Public Notice SCL00047

Action Taken Public Notice

Submarine Cable Landing

2007-12-10

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SCL-LIC-20071023-00019Submarine Cable Landing
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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 DA No. 07-4920 Report No. SCL-00047 Monday December 10, 2007 ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER CABLE LANDING LICENSE ACT Section 1.767(a) Cable Landing Licenses, Modifications, and Assignments or Transfers of Control of Interests in Cable Landing Licenses (47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)) By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau: Pursuant to An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Submarine Cables in the United States, 47 U.S.C. §§ 34-39 (Cable Landing License Act), Executive Order No. 10530, Exec. Ord. No. 10530 reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301, and section 1.767 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767, the following applications ARE GRANTED. These grants of authority are taken under section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261. Petitions for reconsideration under section 1.106 or applications for review under section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date of this public notice. This public notice serves as each cable landing licensee's Cable Landing License, or modification thereto, pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act and sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the Commission's rules. Cable landing licensees should review carefully the terms and conditions of their licenses. Failure to comply with these terms and conditions or relevant Commission rules and policies could result in fines or forfeitures. The Commission most recently amended its rules applicable to submarine cable landing licenses 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), 67 Fed. Reg. 1615 (Jan. 14, 2002). An updated version of sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the rules is available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html. See also http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-598A1.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. Page 1 of 2

SCL-LIC-20071023-00019 E GCI Communication Corp. Submarine Cable Landing License Grant of Authority Date of Action: 12/06/2007 Acceptability for Filing Public Notice: See GCI Communication Corp. Application for a License to Land and Operate a Non-Common Carrier Fiber-Optic Submarine Cable Network connecting the Alaska communities of Angoon, Hawk Inlet, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell with the existing Alaska United West System -- the Southeast Alaska Fiber-Optic System, File No. SCL-LIC-20071023-00019, Public Notice, Streamlined Submarine Cable Landing License Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. SCL-00045S (Int'l Bur., November 9, 2007). No opposition or other comments were filed in response to Public Notice of the Application. Coordination with the Department of State and other Executive Branch agencies has been accomplished pursuant to section 1.767(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R § 1.767(b), and procedures established with the State Department. See Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) (Submarine Cable Licensing Report and Order); Streamlined Procedures for Executive Branch Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Requests, Media Note (Revised) (rel. Dec. 20, 2001) available at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2001/6951.htm Actions Taken: Grant of Cable Landing License for the GCI Communication Corp. (GCI) to land and operate the, Southeast Alaska Fiber-Optic System (SEAK), a non-common carrier fiber-optic submarine cable network connecting the Alaska communities of Angoon, Hawk Inlet, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell with the existing Alaska United West System (which is owned by GCI's affiliate, Alaska United Fiber System Partnership (AUFSP)). See Application for Cable Landing License, File No. SCL-LIC-20071023-00019 (Application). Licensee Information: GCI Communication Corp., an Alaska corporation, is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of GCI Holdings, Inc. GCI Holdings, Inc. is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of General Communications, Inc. John W. Stanton and Theresa E. Gillespie, who are husband and wife and U.S. citizens, have, as tenants in common, a 15.4 percent voting interest and a 2.4 percent equity interest in General Communications, Inc. No other person or entity has a ten percent or greater direct or indirect equity or voting interest in GCI. Cable System Description: The SEAK system will be a digital fiber-optic system connecting seven communities in southeastern Alaska with the existing Alaska United West system, which itself connects Seward, Alaska with Warrenton, Oregon. (Alaska United West is wholly owned by AUFSP. ACS and AUFSP are both wholly-owned indirect, subsidiaries of GCI Communications, Inc.) SEAK's landing points and other associated facilities, which are neither beach manholes nor cable stations, will be located in Angoon, Juneau, Hawk Inlet, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell. GCI will own and operate the three new undersea cable segments in addition to new cable stations at Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, and Wrangell landings. In Juneau, GCI will use its existing Juneau Data Center as the cable station and AUFSP will continue to own and operate the cable stations at Seward, Alaska and Warrenton, Oregon, for Alaska United West, the separate undersea cable system with which SEAK will interconnect via the Alaska United West system. At Angoon, GCI will not construct a new cable station or connect to or through any existing cable station. Rather, GCI proposes to construct a shelter at Angoon to protect a terrestrial repeater, which will ensure signal strength between Juneau and Sitka. Cable Design and Capacity: The SEAK network system will consist of three new undersea "wet" components: (1) SEAK will use two fiber pairs that currently terminate at a branching unit on the Alaska United West system and extend to Ketchikan via a new repeater segment of undersea cable. This segment will have an initial capacity of 10Gbps and will be upgradeable OC-48 and OC-192 increments, up to a design capacity of 640 Gbps--320 Gbps on the fiber pair connecting Ketchikan to Seward and 320 Gbps on the fiber pair connecting Ketchikan to Warrenton; (2) SEAK will connect Ketchikan to Wrangell, Petersburg, and Juneau via new festoon-style, unrepeatered segments of undersea cable. This segment will also have an initial capacity of 10 Gbps and will be upgradeable in OC-48 and OC- 192 increments, up to a design capacity of 120 Gbps.; and (3) SEAK will connect the splice point at Hawk Inlet, Angoon, and Sitka via a new segment of undersea cable with a single repeater at Angoon. This segment will also have an initial capacity of 2.5 Gbps and will be upgradeable in OC-48 and OC-192 increments, up to a design capacity of 120 Gbps. Regulatory Status of Cable: GCI will operate the SEAK System on a non-commoncarrier basis. GCI states that there is sufficient existing or planned facilities on the route or on alternative routes to prevent it from exercising market power in offering services. It also states that capacity will not be sold indifferently to the user public, but will be assigned pursuant to individualized decisions and tailored arrangements based on the needs of the individual capacity purchaser. See Application at 7. GCI has provided information and demonstrated that the proposed operation of the cable on a non-common carrier basis satisfies the requirements set forth in National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. FCC, 525 F.2d 630, 642 (D.C. Cir 1976) (NARUC I), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 992 (1976). See also Submarine Cable Landing License Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 22202-22203, 69-70; Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 15 FCC Rcd 20789, 20815-20818, 62-67. Conditions and Requirements: GCI shall comply with the routine conditions set out in section 1.767(g)(1)-(14) of the Commission's rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(g)(1)-(14). Page 2 of 2


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