GCICC Supplement (Fi

LETTER submitted by GCI Communication Corp.

Supplement

2017-11-21

This document pretains to SCL-LIC-20171031-00024 for License on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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November 21, 2017 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: File No. SCL-LIC-20171031-00024 Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of GCI Communication Corp. (“GCICC”), I hereby respond to inquiries made by International Bureau staff by email on November 16, 2017, with respect to the above- referenced cable landing license application for the TERRA-Aleutian cable system. Regarding the likely closing date of the GCI-Liberty transaction, for which the Commission recently granted consent,1 the transaction parties have indicated that they intend to consummate the transaction in the first quarter of 2018.2 Consummation of the transaction will result in changes to the indirect ownership of GCICC, as detailed on pages 6 and 7 of the application filed in FCC File No. SCL-T/C-20170501-00013 with respect to GCICC’s existing cable landing license interests (attached, without exhibits, as Exhibit 1) and shown graphically in the attached ownership diagram (Exhibit 2). Regarding the nature of the cable landing station facilities listed on page 3 of the application and detailed in appendices 2 through 6 of that application, all of those cable landing station facilities will be new facilities constructed in connection with TERRA-Aleutian. Finally, please note that the reference to “AU-BLUE” on page 4 should be corrected to “TERRA-Aleutian.” 1 Joint Application of General Communication, Inc. and GCI Liberty, Inc. for Consent to Transfer Control, DA 17-1096, WC Docket No. 17-114 (rel. Nov. 8, 2017). 2 See General Communication, Inc., Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1, at 2 (filed Apr. 7, 2017); Liberty Interactive Corp., Form 8-K, at 4 (filed Apr. 4, 2017).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Federal Communications Commission November 21, 2017 Page 2 Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Respectfully submitted, Kent Bressie Counsel for GCI Communication Corp. Attachments cc: Jodi Cooper David Krech

EXHIBIT 1: TRANSFER-OF-CONTROL APPLICATION FILED IN FCC FILE NO. SCL-T/C-20170501-00013

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC., File No. SCL-T/C-2017-____________ Transferor, GCI LIBERTY, INC. Transferee, GCI Communication Corp., Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link, Inc., Unicom, Inc., and United Utilities, Inc., Licensees, Application for Consent to Transfer Control Rights of Cable Landing Licenses CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF CABLE LANDING LICENSES—STREAMLINED PROCESSING REQUESTED Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 34, Executive Order No. 10,530, and 47 C.F.R. § 1.767, General Communication, Inc. (“GCI”) and GCI Liberty, Inc. (“GCI Liberty”) apply for Commission consent to the transfer of control of five cable landing licenses held by GCI Communication Corp. (“GCICC”), Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link, Inc. (“KKFL”), Unicom, Inc. (“Unicom”), and United Utilities, Inc. (“UUI”) (together with GCICC, KKFL, and Unicom, “GCI Cable Landing Licensees,” together with GCI and GCI Liberty, the “Applicants”). GCI, Liberty Interactive Corporation (“LIC”), and their affiliates have entered into agreements pursuant to which GCI’s operating businesses will be combined with certain businesses and assets attributed to the Liberty Ventures Group of LIC under a new holding company, GCI Liberty (the “Proposed Transaction”). GCI’s operating companies will comprise the primary operating subsidiaries of

GCI Liberty, will continue to operate under the GCI brand, and will maintain current management and headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. Consummation of the Proposed Transaction will serve the public interest by providing GCI’s operating businesses with more stable access to financial markets and greater capacity to execute on GCI’s current business plan. It will reduce the exposure of those businesses to Alaska-specific market fluctuations and diversify the overall enterprise beyond Alaska, with GCI Liberty being a substantially larger and more diverse company than GCI is today. The Proposed Transaction raises no public interest concerns that would warrant an extended review or transaction-specific conditions for consent. Indeed, this consolidated application qualifies for presumptive streamlined processing under 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(k)(1). Upon consummation of the Proposed Transactions, the Applicants will not be affiliated with any foreign carriers in any foreign countries where any of the five submarine cable systems licensed to the GCI Cable Landing Licenses (collectively, the “GCI Submarine Cable Systems”) lands, as the GCI Submarine Cable Systems all have exclusively U.S. domestic landing points. Moreover, the Proposed Transaction would create no new combinations that would adversely affect competition in any geographic market for submarine cable capacity. GCI Liberty will not control any submarine cable operators licensed by the Commission other than those within GCI. GCI Liberty will be U.S.-owned and controlled and will not have any 10-percent-or-greater direct or indirect foreign owners. I. BACKGROUND In Exhibit 1, the Applicants and their affiliates describe in greater detail the Proposed Transaction and the Applicants, including diagrams showing the pre- and post-consummation ownership of the GCI Cable Landing Licensees. In that exhibit, the Applicants and their 2

