Attachment Taino-Carib Cable La

This document pretains to SCL-STA-20180119-00001 for Special Temporal Authority on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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a E 6 Federal Communications Commission 4161 DA 92—861 a & unit off the San Juan coast. From the branching unit, the % Before the TAINO—CARIB cable will extend to a cable station at Magens Bay, St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Isiands. From :> Rederal Communications Commission St. Thomas, the TAINO—CARIB will extend to the British Washington, D.C. 20554 Virgin Islands where it will land at the Tortola Brewers Bay cable landing and extend to the existing Chalwell cable station, The proposed cable system will be owned by In the Mauerof the Joint Applicanis and a number of foreign telecom— munications entities; it has a ready for service (RFS) date TELEFONICA LARGA DISTANCIA of Ociober 1992 DE PUERTO RICO 3. The transmission portion of the TAINO—CARIB sys— tem will consist of six fiber paits between Puerto Rico and US SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY St. Thomas and six fiber pairs between St. Thomas and Tortola, with each pair operating at a speed of 560 Mbps. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP The TAINO—CARIB cable will have a design capacity equivalent to 45,360 64—Kbps circuits, Because of the rel— AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND tively short distances —involved, the TAINO—CARIB cable TELEGRAPH COMPANY will empfoy repeaterless technology, the first time this technology has been uséd in the Caribbean Basin. Use of MCI File No. SCL—92—002 repeaterless technology will give the owners a high degree INTERNATIONAL, INC. of fexibility in terms of operating all or portions of the capecity as needed to meet service demands, The total cost of the transmission portion of the TAINQ—CARIB cable, ST. THOMAS AND includingcable stations, is estimated to be $15,436.230. SAN JUAN TELEPHONE 4. The TAINO—CARIB cable system will provide the COMPANY, INC. "missing link" in Ceribbelin telecommunications as there is no cable link between Puert® Rico, St. Thomas and TRUFIC ‘Toriola, In Tortola, the TAINO—CARIB cable will provide COMMUNICATIONS, INC. connectivity with the CARAC fiber optic submarine cable, which connects Tortola to Bermuda, and the Private Trans. GTE HAWAIAN Atlantic Cable System (PTAT) which interconnects Ber— muda with both the U.S. mainland and Europe (freland TELEPHONE COMPANY ‘ and England). in Puerto Rico, the TAINO—CARIB cable INCORPORATED will interconnect with the TCS—1 fiber optic submarine cable system which connects West Palim Beach, Florida WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. with San Juan and continues onward to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Colombia on the South American Join Application for a License to land mainland. At St. Thomas, there are numerous analog cable and operate the TAINO—CARIB fiber optic systems which extend to the U.S. Mainlard and other Caribbean island and South American locations. The Joint submarinecable system extending between applicants note that when these older systems are replaced Puerto Rico and St. Thomas in the U.S. by state—ofthe—art fiber optic cable systems, the presence of Virgin Islands and the British Virgin TAINO—CARIB will facilitate lnlerwnnecuon with future Islands digital cables. 5. By letter dated May 7, 1992, the State Department informed the Commission that it has no objection to the CABLE LANDING LICENSE application to land in.U.S. territory and operaie the TAINO—CARIB cable system, In light of the State Depart« Adopted: June 25,1992; Released:July 6, 1992 . ment‘s letter and the Commission‘s finding in the related Section 214 application to construct and operate: the By the Chief, GCommon Carrier Bureau: TAINO—CARIB system (File No, 1—T—C—92—106), we find that a grant of a cable landing license for the TAINO: 1. The Commission has before it for consideration a CARIB cable will serve the public interest. joint application filed by the above—captioned applicants 6. In light of the above considerations, the Commission (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Joint Applicants"), hereby GRANTS AND ISSUES, under the provisions of pursuant to the provisions of 47 U.S.C, $§34—39, for a "An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Subma: license to land and operate in United States territory a tine Cables in the United States®, 47 U.S.C. §§34—39. and fiber optic submarine telecommunications cable (TAINO— pursuant to the authority defegated to this Commission CARIB) extending between Puerto Rico, St. Thomas in the under Executive Order No, 10530, dated May 10, 1954, 3, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Tortola in the British Virgin C.FR. 1994—1958 Comp., p. 189 (1961), reprinied in 3 Islands, The application—was placed on ‘public notice on U.S.C.A. §301 .at p. 1052 (1983), to the Joint Applicants * February 19, 1992. No comments were received. herein a license to land and operate the above described 2. The TAINO—CARIB cable will land at cable stations TAINO—CARIB cable system, having the capacity specified in Puerto Rico at Miramar and at Isla Verde (approxi— in paragraph 3, supra..This license is subject to: (a) the mately two miles east of Miramar). From these cable Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 US.C. stations. underwater segments will connect at a branching §§151—609; (b) subsequent applicable acts, (c) all refevant

DA 92—861 Federal Communications Commission rulés: and. regulations of the Federal Communications (7) The terms and conditions upon which this li— Commission made pursuant to authority vested in it; (d) cense is given shall be accepied by the Licensees by any treaties or conventions relating to communications to filing a letter with the Secretary, Federal Commu— which the United States of America is or may hereafter nications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554, * become a party: (e) any action by the Commission or the within 30 days of the release of this order. Congress of the United States of America rescinding, changing, modifying or amending any rights accruing to 7. This order is issued under Section 0.291 of the Rules any person hereunder; and {f} the following conditions: and is effective upon adoption. Petitions for reconsider— . ation under Section 1.106 or applications for review under {1) The location of the cable within the territorial Section 1.115 of the Rules may be filed within 30 days of waters of the United States of America, its territories public notice of this order {see Section 1,4(b)(2)), and possessions, and upon the foreshore thereof, shall be in conformity with plans approved by the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Secretary of the Army, and the cable shall be moved or shifted by the Licensees at their expense upon the request of the Secretary of the Army whenever he or she considers such course necessary in the public interest, for reasons of national defense, or for the Cheryl A. Tritt maintenance or improvement of harbors for navige~ Chief, Common Carrier Bureau . tional purposes: (2) The Licensees shall at all times comply with any requirements ‘‘ of United States— Government authorities regarding the location and concealment of the cable facilities, buildings, and apparatus with a view to protecting and safeguarding the cable from injury or destruiction by enemies of the United States of America; (3) The Licensees or any persons or companies con— trolling them or controlled by them do not enjoy and shall not acquire any right, for the purpose of handling traffic to or from the United: States, ts territories or possessions, to land, connect or operate cables or landlines, to construct or operate radio stations, or to interchange traffic, which is denied to any other United States company by reason of any concession, contract, understanding, or working ar— rangement to which the Licensees or any persons or companies controlling them or controlled by them are parties; (4) Neither this license, nor the rights granted here— in. shall be transferred, assigned, or in any manner either. voluntarily: or. involuntarily disposed. of or — disposed of indirectly by transfer of control of the Licensees to any persons, unless the Federal Com— munications Commission shal} give prior consent in * writing; . (3) This license is revocable after due notice and / opportunity for hearing by the Federal Communics— tions Commission in the event of breach or nonfulfiliment of any requirements specified in Sec tion 2 of "An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Submarine Cables in the United States," 47 U.S.C. §§34—39, or for failure to comply with the terms of the authorization; (6) The Licensees 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 that date, unless renewed or extended upon proper applications duly filed no less than six months prior to the expiration date: and, upon expiration of the license, all rights granted under it shall be termi— nated; and


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