Attachment 20161220144328-373.p

20161220144328-373.p

SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

2000-10-13

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20001013-00605 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

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                                          Before the
 OCT 1 9 2000                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 Telecom Division                          Washington, DC 20554
International Bureau                                                                      3

   In re Application of                            )
                                                   )
   VOICESTREAM WIRELESS                            )
   CORPORATION,                                    )       Non—Streamlined   ITC—T/C—20001013—00605
                                                   )       D&E/OMNIPOINT WIRELESS JOINT VENTURE, LP.
                       Transferor,                 )       PCS One
                                                   )
   and                                             )
                                                   )
   CIVS PAII, LLC,                                 )
                                                   )
                       Transferee,                 )
                                                   )
   For Authority Under Section 214                 )
   of the Communications Act of 1934,              )
   as Amended, to Transfer Control of              )
   D&E/Omnipoint Wireless Joint Venture,
   L.P. to VoiceStream Wireless Corporation.       )


                            APPLICATION TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF
                          INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AUTHORIZATION


                       Pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (the

   "Act") 47 U.S.C. § 214, and Section 63.18(e)(3) of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.F.R.

   § 63.18(e)(3), VoiceStream Wireless Corporation ("VoiceStream") and CIVS PA II, LLC

   ("CIVS PA II") hereby respectfully request Commission consent to transfer control of the

   international global resale authorization held by D&E/Omnipoint Wireless Joint Venture, L.P.

   ("D&E"), a joint venture controlled by VoiceStream, FCC File No. ITC—21419980807—00546,

   from VoiceStream to CIVS PA II. This application qualifies for streamlined processing pursuant

   to Section 63.12 of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12. Accordingly, CIVS PA II respectfully requests

   streamlined processing.


               The transfer of control would occur in connection with the reorganization of D&E

underthe operating name "PCS One." One pro forma assignment application and two transfer of

control applications have already been filed in connection with this reorganization.‘

               D&E was originally formed among D&E Wireless, Inc., which holds a one

percent general partnership interest and a 49% limited partnership interest in D&E, Omnipoint

Holdings II, LLC ("O—Holdings"), which holds a 49% limited partnership interest in D&E, and

Omnipoint Venture Partners, LLC ("O—Venture"), which holds a one percent general partnership

interest in D&E. In connection with the reorganization, and subject to the Commission‘s consent

to the relevant assignments and transfers, O—Venture will assignits one percent general

partnership interest in D&E Wireless to CIVS PA II. O—Holdings will transfer its limited

partnership interest to CIVS PA I, LLC ("CIVS PA I"). CIVS PA I and CIVS PA II are wholly—

owned direct subsidiaries of Cook Inlet/VS GSM III PCS, LLC ("CIVS III"). CIVS III, in turn,

is a wholly—owned direct subsidiary of CIVS III Holdings, LLC ("CIVS III Holdings").

               CIVS III Holdings, in turn, is a Delaware limited liability company with two

members. The first member, Cook Inlet GSM, Inc. ("CIGSM"), a Delaware corporation, owns

50.1% of all member interests in CIVS III Holdings and is the sole Manager. CIGSM is, in turn,

a wholly—owned subsidiary of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. ("CIRI"), an Alaskan Native Regional

Corporation organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1601 et

seq. The second member, Omnipoint Investment, LLC ("Omnipoint‘), a Delaware limited

liability company, holds 49.9% of all member interests in CIVS III Holdings. Omnipoint is a

wholly—owned indirect subsidiary of VoiceStream.




‘ See File Nos. 0000126722, 0000126703 and 0000126706.


              ~ Approval of the instant transfer of control would serve the public interest,

convenience and necessity for the reasons set forth in the transfer of control applications.

Furthermore, in accordance with Section 63.18 of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18, it is respectfully

shown as follows:


               (a)     Transferor‘s name, address, and telephone number:

                       VoiceStream Wireless Corporation
                       3650 131st Avenue, S.E., Suite 200
                       Bellevue, Washington 98006
                       (425) 653—4600

                       Transferee‘s name, address, and telephone number:

                       CIVS PA II, LLC
                       3605 132nd Ave., S.E., Suite 100
                       Bellevue, Washington 98006
                       (425) 653—4675

               (b)     VoiceStream is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Bellevue,
                       Washington. CIVS PA IIis a Delaware limited liability company
                       headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

               (c)     Correspondence concerning this application should be sent to:

                       For VoiceStream:
                       Brian T. O‘Connor
                       Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
                       1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                       Suite 700
                       Washington, D.C. 20004
                       (202) 204—3099

                       With a Copy to:
                       Louis Gurman, Esq.
                       Morrison & Foerster LLP
                       2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                       Washington, D.C. 20006—1888
                       (202) §$87—1 500

                       For CIVS PA IL:
                       Jim Healy
                       CIVS PA II, LLC
                       3605 132nd Avenue, S.E.


