FCC Deferral Request

LETTER submitted by U.S. Department of Justice

Deferral Request Letter

2017-02-10

This document pretains to SCL-T/C-20161220-00026 for Transfer of Control on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

IBFS_SCLTC2016122000026_1182277

EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICANTS AND PROPOSED TRANSACTION, PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ......................................................................................1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION ....................2 A. Seller Entities .......................................................................................................................2 1. Amper, S.A. ...................................................................................................................2 2. eLandia International, Inc. .............................................................................................3 B. Bluesky Licensees and Related Holding Company to Be Acquired by ATH .....................3 1. eLandia Technologies, Inc. ............................................................................................3 2. AST Telecom, LLC d/b/a Bluesky ................................................................................3 3. American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC ...........................................................................4 4. Samoa American Samoa Cable, LLC ............................................................................4 C. The Purchaser: Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited..................................................4 D. Qualifications .......................................................................................................................6 E. Description of the Proposed Transaction .............................................................................7 III. STANDARD OF REVIEW .......................................................................................................8 IV. THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE, AND NECESSITY ......................................................................................9 A. ATH’s Control of the Bluesky Licensees Will Serve the Public Interest ..........................10 1. ATH Has Strong Technical and Financial Qualifications and Extensive Experience in Island-Based Markets in the South Pacific ...........................................10 2. ATH Has a Proven Track Record of Increasing Broadband Deployment in Its Service Markets ...........................................................................................................11 3. ATH is Financially Well Established, with a Proven Record of Investment...............11 B. Customers Will Not Be Negatively Affected By the Transaction .....................................12 V. THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION WILL ENHANCE COMPETITION IN AMERICAN SAMOA .............................................................................................................13 A. The Combination of ATH and the Bluesky Licensees Will Create a Stronger Competitor in the American Samoa Market ......................................................................13 B. Any Competition Concerns Raised by the Bluesky Licensees’ Post-Transaction Affiliations with Foreign Carriers Will Be Addressed Through Dominant-Carrier Regulation on the Relevant Routes ....................................................................................14 ii


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