Public Notice TEL01707

International Telecommunications

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2014-12-24

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PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 DA No. 14-1893 Report No. TEL-01707 Wednesday December 24, 2014 International Authorizations Granted Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. § 63.18); Section 310(b) Requests The following applications have been granted pursuant to the Commission’s streamlined processing procedures set forth in Section 63.12 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12, other provisions of the Commission’s rules, or procedures set forth in an earlier public notice listing applications accepted for filing. Unless otherwise noted, these grants authorize the applicants (1) to become a facilities-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R. § 63.22; and/or (2) to become a resale-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R. § 63.23; or (3) to exceed the foreign ownership benchmark applicable to common carrier radio licensees under 47 U.S.C. § 310(b). THIS PUBLIC NOTICE SERVES AS EACH NEWLY AUTHORIZED CARRIER'S SECTION 214 CERTIFICATE. It contains general and specific conditions, which are set forth below. Newly authorized carriers should carefully review the terms and conditions of their authorizations. Failure to comply with general or specific conditions of an authorization, or with other relevant Commission rules and policies, could result in fines and forfeitures. Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's rules in regard to the grant of any of these applications may be filed within thirty days of this public notice (see Section 1.4(b)(2)). An updated version of Sections 63.09–.25 of the rules, and other related sections, is available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html. For additional information, please contact the FCC Reference and Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554, (202) 418-0270. ITC-214-20141127-00310 E Call Home Inc. International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/19/2014 Application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(2). ITC-214-20141202-00313 E MEGA TECH LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/19/2014 Application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission’s rules, and also to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1), (2). Page 1 of 5

ITC-ASG-20141201-00311 E Norcast CommunicationsCorporation Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Blue Rooster Telecom, Inc. FROM: Blue Rooster Telecom, Inc. TO: Norcast CommunicationsCorporation Notification filed December 1, 2014 of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20100317-00112, and the customer base of Blue Rooster Telecom, Inc. (Blue Rooster), to its 100 percent parent Norcast CommunicationsCorporation (Norcast), effective November 17, 2014. ITC-ASG-20141203-00308 E Millry Telephone LD, LLC D/B/A Millry Long Distance Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Millry Communications FROM: Millry Communications TO: Millry Telephone LD, LLC D/B/A Millry Long Distance Notification filed December 3, 2014, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-19970508-00257 (Old File No. ITC-97-264), held by Millry Communication Inc. (Millry Communication) to Millry Telephone LD, LLC d/b/a Millry Long Distance (Millry LD), effective November 20, 2014. Millry Communication is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Millry Corporation, and Millry LD is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Millry Corporation. ITC-ASG-20141208-00317 E South Carolina Telecommunications Group Holdings, LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: South Carolina Net, Inc. FROM: South Carolina Net, Inc. TO: South Carolina Telecommunications Group Holdings, LLC Notification filed December 8, 2014, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-19930512-00081, held by South Carolina Net, Inc. (SCNet) to its immediate parent company, South Carolina Telecommunications Group Holdings LLC (SCTG Holdings), effective December 3, 2014. SCTG Holdings and SCNet are direct and indirect subsidiaries of SCTG, LLC, respectively. ITC-ASG-20141208-00319 E New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: PRTC Tide Acquisition Company, LLC FROM: PRTC Tide Acquisition Company, LLC TO: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Notification filed December 8, 2014, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorizations, ITC-214-19990803-00477 and ITC-214-20140516-00159, held by PRTC Tide Acquisition Company LLC (PRTC Tide) to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (New Cingular), effective November 7, 2014. In a corporate reorganization, PRTC Tide was merged into New Cingular, and eliminated. New Cingular now holds international section 214 authorizations, ITC-214-19990803-00477 and ITC-214-20140516-00159. PRTC Tide was, and New Cingular continues to remain a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of AT&T, Inc. ITC-ASG-20141208-00320 E New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Georgia RSA No 3 Limited Partnership FROM: Georgia RSA No 3 Limited Partnership TO: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Notification filed December 8, 2014, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20010412-00201, held by Georgia RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership (Georgia RSA No. 3), to New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (New Cingular), effective November 7, 2014. In a corporate restructuring, Georgia RSA No. 3 was merged into New Cingular, and eliminated. New Cingular now holds international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20010412-00201. Georgia RSA No. 3 was, and New Cingular continues to remain, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of AT&T, Inc. Page 2 of 5

ITC-T/C-20141030-00287 E Astound Broadband, LLC Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Astound Broadband, LLC FROM: OH WDH Holdco, LLC TO: Wave Holdco, LLC Notification filed July 25, 2014, of the pro forma transfer of control of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20050701-00565, held by Astound Broadband LLC, from OH WDH Holdco, LLC, to Wave Holdco, LLC, effective June 25, 2014. The transfer occurred in conjunction with a bond offering initiated by parent company. Both companies continue to operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of the same ultimate parent company. ITC-T/C-20141114-00306 E Zayo Group, LLC Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Zayo Group, LLC FROM: Communications Infrastructure Investments, LLC TO: Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. Notification filed November 14, 2014, of the pro forma transfer of control of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20091106-00475, held by Zayo Group LLC (Zayo), from its indirect parent Communications Infrastructure Investments, LLC (CII), to Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (Holdings), effective October 16, 2014. CII was removed as the ultimate parent company of Zayo when CII assigned its equity ownership interests in Holdings to CII members. Prior to the transaction Holdings was directly wholly owned by CII, and upon closing, Holdings was directly owned by CII members. ITC-T/C-20141212-00315 E Ardmore Telephone Company Inc Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/23/2014 Current Licensee: Ardmore Telephone Company Inc FROM: Ben Lomand Rural Telephone Coop., Inc. TO: West Kentucky Rural Telephone Coop Corp Inc Notification filed December 12, 2014 of the pro forma transfer of control of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20000214-00058, held by Ardmore Telephone Company, Inc. (Ardmore), a direct subsidiary of Synergy Technology Partners, Inc. (Synergy), from Ben Lomand Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Ben Lomand), to West Kentucky Rural Telephone Coop Corp. Inc. (WK&T), effective December 4, 2014. Prior to the transaction Ben Lomand and WK&T each held 50% of the stock of Synergy with WK&T's Board of Directors controlling Synergy. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, WK&T purchased all of the stock in Synergy held by Ben Lomand and thus WK&T became the sole shareholder of Synergy. INFORMATIVE ITC-214-19930512-00081 South Carolina Telecommunications Group Holdings, LLC By pro forma notification, ITC-ASG-20141208-00317, South Carolina Telecommunications Group Holdings LLC (SCTG) notified the Commission that its wholly-owned subsidiary, South Carolina Net, Inc., will be providing international service under the 214 authorization held by SCTG, ITC-214-19930512-00081, pursuant to section 63.24(h) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.24(h). SURRENDER ITC-214-19990923-00617 AboveNet International, Inc By letter filed September 30, 2014, Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization. Page 3 of 5

CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AUTHORIZATIONS (1) These authorizations are subject to the Exclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations, which identifies restrictions on providing service to particular countries or using particular facilities. The most recent Exclusion List is at the end of this Public Notice. The list applies to all U.S. international carriers, including those that have previously received global or limited global Section 214 authority, whether by Public Notice or specific written order. Carriers are advised that the attached Exclusion List is subject to amendment at any time pursuant to the procedures set forth in Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements, IB Docket No. 95-118, 11 FCC Rcd 12884 (1996), para. 18. A copy of the current Exclusion List will be maintained in the FCC Reference and Information Center and will be available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html#exclusionlist. It also will be attached to each Public Notice that grants international Section 214 authority. (2) The export of telecommunications services and related payments to countries that are subject to economic sanctions may be restricted. For information concerning current restrictions, call the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, (202) 622-2520. (3) Carriers shall comply with the requirements of Section 63.11 of the Commission's rules, which requires notification by, and in certain circumstances prior notification by, U.S. carriers acquiring an affiliation with foreign carriers. A carrier that acquires an affiliation with a foreign carrier will be subject to possible reclassification as a dominant carrier on an affiliated route pursuant to the provisions of Section 63.10 of the rules. (4) A carrier may provide switched services over its authorized resold private lines in the circumstances specified in Section 63.23(d) of the rules, 47 C.F. R. § 63.23(d). (5) Carriers shall comply with the "No Special Concessions" rule, Section 63.14, 47 C.F.R. § 63.14. (6) Carriers regulated as dominant for the provision of a particular communications service on a particular route for any reason other than a foreign carrier affiliation under Section 63.10 of the rules shall file tariffs pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 203, and Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61. Carriers shall not otherwise file tariffs except as permitted by Section 61.19 of the rules, 47 C.F.R. § 61.19. Except as specified in Section 20.15 with respect to commercial mobile radio service providers, carriers regulated as non-dominant, as defined in Section 61.3, and providing detariffed international services pursuant to Section 61.19, must comply with all applicable public disclosure and maintenance of information requirements in Sections 42.10 and 42.11. (7) Carriers shall file the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traffic required by Section 43.61(a). (8) Carriers shall file annual reports of circuit status required by Section 43.82. This requirement applies to facilities-based carriers and private line resellers, respectively. See also http:www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/csmanual.html. (9) Carriers should consult Section 63.19 of the rules when contemplating a discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service. (10) If any carrier is reselling service obtained pursuant to a contract with another carrier, the services obtained by contract shall be made generally available by the underlying carrier to similarly situated customers at the same terms, conditions and rates. 47 U.S.C. § 203. (11) To the extent the applicant is, or is affiliated with, an incumbent independent local exchange carrier, as those terms are defined in Section 64.1902 of the rules, it shall provide the authorized services in compliance with the requirements of Section 64.1903. (12) Except as otherwise ordered by the Commission, a carrier authorized here to provide facilities-based service that (i) is classified as dominant under Section 63.10 of the rules for the provision of such service on a particular route and (ii) is affiliated with a carrier that collects settlement payments for terminating U.S. international switched traffic at the foreign end of that route may not provide facilities-based switched service on that route unless the current rates the affiliate charges U.S. international carriers to terminate traffic are at or below the Commission's relevant benchmark adopted in International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No. 96-261, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 19806 (1997). See also Report and Order on Reconsideration and Order Lifting Stay in IB Docket No. 96-261, FCC 99-124 (rel. June 11, 1999). For the purposes of this rule, "affiliated" and "foreign carrier" are defined in Section 63.09. (13) Carriers shall comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), see 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.20000 et seq. Page 4 of 5

1.20000 et seq. Exclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations The following is a list of countries and facilities not covered by grant of global Section 214 authority under Section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1). Carriers desiring to serve countries or use facilities listed as excluded hereon shall file a separate Section 214 application pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(3) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 63.22(c). Countries: Cuba (Applications for service to Cuba shall comply with the separate filing requirements of the Commission's Public Notice, DA 10-112, dated January 21, 2010, "Modification of Process to Accept Applications for Service to Cuba and Related Matters.") Facilities: All non-U.S.-licensed satellite systems that are not on the Permitted Space Station List, maintained at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sd/se/permitted.html. This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. A current version of this list is maintained at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html#exclusionlist. For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Policy Division, (202) 418-1460. Page 5 of 5


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