Public Notice TEL00790NS

Accepted for Filing Non-Streamlined Public Notice

International Telecommunications

2004-05-07

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Filings Included

File NumberService
ISP-PDR-20040430-00003International Telecommunications
ITC-T/C-20040414-00189International Telecommunications
IBFS_PN_371773

                    PUBLIC NOTICE
                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                    445 12th STREET S.W.
                    WASHINGTON D.C. 20554

                    News media information 202-418-0500
                    Fax-On-Demand 202-418-2830; Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov)
                    TTY (202) 418-2555

 Report No. TEL-00790NS                                                                          Friday May 7, 2004

                 NON STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
   Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. § 63.18); Cable Landing License Applications (47 C.F.R. § 1.767); Authorize
                   Switched Services over Private Lines (47 C.F.R. § 63.16) and Section 310(b)(4)
Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures apply to the applications listed below:

The applications listed below have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. These applications are not
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 shall not be deemed granted until the Commission affirmatively acts upon the application, either by
public notice or by written order. Operation for which authorization is sought may not commence except in accordance
with any terms or conditions imposed by the Commission.

Unless otherwise specified, interested parties may file comments with respect to these applications within 28 days of the
date of this public notice. We request that such comments refer to the application file number shown below. Ex parte
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.

Copies of all applications listed here are available for public inspection in the FCC Office of Public Affairs Reference and
Information Center, located in room CY-A257 at the Portals 2 building, 445 12th Street SW, Washington DC 20554. The
center can be contacted at (202) 418-0270. 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.




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ISP-PDR-20040430-00003              P                 Teligent, Inc.
Petition for Declaratory Ruling
Teligent, Inc. ("Teligent") and Aspen Partners - Series A, a Series of Aspen Capital Partners, L.P. ("Aspen Partners - Series A")
(collectively, the "Petitioners") request that the Commission find permissible the indirect foreign ownership of Teligent in excess of
the 25 percent benchmark set forth in Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Specifically, the
Petitioners request a declaratory ruling that the Commission find permissible up to 34 percent indirect foreign ownership of Teligent.
This request is filed in connection with an application seeking Commission consent to the transfer of control of Teligent, a common
carrier radio licensee, to Aspen Partners - Series A. See File No. 0001679126.

Petitioners state that, under the proposed transaction, Aspen Partners - Series A, a Delaware limited partnership, will hold 97.19
percent of the shares in Teligent. Petitioners also state that the following foreign investors hold equity (but not voting) interests
directly in Aspen Partners - Series A: (1) Aspen Offshore, Ltd. ("Aspen Offshore"), a company organized under the laws of the
Cayman Islands (26.26 percent equity interest), (2) an unnamed Canadian entity (.09 equity percent interest), and (3) various unnamed
entities from the Cayman Islands (6.99 percent aggregate equity interest). The total of these indirect foreign equity interests in
Teligent would be 33.25 percent.

The Petitioners assert that Aspen Offshore has its principal place of business in the United States or the Cayman Islands, a territory of
the United Kingdom (a member of the World Trade Organization). Therefore, pursuant to the rules and policies established by the
Commission's Foreign Participation Order, 12 FCC Rcd 18158 (2000), the Petitioners assert that the indirect foreign ownership of
Teligent in excess of the 25 percent benchmark is consistent with the public interest.

Interested parties may file comments by May 21, 2004 and reply comments by May 28, 2004. For further information, please contact
Francis Gutierrez at 202-418-1460.

ITC-T/C-20040414-00189              P                 ACS Long Distance, Inc.
Transfer of Control
Current Licensee: ACS Long Distance, Inc.
FROM: Fox Paine & Company, LLC
TO:      Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
Application for consent to transfer control of the international section 214 authorization, ITC-T/C-19981214-00915, held by ACS
Long Distance, Inc. (ACS LD), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (ACS), from ACS's
controlling shareholder, Fox Paine & Company, LLC (Fox Paine), to the shareholders of ACS. This application is filed in connection
with a proposed public offering of ACS securities that is expected to result in the dilution of Fox Paine's current approximate 66%
controlling ownership interest to a non-controlling interest of less than 35% with no shareholder obtaining a controlling interest.



REMINDER:

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.

The Commission most recently amended its rules applicable to international telecommunications common carriers in IB
Docket No. 98-118, Review of International Common Carrier Regulations, FCC 99-51, released March 23, 1999, 64 Fed. Reg.
19,057 (Apr. 19, 1999). An updated version of Section 63.09-.24 of the rules, and other related sections, is available at
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/telecomrules.html.




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