affiliates also describe in greater detail the public interest benefits of, and absence of competitive harms resulting from, the Proposed Transaction. The GCI Cable Landing Licensees collectively hold cable landing licenses for five submarine cable systems: TABLE 1: GCI Submarine Cable Systems Year of Submarine Entry Into Cable Licensee(s) FCC File Number(s) Landing Points Commercial System Service SCL-LIC-19961205-00615 Juneau, AK SCL-LIC-19980602-00008 Alaska Lynnwood, WA GCICC SCL-ASG-19971125-00013 1999 United East Valdez, AK SCL-MOD-20020409-00018 Whittier, AK SCL-MOD-20020409-00019 SCL-LIC-20020522-00047 Alaska Seward, AK Unicom SCL-ASG-20080515-00025 2004 United West Warrenton, OR SCL-ASG-20121019-00013 Cook Inlet GCICC Homer, AK Segment of SCL-LIC-20100914-00021 2012 UUI Williamsport, AK TERRA-SW Anchorage, AK Homer, AK Kodiak- SCL-LIC-20060413-00004 Kenai, AK Kenai Fiber KKFL SCL-ASG-20090817-00025 2007 Kodiak, AK Link SCL-T/C-20160906-00016 Narrow Cape, AK Seward, AK Angoon, AK Hawk Inlet, AK Juneau, AK SEAFAST GCICC SCL-LIC-20071023-00019 Ketchikan, AK 2008 Petersburg, AK Sitka, AK Wrangell, AK The GCI Cable Landing Licensees operate these five systems as an integrated whole, which they have branded as the Alaska United Fiber-Optic Cable System. 3

II. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 47 C.F.R. § 1.767 Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)(11)(i), the Applicants provide the following information in support of this application. A. Applicant Identification Information1 In Table 2 below, the Applicants provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers, places of organization, and FCC Registration Numbers. TABLE 2: Applicant Identification Information Name, Address, and Place of FRN Transaction Role Telephone # Organization General Communication, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 Alaska 0001570951 Transferor Anchorage, Alaska 99503 (907) 265-5600 GCI Liberty, Inc.2 Liberty Interactive Corporation Alaska3 0026415356 Transferee 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, Colorado 80112 (720) 875-5300 GCI Communication Corp. Licensee for Alaska United 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 East and SEAFAST; joint Alaska 0001568880 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 licensee for the Cook Inlet (907) 265-5600 Segment Kodiak Kenai Fiber Link, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 0018916742 Licensee for Kodiak-Kenai Alaska Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Fiber Link (907) 265-5600 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)(1), (2). 2 GCI Liberty, Inc. is the entity resulting from the Proposed Transaction. Prior to consummation of the Proposed Transaction, the contact is Liberty Interactive Corporation. 3 As soon as practicable after closing of the Proposed Transaction, and upon receipt of required shareholder approvals, GCI Liberty will merge into a new Delaware subsidiary, retaining the name GCI Liberty, Inc. 4

Name, Address, and Place of FRN Transaction Role Telephone # Organization Unicom, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 Licensee for Alaska United Alaska 0001567908 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 West (907) 265-5600 United Utilities, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 Joint licensee for the Cook Alaska 0001571561 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Inlet Segment (907) 265-5600 B. Contact Information4 The Commission should address correspondence regarding this application to the persons identified in Table 3 below. TABLE 3: Contact Information Party Company Contact Counsel Contact GCI and Chris Nierman Kent Bressie GCI Cable Senior Counsel, Federal Affairs Julie A. Veach Landing GCI Communication Corp. Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP Licensees 1900 L Street N.W., Suite 700 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, D.C. 20036-3537 (202) 457-8815 (202) 730-1300 cnierman@gci.com kbressie@hwglaw.com jveach@hwglaw.com GCI Liberty or Richard N. Baer Robert L. Hoegle Liberty Chief Legal Officer Thomas F. Bardo Interactive Liberty Interactive Corporation Nelson Mullins Riley & Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Scarborough LLP Englewood, Colorado 80112 101 Constitution Avenue, Suite 900 (720) 875-5300 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 712-2816 bob.hoegle@nelsonmullins.com tom.bardo@nelsonmullins.com 4 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)(3). 5

