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This document pretains to ITC-T/C-INTR2018-07411 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

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                                    Before the
                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20554

                        APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL
                         OF ENDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

A. Introduction

       Applicant requests Commission consent to the transfer of control of Endstream
Communications, LLC (“Endstream” or “Company”), the holder of International Section 214
Authorization ITC-214-20070904-00355. The Transferor is Dov Schwartz, an individual
(“Transferor”). The Transferee is Endstream Communications, LLC, a limited liability company
organized in the state of New York. On December 31, 2011, Transferor, who at the time owned
50% of the Endstream stock, left the partnership. His share of the Company was distributed among
Mr. Levitt and two new investors. Details of the transaction are described more fully below in
response to Question 13. Ownership of the Transferee following the transaction is described in
response to Question 11.
       Endstream operates as a wholesale provider of domestic and international
telecommunications services that are purchased by other carriers to provide interconnected VoIP,
toll free, calling card and other communications services.

CORES / FRN Registrations. The FRNs for the parties to this application are set forth in Table
No. 1, below.

     CORES/FRN                          Entity                      Party Role in Application
 0016-7407-22               Endstream Communications, LLC         Applicant, Transferee and 214
                                                                  Authorization Holder
 0027-8882-05               Dov Schwartz                          Transferor

       Late-Filed Application for Consent. The transaction at issued occurred on December 31,
2011, and this application is thus being filed after the fact. See Section E below. Mr. Schwartz is
not available as a joint applicant to execute this transfer of control; accordingly, Mr. Levitt, the
CEO of Endstream is signing on behalf of both the Transferor and Transferee. The details of and
reasons for the late filing are discussed in Exhibit 2 to this application, and in an application for
special temporary authority being filed concurrently with this Application.


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B. Answer to Question 10

In response to Section 63.18(c) of the FCC Regulations:

        Correspondence concerning this application, as to any of its parties, may be addressed to
Applicant’s regulatory consultant, as follows:
Sharon Thomas
President and Consultant
Inteserra Consulting Group, Inc.
151 Southhall Lane, Suite 450
Maitland, FL 32751
407-740-3031
sthomas@inteserra.com

In response to Section 63.18(d) of the FCC Regulations:

        On September 21, 2007, Endstream was granted Section 214 Authority to “Global or
Limited Global Resale Service.” File No. ITC-214-20070904-0355, Public Notice – International
Authorizations Granted, Report No. TEL-01191 (DA No. 07-4074; rel. September 27, 2007). No
party to this application has previously received any other Section 214 authority.

C. Answer to Question 11

        The following individuals own 10% or more of Endstream Communications, LLC, the
Transferee following the transfer1:

                 Name:                     Erik B. Levitt
                 Address:                  401 East 34th Street
                                           #N27J
                                           New York, NY 10016
                 Citizenship:              USA
                 Principal Business:       Telecommunications
                 Percent Ownership:        37.5%




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  Immediately following the transfer on December 31, 2011, the Transferee’s ownership was distributed as follows:
Erik Levitt – 41%; Dan Pulver – 41% and Avinash Kenkare – 18%. On October 8, 2016, Brian Stone, a US Citizen,
acquired 8% of the Company’s stock, which resulted in the ownership shares set forth herein. This subsequent
transaction was not a transfer of control requiring approval.


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               Name:                    Dan Pulver
               Address:                 3 Hawthorne Place
                                        Summit, NJ 07901
               Citizenship:             USA
               Principal Business:      Investor
               Percent Ownership:       37.5%

               Name:                    Avinash Kenkare
               Address:                 4 Davinci Court
                                        Somerset, NJ 08873
               Citizenship:             USA
               Principal Business:      Health Care
               Percent Ownership:       17%


D. Answer to Question 12

       Transferee has no interlocking directorates with any foreign carrier.

E. Answer to Question 13

       The transfer of control was by means of a stock acquisition, generally described in the
preceding paragraphs, namely, the acquisition of the 50% stock interest held by Transferor by Mr.
Levitt (who also owned 50% of the shares prior to the transaction) and two other investors, Mr.
Pulver and Mr. Kenkare. The transfer did not affect the operations of Endstream or its
management, as Erik Levitt was CEO and exercised de facto control of the Company both prior to
and following the transaction. The Applicant retained its name and wishes to retain its international
authority under ITC-214-20070904-0355.

F.     Answer to Question 20

       This Application qualifies for streamlines processing under Section 63.12 because:
       (1)     The Applicant is NOT affiliated with a foreign carrier in a destination market; and
       (2)     The Applicant does NOT have an affiliation with any dominant U.S. carrier.

G.     Answer to Question 22

       The stock transaction at issue in this application closed on December 31, 2011, and this is
therefore a late-filed application for consent. See Section A above. In answering Question 22 on
the form “YES,” Applicant does not intend to conceal or obscure this fact, but rather means that it
has (a) concurrently applied for an STA to authorize continued operation pending action on this


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application, and (b) taken steps to guard against any such oversights or regulatory failures in the
future.
H.        Public Interest Statement
          The Transaction described herein serves the public interest. The Transaction had no negative
impact on the customers served by Endstream, which continued to benefit from the competitive
telecommunications services offered. Mr. Levitt, the CEO of Endstream prior to the transaction
remained the CEO of Endstream following the transaction and continues to run the Company’s
day-to-day operations.
          I.       Information Required by Section 63.04
          In lieu of an attachment, pursuant to Commission Rule 63.04(b), 47 C.F.R. § 63.04(b,)

Applicant submits the following information in support of their request for approval of the transfer

of control of its domestic Section 214 authority in order to address the requirements set forth in 47

C.F.R. § 63.04(a)(6)-(12):

          (a)(6)         A description of the proposed Transaction is set forth in Section E above.

          (a)(7)         Endstream Communications, LLC operates as a wholesale provider of

domestic and international telecommunications services that are purchased by other carriers to

provide interconnected VoIP, toll free, calling card and other communications services. Its services

are offered nationwide.

          (a)(8)         Applicants respectfully submit that this Application is eligible for streamlined

processing pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §63.03. In particular, this Application is eligible for streamlined

processing pursuant to Section 63.03(b)(2) because the transaction resulted in the Transferee having

a market share in the interstate, interexchange market of less than 10 percent and the Transferee does

not provide any competitive telephone exchange service or exchange access service.

          (a)(9)         Applicant is filing an International Section 214 Special Temporary

Authority Application in conjunction with this Application, pending approval of this late-filed

Transfer of Control Application.


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        (a)(10)        No party is requesting special consideration because it is facing imminent

business failure.

        (a)(11) Not applicable.

        (a)(12) A statement showing how grant of the application will serve the public interest,

convenience and necessity is provided in Section H above.

Conclusion
        For the reasons stated above, Applicant respectfully submits that the public interest,
convenience, and necessity would be furthered by a grant of this Application.          Applicant
respectfully requests that the Commission approve the proposed Transaction as soon as possible.


                                             Respectfully Submitted,


                                             /s/ Sharon Thomas
                                             Sharon Thomas
                                             Inteserra Consulting Group, Inc.
                                             151 Southhall Lane, Suite 450
                                             Maitland, FL 32751
                                             TEL: 407-740-3031
                                             Email: sthomas@inteserra.com

                                             Consultant to Endstream Communications, LLC



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