Public Notice TEL01951S

Accepted for Filing Streamlined Public Notice

International Telecommunications

2019-04-12

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Filings Included

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ISP-PDR-20190128-00001International Telecommunications
ITC-T/C-20181211-00225International Telecommunications
ITC-T/C-20190321-00092International Telecommunications
IBFS_PN_1651488

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 Report No. TEL-01951S Friday April 12, 2019 Streamlined International Applications Accepted For Filing Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. §§ 63.18, 63.24); Section 310(b) Petitions (47 C.F.R. § 1.5000) Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures apply to the applications listed below: The international Section 214 applications listed below have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing and subject to the streamlined processing procedures set forth in Section 63.12 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12. These applications are for authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 214(a), to transfer control of an authorized carrier or to assign a carrier's existing authorization; and/or (b) to become a facilities-based international common carrier; and/or (c) to become a resale-based international common carrier. Pursuant to Section 63.12 of the rules, these Section 214 applications will be granted 14 days after the date of this public notice (see 47 C.F.R. § 1.4 regarding computation of time), and the applicant may commence operations on the 15th day, unless the Commission has informed the applicant in writing, within 14 days after the date of this public notice, that the application, on further examination, has been deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. Pursuant to Section 1.1910(b)(2) of the rules, action will be withheld on any application by any entity found to be delinquent in its debts to the Commission. Applicants should check the Red Light Display System's website at www.fcc.gov/redlight to determine if they are delinquent in a debt to the Commission and for information on how to pay the debt. Communications between outside parties and Commission staff concerning these applications are permitted subject to the Commission's rules for "permit-but-disclose proceedings." See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206. An application can be removed from streamlined processing only in the sound discretion of Commission staff. The filing of comments or a petition to deny will not necessarily result in an application being deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 1-888-835-5322 (tty). All applications listed are subject to further consideration and review, and may be returned and/or dismissed if not found to be in accordance with the Commission's rules, regulations, and other requirements. We request that comments on any of these applications refer to the application file number shown below. Page 1 of 3

