Attachment DA 01-1395

DA 01-1395

ORDER

DA 01-1395

2001-06-07

This document pretains to SCL-LIC-20010122-00002 for License on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

IBFS_SCLLIC2001012200002_643652

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Cable Landing License *1 IN THE MATTER OF CABLE & WIRELESS USA, INC. Application for a License to Land and Operate a Private Fiber-Optic Cable System Between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France File No. SCL-LIC-20010122-00002 DA 01-1395 Adopted: June 7, 2001 Released: June 8, 2001 **12023 By the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau: I. Introduction 1. In this Order, we grant the application [FN1] of Cable & Wireless USA, Inc. (C&W USA) pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act [FN2] and Executive Order No. 10530, [FN3] for authority to land and operate a private fiber-optic submarine cable system to be called the Apollo Submarine Cable System (Apollo Cable) between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. C&W proposes to operate the Apollo Cable on a non-common carrier basis. We find that C&W USA has provided suf- ficient information under our rules to comply with the Cable Landing License Act, and that it would serve the public interest to grant the cable landing license subject to the conditions listed below. II. Application 2. According to the Application, C&W USA will own and control the portion of the Apollo Cable located in the U.S. territorial waters including the cable landing stations in Shirley, Long Island, New York, and Manasquan, New Jersey. C&W USA is a U.S. corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. [FN4] C&W USA is 100% owned by Cable & Wireless Holding, Inc., a Virginia **12024 corpora- tion, which in turn is wholly owned by Cable & Wireless plc, a publicly held cor- poration organized and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom. [FN5] Cable & Wireless Communications (Mercury), a United Kingdom company which is wholly owned by Cable & Wireless plc, will own the international waters portion of the cable between the United States and the United Kingdom, and between the United Kingdom and France. [FN6] Mercury will also own the terrestrial and subsea por- tions of the cable located within the United Kingdom, including the cable station in Bude, United Kingdom. [FN7] Cable & Wireless France S.A., a wholly owed subsi- diary of Cable and Wireless plc, will own the terrestrial and subsea portions of © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) the cable located within France, including the cable station in Lannion, France. [FN8] 3. The proposed Apollo Cable system will connect the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, with two separate landing points in the United States at Shirley, Long Island, New York and Manasquan, New Jersey. [FN9] According to the Application, the Apollo Cable will be an advanced Internet Protocol transatlantic cable designed to meet the growing demand for Internet and data services. [FN10] Depending on the type of terrestrial transmission equipment used, the Apollo Cable can be configured as a ring-protected or a mesh-protected network. [FN11] The Apollo Cable will be a digital fiber-optic system that will consist of two transatlantic submarine cable segments. [FN12] Each of the transatlantic segments will contain four optical fiber pairs, and each of the fiber pairs will be capable of carrying a minimum of 80 wavelengths of traffic, with each wavelength operating at a nominal rate of 10 Gbps thus providing a nominal design capacity of 800 Gbps per fiber pair. [FN13] *2 **12025 4. In addition, C&W USA will construct, lease, or otherwise obtain backhaul facilities to serve: London, England; Paris, France; and New York, New York, to provide alternative interconnection points to the Cable & Wireless Global Network for those customers requiring city-to-city transport. [FN14] According to the application, the System Interface is a Synchronous Transport Module Sixty-Four (STM-64) digital input/output port on the optical distribution frame (excluding the optical distribution frame itself). The capacity of each wavelength is com- prised of one STM-64 (the nominal data rate of STM-64 is 9.953 gigabits per second). [FN15] C&W USA anticipates that the Apollo Cable will begin operation in August 2002. [FN16] III. Comments 5. We placed the Application on public notice on January 31, 2001. [FN17] We re- ceived no comments. Pursuant to Section 1.767(b) of the Commission's rules, [FN18] the Cable Landing License Act, and Executive Order No. 10530, we informed the De- partment of State of the Application. [FN19] The Department of State, after co- ordinating with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Department of Defense, stated that it has no objection to issuance of the cable landing license. [FN20] IV. Discussion A. Private Submarine Cable Policy 6. C&W USA proposes to operate the Apollo Cable as a