       Suite 100
      _ Bellevue, Washington 98006
       (425) 653—4675

       With a Copy to:
       Gerard J. Waldron, Esq.
       Covington & Burling
       1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
       Washington, D.C. 20004—2401
       (202) 662—6110

(d)    D&E received a global resale Section 214 autho1               FCC File No.
       ITC—214—19980807—00546(effective October 2,                   it authorization
       is the subject of this request.

       CIVS PA II has not previously received authorit               ction 214 of the
       Act to resell international switched communications services.

(e)    No response required.

(£)    No response required.

(g)    No response required.

(b)    As of the date of this application, the following entities hold interests of
       ten percent or more in CIVS PA II:

              Cook Inlet/VS GSM III PCS, LLC (Delaware limited liability
              company)
              Cook Inlet GSM, Inc. (Delaware corporation)
              Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (Alaska corporation)
              2525 C Street, Suite 500
              Anchorage, Alaska 99509

       An up—to—date Ownership Information Report (FCC Form 602) for CIVS
       PA II is currently on file with the Commission, which discloses the
       entities that hold ten percent or more in CIVS PA II.

       In addition, VoiceStream Wireless Corporation, through its wholly owned
       subsidiaries, holds a 49.9 percent attributable interest in CIVS PA II. An
       up—to—date Ownership Information Report (FCC Form 602) for
       VoiceStream is currently on file with the Commission. The following
       represent VoiceStream‘s 10 percent or greater interest holders:

       o      A recent investment and acquisition of preferred stock by Deutsche
              Telekom AG ("DT"), if converted to common stock, would add
              DT to VoiceStream‘s list of current disclosable interest holders.


                            DT, a corporation organized under the laws of the Federal
                             Republic of Germany, is headquartered at Friedrich—Ebert—Allee
                             140, 53113 Bonn, Germany. DT currently holds 3,906,250 shares
                           _ of VoiceStream‘s preferred stock which may be voted on a 1:1
                             basis with VoiceStream common stock. DT‘s preferred stock
                             constitutes approximately 1.79 percent of the voting interests and
                             11.49 percent of the equity in VoiceStream. Such stock is
                             convertible at DT‘s option to 31,250,000 shares of VoiceStream
                             common stock only in the event that its proposed merger with
                             VoiceStream is terminated. If such shares are converted to
                             common, such shares would constitute approximately 11.49
                             percent of VoiceStream‘s issued and outstanding shares." Upon
                             conversion, DT would have the right to appoint two members to
                             VoiceStream‘s Board of Directors, which wouldthen consist of
                             nineteen members, including the two DT appointees. DTprovides
                             local, long distance, mobile telephony, Internet, data, cable
                             television, and other telecommunications and information services
                             in Germany and other foreign countries. Pursuant to Section 214
                             ofthe Act, DTis also authorized to provide facilities—based and
                             resale services between the U.S. and certain other countries."

                      o      HTPCSL, a British Virgin Islands corporation, owns or holds the
                             right to own 55,899,252 shares of commonstock (29,671,666
                             shares of presently held common plus 26,227,586 additional
                             common shares upon conversion of 7,606 shares of non—voting
                             junior preferred) or a 20.56 percent beneficial interest in
                             VoiceStream." Currently HTPCSL‘s voting interest is 13.59
                             percent. HTPCSL‘s primary business is to hold stock in
                             VoiceStream. HTPCSL is a wholly—ownedsubsidiary of
                             Hutchison Whampoa Limited ("Hutchison"), a Hong Kong limited
                             liability holding company. HTPCSL, HTHL, and Hutchison are
                             located at Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong.®
                             Hutchison is principally engaged in seven core businesses:
                             telecommunications, property, ports, retail, manufacturing, energy


5       The percentages listed below are based on a denominator that includes DT‘s shares on an
as—converted basis.
3       The authorized contact for DT in the United States is Hans—Willi HefekAuser, 1020 19th
Street, N.W., Suite 850, Washington, D.C. 20036.
4
        These figures include shares held by HTPCSL‘s affiliate, Hutchison Telecommunications
Holdings (USA) Limited ("HTHL").
*       The authorized contact for Hutchison, HTPCSL and HTHL in the United States is David
Leach, Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006—
4605.


