Public Notice TEL01981

International Telecommunications

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2019-09-19

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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.            19-929
 Report No. TEL-01981                                                                                 Thursday September 19, 2019

                                                 International Authorizations Granted
         Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. §§ 63.18, 63.24); Section 310(b) Petitions (47 C.F.R. § 1.5000)
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 47 CFR
§ 1.4(b)(2)).

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-214-20190812-00142               E                  Hawkeye Interconnect Company
International Telecommunications Certificate
Service(s):          Global or Limited Global Resale Service
Grant of Authority                                                                                                 Date of Action:      09/13/2019

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).




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ITC-ASG-20190612-00120                  E                  Slappey Communications, LLC
Assignment
Grant of Authority                                                                                                 Date of Action:     09/13/2019

Current Licensee:   Slappey Telephone, Inc.
FROM: Slappey Telephone, Inc.
TO:        Slappey Communications, LLC
Application filed for consent to the assignment of international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20040915-00366; from Slappey Telephone,
Inc. (Slappey Telephone) to Slappey Communications LLC (Slappey Communications). Pursuant to a May 30, 2019, Assets Purchase
Agreement, Slappey Communications a newly formed Texas limited liability company created to effectuate the transaction, will acquire certain
assets of Slappey Telephone, including the its international section 214 authorization, as repayment of debts owed by Slappey Telephone. Upon
closing, Slappey Communications will provide services to its newly acquired customers pursuant to international section 214 authorization,
ITC-214-20040915-00366.

Slappey Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMP Slappey Holdco, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (BMP Holdco). The
following entities and individuals, all U.S. entities, hold 10% or greater equity and voting interests in BMP Holdco: BMP Slappey Investment, LP
(BMP Slappey Investment), a Texas limited partnership (51.4%); BMP Slappey Common, LLC (BMP Slappey Common), a Texas limited liability
company (15%); Novus Method, LLC (Novus Method), an Alabama limited liability company (13%); and Argonian, LLC (Argonian), an
Alabama limited liability company (12%). BMP Slappey Investment is owned as follows: BMP Slappey Direct Invest, LLC (BMP Slappey
Direct Invest), a Texas limited liability company (43.7% equity and voting interests); William J. Slappey III, a U.S. citizen (22.22% equity and
voting interests); Zarkava Holdings, LLC (Zarkava Holdings), a Texas limited liability company (11.11% equity and voting interests). Baymark
Management, LLC (Baymark Mgt.), a Texas limited liability company, holds 98.33% equity and voting interests in BMP Slappey Direct Invest,
and 100% equity and voting interests in BMP Slappey Common. In turn, Baymark Mgt. is owned equally by two individuals, Anthony Ludlow
(50%) and David Hook (50%), both U.S. citizens. Zarkava Holdings is wholly owned by Adnan Rehmatullah, a U.S. Citizen. Two individuals,
both U.S. citizens, hold the following ownership interests in Novus Method: Wesley J. Slappey (92.3% equity and voting interests) and William J.
Slappey III (7.7% equity and voting interests). Two individuals, William J. Slappey and Sarah Elizabeth Leona Slappey, both U.S. citizens, each
holds 50% equity and voting interests in Argonian.

This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings.


Dismissal
ITC-214-20180302-00042                                  Plivo Inc.
Application hereby dismissed by Chief, Telecommunications and Analysis Division, International Bureau on September 6, 2019, pursuant
to section 1.748(a) and 63.51(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.748(a), 63.51(b), for failure to respond to the Commission's request
for information.

This dismissal is without prejudice to re-filing the application in accordance with the Commission's rules.
SURRENDER
ITC-214-19850320-00001                                  MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19870930-00002                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19880217-00003                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19880822-00001                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19890222-00001                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19900320-00003                                 MCI International, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19900413-00009                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19900821-00010                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19910113-00005                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19910820-00002                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19920105-00120                                 MCI International Services, Inc. (fka MCI WorldCom International, Inc.)
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
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SURRENDER
ITC-214-19920510-00022                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19920604-00119                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19920605-00023                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19921029-00096                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19921230-00111                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930101-00002                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930108-00250                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930217-00251                                 MCI International Services, Inc. (fka MCI WorldCom International, Inc.)
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930409-00058                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930421-00063                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930628-00249                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930723-00134                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19930817-00161                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19931024-00252                                 MCI International Services, Inc. (fka MCI WorldCom International, Inc.)
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19931221-00241                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940103-00389                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940103-00390                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940104-00383                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940322-00385                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940405-00128                                 MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940425-00148                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940430-00386                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940430-00387                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940514-00384                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19940520-00388                                 MCI International Services, Inc. (fka MCI WorldCom International, Inc.)
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.


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SURRENDER
ITC-214-19940607-00172                                 MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19941027-00329                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19941221-00008                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950102-00025                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950608-00004                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950701-00029                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950908-00026                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950912-00033                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19950915-00028                                 MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19951108-00024                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19951206-00048                                 Verizon Business Network Services Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19960116-00011                                 MCI International, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19960619-00256                                 MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19960718-00326                                 MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19960722-00332                                 MCImetro Access Transmission Services Corp.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-19961231-00659                                 MCI Communications Corporation
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.
ITC-214-20030211-00186                                 MFS Globenet, Inc.
Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective September 11, 2019.




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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://transition.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/exclusionlist.html. 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) International facilities-based service providers must file and maintain a list of U.S.-international routes on which
they have direct termination arrangements with a foreign carrier. 47 CFR § 63.22(h). A new international
facilities-based service provider or one without existing direct termination arrangements must file its list within thirty
(30) days of entering into a direct termination arrangement(s) with a foreign carrier(s). Thereafter, international
facilities-based service providers must update their lists within thirty (30) days after adding a termination arrangement
for a new foreign destination or discontinuing an arrangement with a previously listed destination. See Process For The
Filing Of Routes On Which International Service Providers Have Direct Termination Arrangements With A Foreign
Carrier, ITC-MSC-20181015-00182, Public Notice, 33 FCC Rcd 10008 (IB 2018).

(8) Any U.S. Carrier that owned or leased bare capacity on a submarine cable between the United States and any foreign
point must file a Circuit Capacity Report to provide information about the submarine cable capacity it holds. 47 CFR §
43.82(a)(2). See https://www.fcc.gov/circuit-capacity-data-us-international-submarine-cables.

(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)
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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.

(14) Every carrier must designate an agent for service in the District of Columbia. See 47 U.S.C. § 413, 47 C.F.R. §§
1.47(h), 64.1195.

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:

None.

Facilities:

Any non-U.S.-licensed space station that has not received Commission approval to operate in the U.S. market pursuant
to the procedures adopted in the Commission's DISCO II Order, IB Docket No. 96-111, Report and Order, FCC 97-399,
12 FCC Rcd 24094, 24107-72 paragraphs 30-182 (1997) (DISCO II Order). Information regarding non-U.S.-licensed
space stations approved to operate in the U.S. market pursuant to the Commission's DISCO II procedures is maintained
at http://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/ib/sd/se/market_acess.html.

This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. The most current version of the list is
maintained at http://transition.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/exclusionlist.html.

For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Telecommunications and Analysis Division, (202)
418-1480.




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