Attachment ATT STA Renewal Requ

This document pretains to SCL-STA-20190128-00002 for Special Temporal Authority on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) The Taino-Carib Submarine Cable System ) File No. SCL-LIC-19920512-00012 Operating between Puerto Rico and St. ) Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the ) British Virgin Islands ) APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY On behalf of the licensees of the Taino-Carib submarine cable system,1 SCL-LIC- 19920512-00012, AT&T Corp. (“AT&T”), pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §§ 34-39, Executive Order 10,530, and 47 C.F.R. § 1.767, hereby requests that the Commission further extend the previously granted Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) to allow the continued operation of the Taino-Carib cable following the expiration of the prior cable landing license while the Commission considers the application for a new cable landing license for this cable filed on June 29, 2018.2 AT&T acknowledges, on behalf of the licensees, that the grant of this STA will not prejudice any action the Commission may take on the application for a new cable landing license, and that this STA can be modified or revoked by the Commission upon its own motion without a hearing. AT&T also acknowledges on behalf of the licenses that such continued operation of the cable would remain subject to the conditions set forth in the cable landing license released on July 6, 1992. 1 The licensees are: AT&T Corp., MCI International Inc., Prepa Networks, LLC, Primus Telecommunications, Inc., Sprint Communications Company L.P., and Telefonica Larga Distancia De Puerto Rico. See, FCC Public Notice, FY 2016 Regulatory Fees, Listing of Submarine Cable Owners, Sept. 7, 2019, at 9. 2 See Application For Cable Landing License, File No. SCL-LIC- 20180702-00019, filed June 29, 2018. See also, The Taino-Carib Cable System, SCL-STA-20180119-00001, Jan. 25, 2018 & SCL-STA-20180629-00017, Aug. 6, 2018. The application is currently under review by the “Team Telecom” Executive Branch agencies.

-2- AT&T submits that the continued operation of the Taino-Carib cable will continue to serve the public interest for the reasons set forth in the application for STA filed on January 18, 2018 and therefore requests the grant of this request. Respectfully submitted, AT&T Corp. Of Counsel: ________________________ James Talbot Mark D. Schneider AVP- Senior Legal Counsel Sidley Austin LLP AT&T Services, Inc. & 1501 K Street, NW Assistant Secretary Washington, DC 20005 AT&T Corp. (202) 736-8058 Suite 1000 mschneider@sidley.com 1120 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 457-3048 jjtalbot@att.com Dated: January __, 2019

-3- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing application was served on the following by first-class mail on June 29, 2018: U.S. Coordinator, EB/CIP U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520-5818 Office of Chief Counsel/NTIA U.S. Department of Commerce 14th St., NW and Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230 Defense Information Systems Agency ATTN: GC/DOI 6910 Cooper Avenue Fort Meade, MD 20755-7088 _________________________________


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