      —and infrastructure. It holds telecommunications interests in Hong
       Kong, Great Britain, and southeast Asia. Aside from its interest in
       VoiceStream, however, it holds no other interests in FCC—regulated
       businesses.

       TDS, a Delaware corporation, currently holds 35,570,494 shares of
       VoiceStream common stock or a 13.08 percent beneficial and
       voting interest. TDS‘s principal offices are located at 30 North
       LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. TDS is a diversified
       telecommunications company with cellular and wireline telephone
       operations. TDS conducts substantially all ofits cellular
       operations through its 80.7 percent—owned subsidiary, United
       States Cellular Corporation ("US Cellular"). US Cellular is a
       publicly traded company with U.S. operations covering 145
       managed markets in 26states (serving 2,602,000 customers as of
       December 31, 1999). TDS conducts substantially all of its wireline
       telephone business through its wholly—owned subsidiary, TDS
       Telecommunications Corporation ("TDS Telecom"). As of
       December 31, 1999, TDS Telecom operated 104 Incumbent Local
       Exchange Carrier telephone companies serving 571,700 access
       lines in 28 states. TDS Telecom also offers services as a
       Competitive Local Exchange Carrier serving 74,100 access lines.

VoiceStream is also disclosingthe followingofficers and directors
becausethey either represent (but do not control) shareholder interests of
10 percent or greater on VoiceStream‘s Board of Directors or because they
are key management personnel within VoiceStream:

       Canning K.N. Fok and Hans R. Snook — Messrs. Fok and Snook
       are members of VoiceStream‘s Board of Directors. Mr. Fok is
       Hutchison‘s Group Managing Director. Mr. Snookis the
       Managing Director of Orange ple, an affiliate of Hutchison, and a
       director of another Hutchison affiliate. Messrs. Fok and Snook are
       citizens of the United Kingdom; the principal business office of
       each is located at Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong
       Kong. As officers of Hutchison and affiliates thereto, each
       represents VoiceStream common stock held by HTPCSL and
       HTHL and, indirectly, by Hutchison.

       Susan M.F.W. Chow and Frank J. Sixt — Ms. Chow and Mr. Sixt
       became members of VoiceStream‘s Board of Directors following
       the Omnipoint merger. Both also serve as Executive Directors of
       Hutchison, Executive Directors of Cheung Kong Infrastructure
       Holdings Limited, and Directors of Hongkong Electric Holdings
       Limited, tom.com Limited, and Partner Communications Company
       Limited. Additionally, Mr. Sixt serves as Director of Cheung
       Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Telecommunications


            _ (Australia) Limited. Ms. Chow and Mr. Sixt are citizens of Hong
              Kong and Canada, respectively; the principal business office of
              each is located at Hutchison House, 22nd Floor, 10 Harcourt Road,
              Hong Kong. As officers of Hutchison and affiliates thereto, each
              represents VoiceStream common stock held by HTPCSL and
              HTHL and, indirectly, by Hutchison.

      o      John W.Stanton— Mr. Stanton is Chairman of VoiceStream‘s
             Board of Directors and its Chief Executive Officer. He is a United
             States citizen with principal business offices at 3650 131°" Avenue,
             S.E., Suite 400, Bellevue, Washington 98006.

      o      RobertR.Stapleton— Mr. Stapleton is VoiceStream‘s President
             and a member of its Board of Directors. He is a United States
             citizen with principal business offices at 3650 131°" Avenue, S.E.,
             Suite 400, Bellevue, Washington 98006.

      Alist of VoiceStream‘s interlocking directorates is attached as Attachment
      Ahereto. CIVS PA II has no interlocking directorates with any foreign
      carrier.

)     CIVS PA II hereby certifies that it is not affiliated with any foreign carrier.

(0)   (1) This question is not applicable. CIVS PA II is not a foreign carrier.

      (2) This question is not applicable. CIVS PA II is not a foreign carrier,
      nor does it control a foreign carrier.

      (3) No entity that is or that owns a foreign carrier owns more than 25
      percent of or controls CIVS PA II.

      (4) No foreign carriers (or parties that control foreign carriers) own, in the
      aggregate, more than 25 percent of CIVS PA II andare parties to, or the
      beneficiaries of, a contractual relation affecting the provision or marketing
      of international basic telecommunications services in the United States.

(k)   This section is not applicable. CIVS PA II is not affiliated with any
      foreign carrier.

(1)   This section is not applicable. CIVS PA II is not a foreign carrier and is
      not affiliated with any foreign carrier.

(m)   CIVS PA II is not affiliated with any foreign carrier and therefore, under
      47 C.F.R. § 63.10(a)(1), is presumptively non—dominant for the provision
      of international services.