non-common carrier submar- ine cable system. C&W USA requests a license under the Commission's private sub- marine cable policy, which is intended to promote competition in the provision of international transmission facilities. [FN21] Pursuant to **12026 this policy, the © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) Commission has authorized non-common carrier cables where: (1) there is no legal compulsion to serve the public indifferently; and (2) there are no reasons impli- cit in the nature of the operations to expect that the applicant would make capa- city available to the public indifferently and indiscriminately. [FN22] 7. In applying the first prong of the test to submarine cable authorizations, the Commission has stated that there will be no legal compulsion to serve the pub- lic indifferently where there is no public interest reason to require facilities to be offered on a common carrier basis. [FN23] This public interest analysis has generally focused on whether an applicant will be able to exercise market power because of the lack of alternative facilities. [FN24] Where there are sufficient alternatives, the Commission has found that the public interest does not require the licensee to offer capacity on the proposed cable on a common carrier basis, but rather that, in those circumstances, the public interest would be served by allowing a submarine cable to be offered on a non-common carrier basis. [FN25] 8. C&W USA states that it is not affiliated with any foreign carrier with market power in the markets where the Apollo Cable will land. [FN26] In addition, in its application, C&W USA demonstrates that there are numerous alternative submarine cable facilities, as well as satellite facilities, on the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-France routes served by the Apollo Cable system to prevent them from exer- cising market power in offering services to the public, [FN27] including the fol- lowing common carrier facilities: Gemini, [FN28] TAT-8, [FN29] TAT-9, [FN30] TAT- 11, [FN31] TAT-12/TAT-13. [FN32] The system's route is also served by the **12027 following non-common carrier facilities: TyCom Atlantic, [FN33] Atlantic Crossing 1, [FN34] and PTAT-1. [FN35] In addition, the FLAG Atlantic-1, [FN36] Hibernia, [FN37] and Level 3 [FN38] submarine cable systems have been **12028 authorized by the Commission to operate on the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-France routes. *3 9. No one has advocated that the public interest requires the Apollo Cable to be operated on a common carrier basis. Given the unopposed evidence on the avail- ability of alternative cables and C&W USA's representation that none of its affil- iates has market power in any of the cable's landing countries, we find that it would not serve the public interest to impose common carrier regulation on the op- erations of the Apollo Cable system at this time. We note, however, that we retain the ability to impose common carrier or common-carrier-like obligations on the op- erations of this or any other submarine cable system if the public interest so re- quires. [FN39] Furthermore, we have always maintained the authority to classify facilities as common carrier facilities subject to Title II of the Communications Act if the public interest requires that the facilities be offered to the public indifferently. [FN40] 10. Regarding the second prong of the test, we conclude that there is no reason to expect that capacity on the proposed cable system would be held out to the pub- lic indifferently. C&W USA states that capacity will not be sold indifferently to the user public. Rather, capacity will be made available to users on terms © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) tailored to their particular needs. [FN41] C&W USA states that capacity will be assigned to users on a case-by-case basis, considering the individualized needs and requirements of each user. [FN42] Based on the information provided in the ap- plication, we conclude that C&W USA will not offer capacity on the Apollo Cable to the public on a common carrier basis and that the public interest does not require it to do so. We also find that C&W USA will not provide a telecommunications ser- vice for a fee to such class of users as to be "effectively available directly to the public" and thus will not be a "telecommunication carrier" under the 1996 Act. [FN43] B. Ownership and Landing Points 11. C&W USA, which is ultimately controlled by Cable and Wireless plc, has provided the ownership information required by Sections 1.767 (a)(6) and 63.18. [FN44] C&W USA will own and operate the New York and New Jersey landing stations and the U.S. territory portions of Apollo Cable between those landing stations to the points which are one-half mile beyond the U.S. territorial limit. Mercury will own the international waters portion of the cable between the United States and the United Kingdom **12029 and between the United Kingdom and France. Mercury will also own the terrestrial and subsea portions of the cable within the United King- dom, including the cable landing stations located in Bude, United Kingdom. Cable & Wireless France S.A. will own the cable lading station in Lannion, France, and the terrestrial and subsea portions of the cable located within France. Both Mercury and Cable & Wireless France S.A. