Attachment Taino-Carib STA Gran

Taino-Carib STA Gran

DECISION submitted by Federal Communications Commission

STA Grant

2019-08-20

This document pretains to SCL-STA-20190726-00022 for Special Temporal Authority on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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Streamlined SCL-STA-201 90726-00022 1B201 9002817 d. AT&T CORP Before the o MMUNICATIONS COMMI I Washington, DC 20554 ~ au C~-~te.~ ~ b’IS ;Or)~ 04e1’n%41 4n%i l~I.fr~S ~J In the Matter of signatu 1L. (~tAL_ ) E~ç~ir~~.5: ~ i’~~ 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 AUG 20 2019’ International Oureeu 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 licensees 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. 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-201801 19-00001, Jan. 25, 2018, SCL-STA-20180629-00017, Aug. 6, 2018, & SCL-STA-20190128-00002, Feb. 22, 2019. 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 1 8, 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~sidIey.com 1120 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 457-3048 jjtalbot@att.com Dated: July 26, 2019

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing application was served on the following by first-class mail on July 26, 2019: 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 Gabrielle Whitehall


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