C. Certification Regarding Ownership, Place of Organization, Principal Business, and Interlocking Directorates5 By its signature below, GCI Liberty certifies that the GCI Cable Landing Licensees will have the following 10-percent-or-greater interest holders following the consummation of the Proposed Transaction: Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company, LLC (“KKCC”) Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Place of Organization: Alaska Principal Business: telecommunications Relationship: KKCC will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in KKFL. GCI Communication Corp. (“GCICC”) Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Place of Organization: Alaska Principal Business: telecommunications Relationship: GCICC will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in each of KKCC, Unicom, and UUI. GCI Holdings, LLC (“GCIH”) Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Place of Organization: Alaska Principal Business: holding company Relationship: GCIH will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in GCICC. Ventures Holdco, LLC (“Ventures Holdco”) Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Place of Organization: Alaska Principal Business: holding company Relationship: Ventures Holdco will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in GCIH. GCI, LLC (“GCI”) Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Place of Organization: Alaska Principal Business: holding company Relationship: GCI will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in Ventures Holdco. 5 See id. §§ 1.767(a)(8)(i), 63.18(h). 6

GCI Liberty, Inc. (“GCI Liberty”) Address: 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, Colorado 80112 Place of Organization: Alaska, to be reincorporated in Delaware upon shareholder approval following consummation of the Proposed Transaction Principal Business: holding company Relationship: GCI Liberty will hold a 100-percent voting-and-equity interest in GCI. Dr. John C. Malone Address: c/o Liberty Interactive Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 Citizenship: USA Principal Business: telecommunications and investments Relationship: Dr. Malone is projected to hold a 27.4-percent voting interest and a 4.0-percent equity interest in GCI Liberty. No other person or entity is projected to hold a 10-percent-or-greater direct or indirect voting or equity interest in the GCI Cable Landing Licensees following the consummation of the Proposed Transaction. Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement between the Applicants and LIC, the current President and Chief Executive Officer of GCI, Ron Duncan, will be a member of the board of GCI Liberty. Donne Fisher, a former Chairman of the Board of GCI, will also be a member of the board of GCI Liberty. The remaining members of the initial board will be selected by LIC. As the terms of the initial members expire or seats otherwise become vacant, directors will be elected by the shareholders of GCI Liberty. Neither Mr. Duncan nor Mr. Fisher is an officer or director in an authorized U.S. international carrier or for any foreign carrier. The Applicants do not expect to have other interlocking directorates with foreign carriers but will update this information if needed. 7

D. Certification Regarding the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 19886 By its signature below, GCI Liberty certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of federal benefits under Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, as amended.7 E. Certification Regarding Foreign Carrier Status and Foreign Affiliations8 By its signature below, GCI Liberty certifies that upon consummation of the Proposed Transaction: (1) it will not be a foreign carrier in any country and (2) it will be affiliated with foreign carriers (including a foreign carrier that controls a cable landing station in a foreign country) as listed in Table 4 below. TABLE 4: Post-Consummation Affiliated Foreign Carriers and Cable Landing Station Interests Country Entity Anguilla Cable and Wireless (Anguilla) Limited Cable & Wireless Antigua & Barbuda Limited Antigua & Barbuda Kelcom International (Antigua & Barbuda) Ltd. Austria UPC Austria GmbH The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited Bahamas Columbus Communications Limited Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited Barbados Columbus Telecommunications (Barbados) Limited Karib Cable Inc. Belgium Telenet Group Holding N.V. Belize ARCOS-1 USA, Inc. Bonaire Columbus Networks Bonaire, N.V. British Virgin Islands Cable and Wireless (British Virgin Islands) Limited 6 See id. §§ 1.767(a)(8)(i), 63.18(o). 7 21 U.S.C. § 862(a); Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-690, § 5301, 102 Stat. 4181, 4310-12 (1988), which related to denial of Federal benefits to drug traffickers and possessors—previously codified at 21 U.S.C. § 853(a)—was renumbered section 421 of the Controlled Substances Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-647, § 1002(d)(1), 104 Stat. 4789, 4827 (1990), and has been recodified as 21 U.S.C. § 862(a). 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(o) does not reflect this recodification. 8 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)(8)(ii). 8