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Cable & Wireless plc. [FN45] 12. C&W USA states that the Apollo Cable landing stations in the United States will be located in New York and New Jersey. In New York, the cable landing station will be located in Tritec Park, Brookhaven Technology Center, Shirley, New York, at coordinates 40° 50 minutes 35.3 seconds north and 72° 52 minutes 56.9 seconds west. In New Jersey, the cable landing station will be located in an eleven acre site in Wall Township, Manasquan, New Jersey, at coordinates 40° 9 minutes 30.4 seconds north and 74° 6 minutes 5.8 seconds west. The Apollo Cable will land in Creathorne Farm, Bude, United Kingdom, at coordinates 50° 47.47 minutes north and 4° 32.17 minutes west. In France, the Apollo Cable will land in Keradrivin, Ville de Lannion, at coordinates 48° 45 minutes 4 seconds north and 3° 30 minutes 25 seconds west. C&W USA has complied with Section 1.767(a) of the Commission's rules, which requires applicants to file a specific description of any landing point, including a map. [FN46] The license therefore is not subject to any further public notice or Commission approval of the cable system's landing points pursuant to the procedure in Section 1.767(a). C. Environmental Impact *4 13. The Commission has found that the construction of new submarine cable systems, individually and cumulatively, will not have a significant effect on the © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) environment and therefore should be expressly excluded from our procedures imple- menting the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. [FN47] Therefore, C&W USA is not required to submit an environmental assessment, and this application is categorically excluded from environmental processing. V. Conclusion 14. We grant the application of C&W USA for authority to land and operate a non- common carrier fiber optic submarine cable extending between New Jersey, New York, the United Kingdom, and France, subject to the conditions listed below. VI. Ordering Clauses 15. Consistent with the foregoing and pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act and Executive Order 10530, we hereby GRANT AND ISSUE C&W USA a license to land and operate a non-common carrier digital fiber-optic system with a minimum design ca- pacity of 800 Gbps per fiber pair on all four **12030 fiber pairs in a ring- protected or mesh-protected configuration consisting of two submarine cable seg- ments, extending between the United States, United Kingdom, and France. This grant is subject to all rules and regulations of the Commission; any treaties or conven- tions relating to communications to which the United States is or may hereafter become a party; any action by the Commission or the Congress of the United States rescinding, changing, modifying, or amending any rights accruing to any person hereunder; and the following conditions: (1) The location of the cable system within the territorial waters of the United States, its territories and possessions, and upon its shore shall be in conformity with plans approved by the Secretary of the Army, and the cable shall be moved or shifted by the Licensee at its expense upon the request of the Secret- ary of the Army whenever he or she considers such course necessary in the public interest, for reasons of national defense, or for the maintenance or improvement of harbors for navigational purposes; (2) The Licensee shall at all times comply with any requirements of U.S. gov- ernment authorities regarding the location and concealment of the cable facilit- ies, buildings, and apparatus for the purpose of protecting and safeguarding the cable from injury or destruction by enemies of the United States; (3) The Licensee or any persons or companies controlling it, controlled by it, or under direct or indirect common control with it, does not enjoy and shall not acquire any right to handle traffic on a common carrier basis to or from the United States, its territories, or its possessions unless such service be author- ized by the Commission pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act, as amended; (4) The Licensee or any persons or companies controlling it, controlled by it, or under direct or indirect common control with it shall not acquire or enjoy any right for the purpose of handling or interchanging traffic to or from the United States, its territories, or its possessions to land, connect, or operate cables or © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) land lines, to construct or operate radio stations, or to interchange traffic, that is