Petition to adopt co

PETITION submitted by U.S. Department of Justice

Petition to Adopt Conditions

2019-02-14

This document pretains to SES-T/C-20180824-02276 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESTC2018082402276_1626510

                                      Before the
                        FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                                 Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                                )
                                                )
Brent Infrastructure I B.V. Transferor          )   File No.    WC Docket No. 18-255
                                                )               ULS 0008305302
and                                             )               ULS 0008308784
Colombo Topco Limited,                          )               ULS 0008309647
Transferee                                      )               ULS 0008314644
                                                )               ITC-T/C-20180824-00165
Joint Application for Consent to Transfer       )               SES-T/C-20180824-02273
Control of Domestic and International           )               SES-T/C-20180824-02276
Authorizations Pursuant to Section 214 of       )               SES-T/C-20180824-02277
the Communications Act of 1934, As              )               SES-T/C-20180824-02278
Amended                                                         ISP-PDR-20180824-00003



                           PETITION TO ADOPT CONDITIONS TO
                            AUTHORIZATIONS AND LICENSES


          The Department of Justice (“DOJ”), with the concurrence of the Department of

Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Defense (“DOD” and, together with DHS

and DOJ, the “Agencies”), submits this Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorizations and

Licenses (“Petition”), pursuant to Section 1.41 of the Federal Communications Commission

(“Commission”) rules.1 Through this Petition, the DOJ: (1) petitions the Commission, should it

decide to grant the authority sought in the above-referenced proceedings, to grant such authority

on the condition that Tampnet Inc. (“Tampnet”), Tampnet AS, and Colombo Topco Limited

(“Colombo Topco” and, together with Tampnet and Tampnet AS, the “Applicants”) abide by the

commitments and undertakings set forth in the attached February 13, 2019, Letter of Agreement

(“2019 LOA”); (2) advises the Commission that, assuming that such a condition will be placed

on the authority sought by Colombo Topco, the DOJ has no objection to the FCC granting the


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    47 C.F.R. § 1.41.


authority sought in the above-referenced proceeding; and (3) advises the Commission that it is

the DOJ’s understanding that the DOD and the DHS have no objection to the relief sought by the

DOJ or to the granting of Colombo Topco’s application.

          The Commission has long recognized that law enforcement, national security, and public

safety concerns are part of its public interest analysis, and has accorded deference to the views of

other U.S. government agencies with expertise in those areas. See In the Matter of Comsat

Corporation d/b/a Comsat Mobile Communications, etc., 16 FCC Rcd. 21,661, 21707 ¶ 94

(2001).

          After discussions with representatives of the Applicants in connection with the above-

referenced proceedings, the DOJ has concluded that the additional commitments set forth in the

2019 LOA will help ensure that those agencies with responsibility for enforcing the law,

protecting the national security, and preserving public safety can proceed appropriately to satisfy

those responsibilities. Accordingly, the DOJ advises the Commission that: it has no objection to

the Commission granting the applications in the above-referenced proceedings, provided that the

Commission grants this petition and conditions its consent of authority on the Applicants’

compliance with the 2019 LOA; and, that it is the DOJ’s understanding that the DOD and the

DHS otherwise have no objections regarding the application at issue or the DOJ’s herein-

requested relief.




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Respectfully submitted,

LOYAAN A. EGAL
Deputy Chief, Foreign Investment Review Staff
National Security Division
United States Department of Justice


___________/S/____________________
Hunter P. Deeley
Attorney Advisor
3 Constitution Square
175 N Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002

February 14, 2019

Attachment A (2019 Letter of Assurances)




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