Unicke siot ¢ t nve n n c o & ,throu i« nTele on a x «os i t 1 a as e m aert 4 x c t & thatall 1 s temen i t 2 a 1 poe i ; u 3 pha :s u v l e ardtoi uo ov las St 1 1 lt 1 Lb 3 io S I t |. 1 Telecor nun a ) ; Limit c Storm vcs a6 t 2 : ce s t c at I venot jree xc u eptspe : x icessic s l un r c coe I fr r iny gncarier vith s : toany U. —: ternati a lr r j i : i ‘orel 1 rrier posses: smark 1 weronth & signe ftheio e 3 r rlecommunications Lunited and Storm investr_nts Limit 1 ; 1.—ant furtner certify that they will not enter into any such agreements in the future. (0) Storm Telecommunications Limited and Storm Investments Limited certify pursuant to FCC Rule §§ 1.2001 through 1.2003 that they are not subject to a denial of Federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988. (P) Storm Telecommunications Limited desires streamlined processing pursuant to FCC Rule § 63.12 because although it is foreign carrier in the United Kingdom and has branches in, owns switches, and provides facilities—based and resale services in Germany, France, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland, it 7

certifies that it is non—dominant in all those countries and that it lacks sufficient market power on the foreign ends of its routes between those countries and the United States routes to affect competition adv: ‘sely in the United States market. Storm Telecommunications Limited further ce tifies that it lacks 50% market share in the international transport and the loc. . access markets on the foreign ends of its routes between those countries and he l iutec itates. Storm Telecommunications Limited would als ) no tha .ts initial Section 214 certificate was granted g)ursuant to streamlinec pro ssin with the e« p o of its U.S.— Norway route." The U.S.—Norway ro te,l wev > is no lon:e p t ient for streamlined processing purposes because S orr s no onger affiliat d i ia dominant foreign carrier in Norway, as it was tth ime s initial Secxt o 2 | certificate was granted. Storm Investments Limited, through Storm Te :sco, mur ations Lin it 1 n as the owner thereof, certifies that all the stateme ts i che1 o immedizc:e / preceding paragraphs are true with regard to it is v llas tormr Telecommunications Limited. CONCLUSION Storm certifies that all of the information provided n t s ap lication is a :t it and orrect, and submits that the public interest, convenience, ar | ne »ssit would be se ie | « the 1 Commission‘s approval of the transfer of control described he ein. 3 International Authorizations Granted, ITC—214—19990805—00481, Public Notice, DA No. 99—1782 (Sept. 2,1999). 8

WHEREFORE, Storm and SIL respectfully request that the Commission grant Storm the authority to transfer contrcl of Ste m to S L, and allow Storm to continue to provide facilities— based and resold international tele ommiin: :sations semices under its new ownership structure. Re spectfully submitted, Linda Anne Todd General Counsel and Secretary Storm Telecommunications Limited 87 Cheapside London EC2V 6EB 44—171—776—0033 (Telephone) «<f eAo cao Linda Anne Tedd t _ Director of Le; al & Regulatory ar 4 Compiny Seer—ta y Storm Invesm ‘nt ; I imited 87 Cheap side Londo i1 FECZV 6EB 44—171—7 "6—00 )0 (T :lephone) Christine M. Gill John R. Delmore McDermott, Will & Emery 600 13‘" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005—3096 202—756—8000 Attorneys for Storm Telecommunications Limited Dated: March ZZ,2000


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