denied to any other United States company by reason of any concession, contract, understanding, or working arrangement to which the Licensee or any per- sons controlling it, controlled by it, or under direct or indirect common control with it are parties; *5 (5) Neither this license nor the rights granted herein shall be trans- ferred, assigned, or in any manner either voluntarily or involuntarily disposed of or disposed of indirectly by transfer of control of the Licensee to any persons, unless the Commission shall give prior consent in writing; (6) The Commission reserves the right to require the Licensee to file an en- vironmental assessment or environmental impact statement should it determine that the landing of the cable at those locations and construction of necessary cable landing stations would significantly affect the environment within the meaning of Section 1.1307 of the Commission's procedures implementing the National Environ- mental Policy Act of 1969; this license is subject to modification by the Commis- sion upon its review of any environmental assessment or environmental impact statement that it may require pursuant to its rules; (7) Pursuant to Section 2 of the Cable Landing License Act, 47 U.S.C. § 35; Executive Order No. 10530, as amended; and Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 214, the Commission reserves the right to impose common carrier or common-carrier-like regulation on the operations of the cable system if it finds that the public interest so requires; **12031 (8) The Licensee shall maintain de jure and de facto control of the U.S. portion of the cable system, including the cable landing stations in the United States, sufficient to comply with the requirements of this license; (9) This license is revocable by the Commission after due notice and opportun- ity for hearing pursuant to Section 2 of the Cable Landing License Act, 47 U.S.C. § 35, or for failure to comply with the terms of the license; (10) The Licensee shall notify the Commission in writing of the date on which the cable is placed in service, and this license shall expire 25 years from such date, unless renewed or extended upon proper application, and, upon expiration of this license, all rights granted under it shall be terminated; and (11) The terms and conditions upon which this license is given shall be accep- ted by the Licensee by filing a letter with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554, within 30 days of the release of the cable landing license. 16. This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective upon adoption. Petitions for reconsideration un- der Section 1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commis- sion's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date of public notice of this order (see 47 C.F.R. § 1.4(b)(2)). FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION *6 Rebecca Arbogast © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) Chief Telecommunications Division International Bureau FN1. Cable & Wireless USA, Inc., Application for a License to Land and Operate a Private Fiber-Optic Cable System Between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, filed Jan. 22, 2001 (Application). FN2. 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). FN3. Exec. Ord. No. 10530 reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. § 301. FN4. On March 30, 2001, C&W USA, Inc. changed its state of incorporation from the District of Columbia to the State of Delaware. Letter from Joanna S. Lowry, Dir- ector, International Government Relations, Cable & Wireless USA, Inc., to Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, April 26, 2001 (C&W April 26 Letter). FN5. Application at 2, 8. FN6. Id. at 5 and letter from Joanna S. Lowry, Director, International Government Relations, Cable & Wireless USA, Inc., to Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, May 4, 2001 (C&W May 4 Letter). FN7. Id. In its application, C&W USA proposed an optional interlink landing sta- tion in St. Buryan, United Kingdom, but C&W USA no longer intends to land the Apollo Cable system in St. Buryan. See C&W April 26 Letter. FN8. Application at 5. FN9. A map is attached as Exhibit A. FN10. Id. at 1. FN11. Id. at 3. FN12. Initially, the proposed Apollo Cable was to consist of three segments: Northern Segment: the whole of the submarine cable system provided between and in- cluding the System Interface at the cable station in Bude, United Kingdom, and the System Interface at a cable station in Shirley, Long Island, New York, U.S.; Southern Segment: the whole of the submarine cable system provided between and in- cluding the System Interface at a cable station in Lannion, France, and the System Interface at a cable station in Manasquan, New Jersey, U.S.; and Interlink Segment (Optional): the whole of the submarine cable system provided between and including the System Interface at a cable station in Lannion, France, and the System Inter- © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) face at a cable station in St. Buryan, United Kingdom. C&W USA does not plan to build a cable station in St. Buryan, United Kingdom and it does not intend to use the optional interlink segment of the proposed cable system. Application at 3, C&W April 26 Letter, and C&W May 4 Letter. FN13. Application at 3-4. FN14. Id. at 4. FN15. Id. FN16. Id. FN17. See Non Streamlined International Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. TEL-00346NS, Public Notice (rel. Jan. 31, 2001). FN18. 