(n)   CIVS PA II certifies that it has not agreed to accept special concessions
      directly or indirectly from any foreign carrier concerning any U.S.


        international route where the foreign carrier possesses market power on
      _ the foreign end of the route and will not enter into such agreements in the
        future.

(0)     CIVS PA II and VoiceStream certify that no party to this application is
        subject to a denial of federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—
        Drug Abuse Act of 1988.

(P)     This application qualifies for streamlined processing pursuant to
        Section 63.12 of the Commission‘s Rules. CIVS PA II has no affiliations
        with foreign carriers in any destination market, nor does it have an
        affiliation with a dominant U.S. carrier whose international switched or
        private line services CIVS PA II seeks authority to resell. Accordingly,
        CIVS PA II respectfully requests streamlined processing.


              ~ Wherefore, the applicants respectfully submit that the present andfuture public

convenience and necessity will be served by the grant of this transfer of control application. The

parties certify that the statements contained in the foregoing are true, correct, and complete to the

best of their knowledge, information, and belief. Accordingly, the applicants request that the

Commission grant this Application.




RespectW


Cra1
   ‘A. Floerc
          nger
VicePres1dent
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
2525 C Street, Suite 500
Anchorage, Alaska 99509—3330
(907) 274—8638

Of Counsel:

Gerard J. Waldron, Esq.
Covington & Burling
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004—2401
(202) 662—6110


Brian T. O‘Connor
Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
VoiceStream Wireless Corporation
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 204—3099


Of Counsel:

Louis Gurman
Nina A. Mrose
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 887—1500




Dated: October 12, 2000




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                                      ATTACHMENT A
                           Interlocking Directorates of VoiceStream

        The following officers or directors of VoiceStream also serve as officers or directors of
foreign common carriers:

       John W. Stanton — Director, Chairman, CEO, VoiceStream
       e   Director— Microcell Telecommunications, Inc. (Canada)
       e   Director— 360 Networks Inc. (Canada)
       e   Director— Meteor Mobile Communications Limited (Ireland)

       Robert R. Stapleton — Director, President, VoiceStream
       e Director— Microcell Telecommunications, Inc. (Canada)

       Canning K.N. Fok — Director, VoiceStrearn
       e Group Managing Director — Hutchison Whampoa Limited (Hong Kong)
       e Chairman — Orange plc (United Kingdom)
       e Director and Chairman — Partner Communications Company, Ltd. Israel)
       e Director— Sterling Cellular Limited(India)
       e Director— Hutchison Global Crossing Limited
       o Chairman — Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited
       e Director— Hutchison Max Telecom Limited
       e Chairman — Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
       » Director— Hutchison Telephone Pty. Limited

       Jonathan M. Nelson — Director, VoiceStream
       e Director— AT&T Canada

       James N. Perry, Jr. — Director, VoiceStream
           Director — Clearnet Communications, Inc. (Canada)
       e   Director—Completel (France)
       e   Director— Band—X Limited (United Kingdom)
       e   Director— Pangea Ltd. (Bermuda)

       Hans R. Snook — Director, VoiceStream
       e Group Director and CEO — Orange ple (United Kingdom)
       e Director— Partner Communications Company, Ltd. (Israel)
       e Director— Hutchison Telecommunications (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

       Susan M.F. Woo Chow — Director, VoiceStream
       e Director— Orange plc (United Kingdom)
          Deputy Group Managing Director — Hutchison Whampoa Limited (Hong Kong)
          Executive Director — Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings
          Director — Partner Communications Company, Ltd. (Israel)
          Director — Hutchison Global Crossing Limited


   Director — Hutchison Global Net Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telecommunications Technology Investments Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telephone Pty. Limited
   Director — Hutchison 3G UK Limited
   Director — Lanka Cellular Services (Private) Ltd.

Frank J. Sixt — Director, VoiceStream
   Executive Director — Hutchison Whampoa Limited (Hong Kong)
   Director — Orange ple (United Kingdom)
   Director — Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
   Executive Director — Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited
   Director — Hutchison Global Crossing Limited
   Director — Hutchison Max Telecom Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telecommunications Technology Investments Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
   Director — Hutchison Telephone Pty. Limited
   Director — Hutchison 3G UK Limited
   Director — Lanka Cellular Services (Private) Ltd.
   Director — Partner Communications Company Ltd.
   Director — Sterling Cellular Limited (India)
   Director — Usha Martin Telekom Limited

Kaj—Erik Relander — Director, VoiceStream
   Deputy CEO — Sonera Corporation (Finland)
   Director — Turkcell Hetisim Hizmtleri A.S. (Turkey)



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