Attachment STA Extension Reques

This document pretains to SCL-STA-20131127-00014 for Special Temporal Authority on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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1200 18TH STREET, N.W., STE. 1200 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036-2516 U.S.A. TEL +1 202 730 1300 FAX +1 202 730 1301 WWW.WILTSHIREGRANNIS.COM ATTORNEYS AT LAW 27 November 2013 BY ELECTRONIC FILING Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request to Extend STAs, FCC File Nos. ITC-STA-20130318-00077 and SCL-STA- 20130318-00003 Dear Ms. Dortch, For the reasons stated below and in the original STA requests (FCC File Nos. ITC-STA- 20110315-00070 and SCL-STA-20110315-00007) and associated foreign carrier affiliation notifications (FCC File Nos. FCN-NEW-20110315-00002 and FCN-NEW-20110316-00003, as modified by August 20, 2012, amendments reflecting Independent Samoa’s membership in the World Trade Organization), American Samoa License, Inc. (“ASLI,” FRN 0001843432) and AST Telecom, LLC, d/b/a Blue Sky Communications (“Blue Sky,” FRN 0007435902) (together with ASLI, “Applicants”) respectfully request that the International Bureau extend the above- referenced STAs for an additional six months. Since the International Bureau granted the original STAs, it has completed a pleading cycle but has yet to act on the underlying foreign carrier affiliation notifications. The Applicants require extension of the STAs in order to permit their continued provision of services on the Samoa-American Samoa route while affiliated with Bluesky Samoa Limited (formerly known as SamoaTel Limited) as a consequence of transaction consummated on March 31, 2011. ASLI and Blue Sky had inadvertently allowed the above- referenced STAs to lapse but maintains that no public-interest harms have resulted, as the Commission is well-aware of the underlying requests of ASLI and Blue Sky, which remain pending.

WILTSHIRE & GRANNIS LLP Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Federal Communications Commission 27 November 2013 Page 2 Should you have any questions, please contact me at by telephone at +1 202 730 1337 or by e-mail at kbressie@wiltshiregrannis.com. Respectfully submitted, Kent D. Bressie Counsel for American Samoa License, Inc. and AST Telecom, LLC, d/b/a Blue Sky Communications Attachments cc: George Li


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