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(b). FN19. Letter from George S. Li, Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Division, Inter- national Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to Steven Lett, Deputy U.S. Coordinator, Office of International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State (Jan. 24, 2001). FN20. Letter from Richard C. Beaird, Acting U.S. Coordinator, International Commu- nications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State, to Donald Abelson, Chief, International Bureau, FCC (June 5, 2001). FN21. See, e.g., Tel-Optik Limited, Application for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a Submarine Cable Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom, File Nos. I-SCL-84-002, I-SCL-84-003, Submarine Lightwave Cable Company, Application for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a High Capacity Fiber Optic Digital Submarine Cable Extending between the United States and other North American Countries, on the one hand, and European Countries, on the Other Hand, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 100 FCC 2d 1033, 1040-42, paras. 18-20, 1046-48, paras. 27-31 (1985) (Tel-Optik Order); Cable & Wireless, PLC, Ap- plication for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a Private Submar- ine Fiber Optic Cable Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom, File No. SCL-96-005, Cable Landing License, 12 FCC Rcd 8516 (1997) (Cable and Wireless Order). FN22. See Cable & Wireless Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8520-23, paras. 11-17; see also Optel Communications, Inc., Application for a license to land and operate in the United States a submarine cable extending between Canada and the United States, File No. SCL-92-004, Conditional Cable Landing License, 8 FCC Rcd 2267 (1993); Na- tional Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. FCC, 525 F.2d 630, 642 (D.C. Cir.) (NARUC I), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 992 (1976). FN23. See, e.g., Cable & Wireless Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8522, paras. 14-15. © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) FN24. Id. FN25. Id. FN26. See Application at 8-9, Attachment A1. C&W USA's foreign affiliate is in the United Kingdom, which is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). C&W USA states that with the exception of the United Kingdom, the countries in which C&W USA's foreign carrier affiliates operate are not landing points for the Apollo Cable. See 47 C.F.R. § 63.09(d). FN27. Application at 8-9. FN28. See MFS Globenet, Inc. Application for a License to Land and Operate in the Untied States a Private Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom, File No. SCL-96-4, Cable Landing License, 11 FCC Rcd 12732 (1996); MFS Globenet, Inc. and Cable & Wireless plc, Notification Pursu- ant to Submarine Cable Landing License Conditions, File No. SCL-96-004(M), Modi- fication of Cable Landing License, 12 FCC Rcd 8637 (1996). The Gemini cable system is currently operational. FN29. See American Telephone and Telegraph et al., Joint Application for Authoriz- ation under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended, To Con- struct And Acquire a High Capacity, Digital, Submarine Cable System Between the United States and Both the United Kingdom and France, File No. ITC-84-072, Memor- andum Opinion, Order and Authorization, 98 FCC 2d 440 (1984). TAT-8 is currently operational. FN30. See American Telephone and Telegraph et al., Joint Application for a License to Land and Operate a High Capacity Digital Submarine Cable System Extending from Untied States Mainland to Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Spain, File No. SCL-88-004, Cable Landing License, 3 FCC Rcd 7304 (1988); American Telephone and Telegraph et al., Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended, to Construct, Assign Capacity in and Oper- ate a High Capacity, Digital Submarine Cable System Between and Among the Untied States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Spain, File No. ITC-88-181, Memor- andum, Opinion, Order and Authorization, 4 FCC Rcd 1129 (1988); Errata, File No. ITC-88-181, 4 FCC Rcd 724 & 1136 (1989). TAT-9 is currently operational. FN31. See American Telephone and Telegraph et al., Joint Application for a License to Land and Operate a High Capacity Digital Submarine Cable System Extending