Attachment Attachment 1

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20170829-00148 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2017082900148_1268018

ATTACHMENT 1 Answer to Ouestion 10 Rule 63.18 (c) Contact Information: All correspondence and other communications concerning this application should be directed to: John L. Clark Goodin, MacBride, Squeri &, Day, LLP 505 Sansome Street, 9'h Floor San Francisco, California 941 I I Tel: 415-765-8443 Fax: 415-398-4321 E-mail: i.clark@eoodinmacbride.c,om Rule 63.18 (d) Authorizations Norcast, which is a California corporation, holds authority to provide global facilities-based and global resale services under File No. ITC-214-20030410-00183. (Norcast also holds domestic operating authority pursuant to Rule 63.01, 47 C.F.R. $ 63.01.) Blue Rooster, which is a California corporation, holds authority to provide global facilities-based and global resale services under File No. ITC-214-20100317-001 12. (Blue Rooster also holds domestic operating authority pursuant to Rule 63.01, 47 C.F.R. $ 63.01.) Digital West, which is a California corporation, does not hold any international authorizations. (Digital West holds domestic operating authority pursuant to Rule 63.01,47 c.F.R. $ 63.01.) Answer to Ouestion Ll. Rute 63.18(h) Ownership (L) Current Ownershin of Dieital West: The following persons and entities hold Digital West: lÙYo or greater direct ownership or control interests in Name and Address Citizensh.ip Principal Percentage Direct Business Ownership of Digital West Timotþ L. Williams United States Telecommunications 99%

No other person or entity currently holds or can be attributed with a I0o/o or greater ownership or control interest in Digital West (2) Post-Transaction Ownership of Norcast. Blue Rooster. and Digital West: Following consummation of the proposed transaction, the following persons and entities will hold l\Yo or greater direct ownership or control interests in Norcast and, therefore, under the Commission's rules, will also be attributed with l0o/o or greater indirect ownership or control interests in Blue Rooster, Norcast's wholly-owned subsidiary. Name and Address Citizenship Principal Fercentage Direct Business Ownership of Blue Rooster Digital West Networks, Inc. United States Telecommunications t00% 3620 Sacramento Drive, Suite 102 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 The following persons and entities will hold I|Vo or greater direct ownership or control interests in Digital West following consummation of the proposed transaction and, therefore, under the Commission's rules, will also be attributed with IÙYo or greater indirect ownership or control interests in Norcast and Blue Rooster: Name and Address Citizenship Principal Percentage Direct Business Ownership of Digital West and Indirect Ownership in Norcast and Blue Rooster Timothy L. Williams United States Telecommunications 76% 4400 Airox Road Santa Maria, CA93455 Farragut Capital Partners5425 United States Investment Management t5% Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 401, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 No other person or entity will hold or be attributed with a IÙYo or greater ownership or control interest in Digital West, Norcast, or Blue Rooster, and neither Norcast, Blue Rooster, nor Digital West will have any interlocking directorships with any foreign carrier. Answer to Ouestion 13 Description of Transaction Joint Applicants have entered into an agreement by which Digital V/est will

acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock in, and thereforè direct control of, Norcast in exchange for cash. The same transaction will result in Digital West acquiring indirect control of Norcast's wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Rooster. This transaction is in furtherance of private investment decisions by the Joint Applicants' respective owners to combine their operations, and to enable the Transferors' o\ryners to redeploy their capital into other ventures or investments. Following consummation of the proposed transfer of control, Norcast, Blue Rooster, and Digital West will continue to provide service to their respective customers without change in rates, terms, or conditions of service. Answer to Ouestion 20 Rule 63.18(p) Streamlined Processing This application is eligible for streamlined processing under Section 63.12 of the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR $ 63.12. because none of the exceptions to streamlined processing specified by paragraph (c) of Section 63.12 applies. (This application is eligible for streamlined processing under Section 63.03 of the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR $ 63.03, because the proposed transaction would result in the transferee having a less than I0%o share in the interstate, interexchange market, the transferee would provide competitive telephone exchange services or exchange services, if any, exclusively in geographic areas served by a dominant local exchange carrier that is not a party to the transactions, and none of the applicants is dominant with respect to any service. See 47 C.F.R. $ 63.03(bX2XÐ.) 3533/0011X193736.v1


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