Public Notice SCL00015S

Accepted for Filing Streamlined Public Notice

Submarine Cable Landing

2006-05-05

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SCL-ASG-20060419-00006Submarine Cable Landing
SCL-LIC-20060413-00004Submarine Cable Landing
IBFS_PN_498396

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. SCL-00015S Friday May 5, 2006 STREAMLINED SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING 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 and subject to the streamlined processing procedures set forth in section 1.767 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767. Pursuant to the Submarine Cable Landing License Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 34-39, and Executive Order No. 10530, reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301, each applicant seeks: (a) the grant of a cable landing licensee; (b) the modification of a cable landing license; and/or (c) the assignment or transfer of control of an interest in a submarine cable landing license. Pursuant to its decision in Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, FCC 01-332, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) and section 1.767 of the rules, the Commission will take action upon these applications within forty-five (45) days after release of this public notice, unless the Commission has informed the applicant in writing that the application, upon further examination, has been deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. 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. Filings relating to this application must be received within 14 days of this notice. Such filings will not necessarily result in an application being deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. Copies of all applications listed here are available for public inspection in the FCC 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. 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), 202-418-0432 (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. SCL-ASG-20060419-00006 P BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. Assignment Current Licensee: BellSouth International, Inc. FROM: BellSouth International, Inc. TO: BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. Application for the pro forma assignment of the submarine cable ownership interests held by BellSouth International, Inc. (now BellSouth International, LLC) (BSI) to BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BSLD). BSI was one of the original licensees holding ownership interests in the TAT-14 cable (0.239072%), ITC-LIC-19990303-00004, and in the MAYA-1 cable (2.51916%), ITC-LIC-19990325-00006. On January 1, 2001, BSI assigned all of its submarine cable interests to BSLD. Both BSI and BSLD are wholly-owned subsidiaries of BellSouth Corporation. Page 1 of 2

SCL-LIC-20060413-00004 E Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company, LLC Submarine Cable Landing License Application for authority to land and operate a non-common carrier fiber-optic submarine cable system, the Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link. The cable will consist of one primary undersea cable segment, extending from Anchorage to Kenai, to Homer, to Mill Bay (Kodiak Island), and to Narrow Cape (Kodiak Island), all within the State of Alaska. A redundant cable will run from Narrow Cape to Seward, Alaska, which will connect with AT&T's terrestrial cable to provide a complete sonnet ring to Anchorage. The application specifies six (6) landing stations for the proposed Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link system, all within the state of Alaska: Anchorage, Kenai, Homer, Mill Bay, Narrow Cape, and Seward, Alaska. (The cable will not land in any foreign counry.) Utilizing un-repeater technology and a mono-wavelength (1550nm) transmission architecture, four fiber pairs (8 fibers) will be available to be lit at a minimum capacity of an OC-48 (2.5 Gbits/s), with possible expansion to an OC-192. Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company, LLC (KKCC) will own all of the wet link portions and all segments of the Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link. KKCC, an Alaskan Limited Liability company, is majority owned (90%) and controlled by Old Harbor Native Corporation. Ouzinkie Native Corporation owns the remaining (10%) of KKCC. Old Harbor Native Corporation and Ouzinkie Native Corporation are both organized as native corporations under the laws of the State of Alaska. KKCC holds a 100% voting and ownership interest in the cable landing stations at Mill Bay and Narrow Cape, Alaska, and will have long-term leases for the remaining cable landing stations. AT&T has 100% voting and ownership interest in the cable landing station in Seward, Alaska. ATC LLC, an Alaskan limited liability company, has 100% voting and ownership interest in the cable landing station at Anchorage, Alaska. Homer Electric has a 100% voting and ownership interest in the cable landing stations at Homer and Kenai, Alaska. 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 C.F.R. §§ 1.2001-1.2003. The Commission's rules applicable to submarine cable landing licenses (47 C.F.R. §§ 1.767, 1.768) are available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/telecomrules.html. See also http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edoc_public/attachmatch/DA-02-5981A1.pdf for a March 13, 2002 Public Notice; http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-332A1.pdf for the December 14, 2001 Report and Order. By this notice, we inform the public that submarine cable landing license applications and international section 214 applications that are part of larger transactions involving multiple Commission licenses or authorizations may involve "extraordinary circumstances" as referenced in Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) and Rules and Policies on Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Market, Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 12 FCC Rcd 23891 (1997), paras. 327-28, Order on Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 18158 (2000). Additionally, these extraordinary circumstances may result where Executive Branch agencies petition the Commission to defer decision on certain transactions pending the resolution of potential national security, law enforcement, foreign policy and trade policy issues. Accordingly, these applications may not be acted on within the 90-day review period that the Commission has established as the period of time normally required to reach a decision on non-streamlined cable landing licenses and international section 214 applications. This notice shall serve as public notice to applicants that, in these circumstances, additional time may be required for Commission review and final action. No additional formal public notice will be provided routinely with respect to specific applications in the event that the applicable review period extends beyond 90 days. Page 2 of 2


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