ISP-PDR-20190128-00001 E ISAT US Inc. Petition for Declaratory Ruling ISAT US Inc. (ISAT) and Inmarsat Solutions (US) Inc. (ISUS and, together with ISAT, Petitioners) have filed a joint petition (Petition) requesting an amended declaratory ruling pursuant to Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 310(b)(4), in connection with a November 2018 pro forma reorganization. ISAT and ISUS have also filed related applications seeking Commission consent to the pro forma transfer of control of their respective common carrier earth station licenses. See IBFS File No. SES-T/C-20190128-00008 (ISAT application for consent to pro forma transfer of control of Call Sign E090032); IBFS File No. SES-T/C-20190128-00007 (ISUS application for consent to pro forma transfer of control of Call Signs E000180, E010047, E011048, E010049, E010050, E050249, E070114). ISAT and ISUS are organized in Delaware, as is their direct, 100% parent, Inmarsat Group Holdings Inc. (IGHI). IGHI ultimately is wholly owned and controlled, through a series of intervening U.K.-organized holding companies, by Inmarsat plc, a public company organized in the United Kingdom. According to the Petition, the internal reorganization for which Petitioners seek approval is limited to replacing one intervening U.K.-organized entity in the middle of the Petitioners' ownership chain with a new U.K.-organized entity resulting in no change in Petitioners' ultimate ownership and control. Specifically, Inmarsat Ventures Ltd. will be replaced by Inmarsat New Ventures Ltd. Petitioners request that we amend their existing rulings specifically to approve the insertion of Inmarsat New Ventures Ltd. using the procedures that the Commission applied to their earlier grants of section 310(b)(4) authority, citing Foreign Ownership Second Report and Order, FCC 13-50, 28 FCC Rcd 5741, para. 138 (2013) ("We will continue to apply our existing [pre-2013] foreign ownership policies and procedures to [] licensees [with a ruling granted prior to the rule changes in 2013] within the parameters of their existing rulings."). According to the Petition, ISAT's foreign ownership rulings were granted under IBFS File No. ISP-PDR-20100107-00006 (International Authorizations Granted, TEL-01444, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 10332, 10338 (IB 2010)), as amended in IBFS File No. ISP-PDR-20150401-00001 (International Authorizations Granted, TEL-01733, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 4789 (IB 2015). ISUS received a ruling in 2010 under its former name, Stratos Communications, Inc., under IBFS File No. ISP-PDR-20100628-00014 (International Authorizations Granted, TEL-01444, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 10332, 10334 (IB 2010)). Petitioners state that they each agree to abide by (and request that grant of the Petition be conditioned on Inmarsat plc's continued compliance with) the Network Security Agreement (Agreement) between Inmarsat plc, on the one hand, and the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, on the other, dated September 23, 2008. A copy of the Agreement is appended to the Memorandum Opinion and Order and Declaratory Ruling in IB Docket No. 08-143, Robert M. Franklin, Transferor, and Inmarsat, plc, Transferee, DA 09-117, 24 FCC Rcd 449, Appendix B (IB 2009). ITC-T/C-20181211-00225 E KVH Services LLC Transfer of Control Current Licensee: KVH Services LLC FROM: KVH Asia Ltd. TO: Colt Group S.A. Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of KVH Services LLC (KVH), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20101101-00434, from its ultimate parent, KVH Asia Limited (KVH Asia), to Colt Group, S.A. (Colt). On December 22, 2014, without prior Commission consent, Colt acquired all of the issued shares in KVH Asia. As result, KVH became a wholly owned subsidiary of Colt. (On August 25, 2015, Colt changed KVH's name to Colt Technology Services LLC.) Colt is a Luxembourg entity that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lightning Investors Limited (LIL), a Bermuda holding company. LIL is majority owned and controlled by SHM Lightning Investors LLC (SHM LI) (71%), a Delaware limited liability company, and FIL Limited (FIL), a Bermuda entity directly and indirectly owns and controls 25% of the issued shares of LIL. SHM LI is owned by officers and senior employees of FMR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company d/b/a Fidelity Investments, members of their families, including the Johnson Family, and six trusts. SHM LI is managed by Star Horizon Management LLC (Star Horizon), a Delaware limited liability company, which is owned by six trusts, all U.S. organized: SHM Trust 4 (16%, trustee Abigail P. Johnson), SHM Trust 5 (19%, trustee John Remondi), SHM Trust 6 (16%, trustee Edward C. Johnson IV), SHM Trust 7 (17.33%, trustee Abigail P. Johnson), SHM Trust 8 (14.33%, trustee Elizabeth L. Johnson), and SHM Trust 9 (17.34%, trustee Edward C. Johnson IV). All trustees are U.S. citizens. The six trusts are established for benefit of members of the Johnson family, all of whom are U.S. citizens. The directors of Star Horizon, all U.S. citizens, are Abigail P. Johnson, Edward C. Johnson IV, John Remondi, and B. Lane MacDonald. The officers of Star Horizon, all U.S. citizens, are B. Lane MacDonald, President; Steven F. Schiffman, Chief Financial Officer; Matthew Wick, Vice President and Treasurer; Eric C. Green, Assistant Treasurer; Christian Yung, Assistant Treasurer; Brian C. McLain, Secretary; Jay Freeman, Assistant Secretary; and Peter D. Stahl, assistant Secretary. Pandanus Partners, L.P. (Pandanus), a Delaware limited partnership (General Partner Pandanus Associates, Inc. (PAI) incorporated under the laws of Delaware), is the largest holder of FIL's outstanding voting stock, varying from 25% - 48.5% of the interests of FIL. There are no other parties that directly or indirectly hold a ten percent or greater ownership interest in SHM LI, FIL or KVH. Applicants filed a request for STA related to this transaction, ITC-STA-20181211-00226, which was granted on April 11, 2019. Page 2 of 3

ITC-T/C-20190321-00092 E Price County Information Systems, Inc. Transfer of Control Current Licensee: Price County Information Systems, Inc. FROM: Shareholders of Price County Telephone Company TO: Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc. Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of Price County Information Systems, Inc. (PCIS), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20010411-00183, from the current shareholders of Price County Telephone Company (PCTC) to Chequamegon Communications Cooperative, Inc. dba Norvado (Norvado). PCIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCTC. Pursuant to the terms of the proposed transaction, Norvado will purchase all of PCTC's issued and outstanding shares of corporate stock, amounting to 660,000 shares, directly from the existing shareholders of PCTC. Upon closing, PCTC and PCIS will become wholly owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of Norvado respectively. Norvado is a Wisconsin membership cooperative corporation in which no individual member holds ten percent or greater membership interest. REMINDERS: Applicants must certify that neither the applicant nor any party to the application is subject to a denial of federal benefits by federal and/or state courts under authority granted in 21 U.S.C. § 862. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.2001-.2003. Page 3 of 3


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