Public Notice SCL00119S

Accepted for Filing Streamlined Public Notice

Submarine Cable Landing

2011-06-22

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File NumberService
SCL-MOD-20110524-00020Submarine Cable Landing
IBFS_PN_896893

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. SCL-00119S Wednesday June 22, 2011 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. Page 1 of 2

SCL-MOD-20110524-00020 E GT Landing II Corp. Modification Application for authority to modify the cable landing license for the Pan American Crossing submarine cable (PAC Cable), SCL-LIC-19981103-00022, SCL-MOD-20020415-00036, for an additional segment extending the existing PAC cable system to Jaco, Costa Rica. The PAC Cable is a fiber optic submarine cable system extending between: Grover Beach, California; Tijuana, Mexico; Mazatlan, Mexico; Fort Amador, Panama; Ambush Range, Panama; Puerto Viejo, Venezuela; and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The PAC Cable is operated on a non-common carrier basis. In July 2008, without prior Commission approval, PAC Landing Corp., the licensee for the PAC Cable at that time, completed construction of an additional cable segment branching off of the PAC Cable to a new landing point in Jaca, Costa Rico. (In a pro forma assignment, the cable landing license for the PAC Cable was assigned from PAC Landing Corp. to GT Landing II Corp. effective December 31, 2008. See SCL-ASG-20090917-00026, DA No. 09-2174, 24 FCC Rcd 12423 (2009).) The new digital fiber optic segment creates two new fiber paths, each with a design capacity of eight channels at 10 Gbps per fiber pair, enabling the delivery of twenty-five Synchronous Transport Module One (STM-1) equivalents of bandwidth to the Jaco, Costa Rica landing station. The extension uses the existing landing points for the PAC cable system in Mazatlan, Mexico and Fort Amador, Panama to connect with an existing landing point in Jaco, Costa Rica Global Crossing International Networks, Ltd., an affiliate of GT Landing II Corp., owns the wet link portion of the Costa Rica segment. Instituto Costariccense de Electricidad (ICE), the incumbent telecommunications carrier in Costa Rica, owns and operates the landing station at Jaco. The ownership of other segments of the PAC Cable, the wet links and landing points, remained unchanged. GT Landing II agrees to accept and abide by the reporting requirements set out in section 1.767(1) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR § 1.767, for the U.S.-Costa Rica route. 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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