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SURRENDER OF AUTHORIZATION

Surrender Letter

2017-03-20

This document pretains to SUR-NDR-20170320-00013 for Surrender (SUR-NDR) on a Surrender filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIO S COMMISSION Washington, D. C. In the Matter of ) Section 63.71 Application of ) Verbal Telecard Inc. db/a VTC ) File No. To Discontinue Local and Long Distance Services ) Petition to Discontinue Service Verbal Telecard Inc. d/b/a VTC ("Verbal Telecard") hereby requests, pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rule, Section 63.71 0 the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), to discontinue service. Verbal Telecard is a non—dominant cor munications service provider in the State of NewYork. It is a company organized underthe laws ofthe State of New York and it has a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from the telecomstate level regulatory agencyin New York, (the NewYork Public Service Commission), for authority t provide telecomservices in the State of New York as a reseller and facilities based provider. Verbal Tele ard used the authority to provide US to International, International to US and International to Inter ational calling services in the form of prepaid calling cards sold to consumers in the State of New York. A s of December 31. 2015, Verbal Telecard stopped selling any newproducts or services. As of October 1, 2016, all of the company‘s prepaid calling card products reached their listed expiration dates. As such, the company currently does not have any customers since the listed expiration dates on its products e pired. So, Verbal Telecard decidedto file for the cancellation of its CPCN with the New York State Publi ic Service Commission and cancelled its FCC 499 Filer ID. It is submitting this filing to surrender the FC ? 214 authorization that was granted by the FCC to it on June 21. 2013. In support ofthis request of Ve bal Telecard, for authorization to discontinue service and for the surrendering ofits FCC 214 authorizatio n, the following information is submitted pursuant to the FCC Rule, 47 C.F.R. Section 63.71. B The name, address and telephone number ofthe app licant: Attention: Tanveer Shairy, President 50 Main Street, Suite 1000 White Plains, NY 10606 Telephone: 347—502—9053 Correspondence concerning this application should e sent to: Alonzo Beyene, Consultant to Verbal Telecard Industry Assurance Consulting, Inc. 6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 400, Miami, FL 3. 3126 Phone: (786)—505—1862 Email: alonzo@iacadvice.com 2. Date of planned service discontinuance: May 20, 2017 with a 30—day notice having been o perly provided to the affected customers per FCC and New York State Public Service C(%mission rules on January 9, 2017. The notice states that consumers who wish to object ave no later than 15 days after the Commission releases public notice of the proposé d discontinuance to file comments with the Commission.

Points of geographic areas ofservice affected: St ate of NewYork uo Brief description of the type of service affected: Long Distance Services Brief description ofthe dates and methods of noticg to all affected customers: &n Dated January9, 2017, Verbal Telecard sent let rs to customers via the distributors through whom its prepaid calling card services v rere sold, to notify customers of Verbal Telecard‘s intent to discontinue providing servicy , effective May20, 2017. The letter was prepared in compliance with the FCC Rule, Sec ion 63.71 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.). As such, it provided the cu stomers at least 30—daynotice. The letter was also prepared in compliance with R14—2—11 7 of the New York Corporation Commission rules on Application to Discontinue service. 6. Non—dominance of the carrier with respect to the se vice being discontinued: Verbal Telecard is a non—dominant carrier with espect to the services it proposes to discontinue. Service: In accordance with Section 63.71(a) of the Feder al Communications Commission rules, Verbal Telecard has mailed a copy of this applic ation to the Governor of the affected state (the State of New York), to the affected State pu blic utility commission (the NewYork State Public Service Commission) and to the Special A ssistant for Telecommunications for the Secretary of the Defense. Circumstances of Discontinuance As of December 31, 2015, Verbal Telecard stopp ed selling any new products or services. As of October 1, 2016, the company‘s prepaid calli card products reached their listed expiration dates. As such, the companycurrently does not have any customers since the listed expiration dates on its products expired. rbal Telecard no longer has customers or sales, so it felt that dissolution of the companywas the most expedient wayto proceed. Conclusion Pursuant to the Federal Communications Comntission Rule regarding 47 C. F. R. Section 63.71, Verbal Telecard understands that this ap lication will be automatically granted on the 31st day after the Public Notice is released, ith no Commission notification to Verbal Telecard, unless the Commission has notified the companythat the grant will not be automatically effective. Tanveer President Verbal Telecard Alonzo Beyene, Consultant to Verbal Telecard Industry Assurance Consulting, Inc. (IAC) 6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 400, Miami, FL 33126 Phone: (786)—350—2702 Email: alonzo@iacadvice.com

Exhibit A State Utility Regulatory Agency and State Governor Service List Office ofthe Governor of New York The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 New York State Public Service Commission Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess Secretary to the Commission New York State Public Service Commission Empire State Plaza Agency Building 3 Albany, NY 12223—1350 Department of Defense Office of the Secretary US Department of Defense Pentagon Attn: Special Assistant for Telecommunications Washington DC 20301


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