Country Entity Cayman Islands Cable and Wireless (Cayman Islands) Limited Chile VTR GlobalCom SpA Columbus Networks de Colombia, Ltda. Colombia Columbus Networks Zona Franca Ltda. Lazus de Colombia S.A.S. Columbus Networks de Costa Rica S.R.L. Costa Rica Promitel Costa Rica S.A. Columbus Communications Curaçao N.V. Curaçao Columbus Networks Curaçao, N.V. Columbus Networks Netherlands Antilles, N.V. Czech Republic UPC Ceska Republica Sro Dominica Cable & Wireless Dominica Limited Columbus Networks Dominicana, S.A. Dominican Republic CWC Cable & Wireless Communications Dominican Republic SA Columbus Networks Centroamerica, S. de R.L. El Salvador Columbus Networks El Salvador S.A. Germany Unitymedia GmbH Cable & Wireless Grenada Limited Grenada Columbus Communications (Grenada) Limited Guatemala Columbus Networks de Guatemala Limitada Honduras Columbus Networks de Honduras, S. de R.L. Hungary UPC Magyarorszag Kft Ireland Virgin Media Ireland Ltd Cable & Wireless Jamaica Limited Jamaica Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited Columbus Networks Jamaica Limited Mexico Columbus Networks de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. Montserrat Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited Netherlands VodafoneZiggo Group Holding BV Nicaragua Columbus Networks Nicaragua y Compañia Limitada Cable & Wireless Panama S.A. CWC WS Holdings Panama S.A. Panama Columbus Networks de Panama S.R.L. Promitel Panama S.A. Peru Lazus Peru S.A.C. Poland UPC Polska Sp. z.o.o. Romania UPC Romania Srl St. Kitts & Nevis Cable & Wireless St. Kitts & Nevis Limited Columbus Communications (St. Lucia) Limited St. Lucia Tele (St. Lucia) Inc. Cable & Wireless (St. Lucia) Limited St. Vincent & the Cable & Wireless St. Vincent and the Grenadines Limited Grenadines Columbus Communications St. Vincent and the Grenadines Limited Seychelles Cable & Wireless (Seychelles) Limited 9

Country Entity Slovak Republic UPC Broadband Slovakia sro Switzerland UPC Schweiz GmbH Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited Trinidad and Tobago Columbus Networks International (Trinidad) Limited Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited Turks & Caicos Columbus Networks, Limited Islands Cable and Wireless (TCI) Limited United Kingdom Virgin Media Limited (England & Wales) Venezuela Columbus Networks de Venezuela, S.A. F. Certification Regarding Destination Countries9 By its signature below, GCI Liberty certifies that upon consummation of the Proposed Transaction: (1) it will not be a foreign carrier in any foreign country where any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems lands, as none of those cable systems lands in a foreign country; (2) it will not control a foreign carrier in any foreign country where any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems lands, as none of those cable systems lands in a foreign country; (3) no entity that owns more than 25 percent of GCI Liberty, or that controls GCI Liberty, controls a foreign carrier in any foreign country where any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems lands, as none of those cable systems lands in a foreign country; and (4) no grouping of two or more foreign carriers (or parties that control foreign carriers in any of the foreign countries where any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems lands, as there are no such countries) own, in aggregate, more than 25 percent of it and are parties to, or beneficiaries of, a contractual relation affecting the provision or marketing of arrangements for the terms of acquisition, sale, lease, transfer, and use of capacity on any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems. 9 See id. § 1.767(a)(8)(iii). 10

G. Certifications Regarding WTO Status and Affiliations with Foreign Carriers Having Market Power in Foreign Destination Markets10 No response is required, as GCI Liberty did not identify any non-WTO markets in response to 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a)(8)(iii). H. Certification Regarding Routine Conditions11 By the signature below, GCI Liberty certifies that it accepts and will abide by the routine conditions specified in 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(g). I. Streamlining12 The Applicants request streamlined processing pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(k)(1). GCI Liberty has certified above that upon consummation of the Proposed Transaction, it will not be affiliated with any foreign carrier in any foreign country where any of the GCI Submarine Cable Systems land, as the GCI Submarine Cable Systems all have exclusively U.S. domestic landing points. As this application does not seek authority for any new or modified submarine cable construction, no certification is required with respect to the Coastal Zone Management Act.13 10 See id. § 1.767(a)(8)(iv). 11 See id. § 1.767(a)(9). 12 See id. § 1.767(j), (k). 13 See id. § 1.767(k)(4). 11

CONCLUSION For the reasons stated above and in the attached Exhibit 1, the Applicants request that the Commission grant unconditional consent for the transfer of control of the GCI Cable Landing Licensees from GCI to GCI Liberty. Respectfully submitted, GCI Liberty, Inc. (Resulting Applicant) /s/ Richard N. Baer Richard N. Baer Chief Legal Officer Liberty Interactive Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, Colorado 80112 +1 720 875 5300 General Communication, Inc. /s/ Tina Pidgeon Tina Pidgeon General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs General Communication, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 +1 907 265 5600 May 1, 2017 12

EXHIBIT 2: OWNERSHIP OF GCICC FOLLOWING CONSUMMATION OF GCI-LIBERTY TRANSACTION Dr. John C. Malone (U.S. citizen) 27.4% voting, 4.0% equity GCI Liberty, Inc. (Alaska, to be reincorporated in Delaware following post- consummation shareholder approval) 100% voting, 100% equity GCI, LLC (Alaska) 100% voting, 100% equity Ventures Holdco, LLC (Alaska) 100% voting, 100% equity GCI Holdings, LLC (Alaska) 100% voting, 100% equity GCI Communication Corp. (Alaska)


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