Between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, File No. SCL-91-002, Cable Landing License, 7 FCC Rcd 134 (1992). TAT-11 is currently operational. FN32. See American Telephone and Telegraph Company et al., Joint Application for a License to Land and Operate a High Capacity Digital Submarine Cable Network Between and Among the United States Mainland, the United Kingdom and France, File No. SCL-93-004, Cable Landing License, 8 FCC Rcd 4808 (1993); American Telephone © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) and Telegraph Company et al., Joint Application for Authorization under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to Construct, Operate and Ac- quire Capacity in and Operate a High Capacity Digital Submarine Cable Network Between and Among the United States Mainland, the United Kingdom and France, File No. ITC-93-062, Memorandum Opinion, Order and Authorization, 8 FCC Rcd 4810 (1993). TAT-12/TAT-13 is currently operational. FN33. See TyCom Atlantic (US) Inc. Application for a License to Land and Operate a Private Fiber-Optic Cable System Between the United States Mainland and the United Kingdom, File No. SCL-LIC-20000308-00007, Cable Landing License, 15 FCC Rcd 14881 (2000). The TyCom cable is scheduled to begin service in July 2001. FN34. See SSI Atlantic Crossing LLC, Application for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a Digital Submarine Cable System Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom and Germany, File No. SCL-97-002, Cable Landing Li- cense, 13 FCC Rcd 5961 (1997); Order on Reconsideration, File No. SCL-97-002, 12 FCC Rcd 17435 (1997); Modification of Cable Landing License, File No. SCL- 97-002(M), 13 FCC Rcd 7171 (1998); Application for authority to assign the Cable Landing License for the Atlantic Crossing Cable System, File No. SCL- ASG-19981207-00028, Order and Authorization, 14 FCC Rcd 10492 (1999). The Atlantic Crossing-1 cable is currently operational. FN35. See supra at n.21. PTAT-1 is currently operational. FN36. See FLAG Atlantic Limited Application for a License to Land and Operate in the United States a Private Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom and France, File No. SCL- LIC-19990301-00005, Cable Landing License, 15 FCC Rcd 21359 (1999). FN37. See Worldwide Telecom (USA) Inc., Application for a License to Land and Op- erate in the United States a Private Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System extending between the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, File No. SCL- LIC-19990804-00012, Cable Landing License, 15 FCC Rcd 765 (2000); and Acquisition of Globenet Communications Group Limited by 360 Networks Inc., Application for Transfer of Control of Submarine Cable Landing Licenses and International Section 214 Authority, File Nos. ITC-T/C-20000328-00186 and SCL-T/C-20000328-00010, 15 FCC Rcd 10814 (2000). FN38. See Level 3 Landing Station, Inc. Application For a License to Land and Op- erate in the United States a Private Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System Extending Between the United States and the United Kingdom, File No CL-LIC-19990913-00019, Cable Landing License, 15 FCC Rcd 842 (2000); and Level 3 Landing Station, Inc. and GT Landing II Corp., Application for Modification of Cable Landing License, File No. SCL-MOD-20000511-00018, 15 FCC Rcd 21615 (2000). FN39. See 47 U.S.C. § 35 (providing that a license may be granted "upon such terms as shall be necessary to assure just and reasonable rates and service in the oper- © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 (Cite as: 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12023) ation and use of cables so licensed"). FN40. See Rules and Policies on Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunica- tions Market, IB Docket Nos. 97-142 and 95-22, Report and Order and Order on Re- consideration, 12 FCC Rcd 23891, 23934, para. 95 (1997) (Foreign Participation Or- der), Order on Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 18158 (2000); Cable & Wireless Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8530, para. 39; China-US Order, 13 FCC Rcd at 16237, para. 15. FN41. Application at 7. FN42. Id. FN43. See 47 U.S.C. § 153(44) (defining "telecommunications carrier"); Cable & Wireless Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8523, para. 17. FN44. Application at 3, 10-12. FN45. C&W April 26 Letter and C&W May 4 Letter. FN46. Application at Exhibits B, C, D, E, and F. Also C&W April 26 Letter. FN47. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1306 Note 1 (as amended 1999); 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review - Review of International Common Carrier Regulations, IB Docket No. 98-118, Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 4909 at paras. 67-69 (1999). 2001 WL 630523 (F.C.C.), 16 F.C.C.R. 12,023, 16 FCC Rcd. 12,023 END OF DOCUMENT © 2008 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.


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