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 FCC  File  No.  ITC-  214-  20001130-  00713 


 Released:  January  22,  2001 


 International  Bureau’s  Telecommunications  Division  Grants 
 SBC  International  Section  214  Authority  for  Kansas  and  Oklahoma 


 Pursuant  to  Section  214  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Act")  (47  U.  S.  C.  § 
 214)  and  Section  63.18  of  the  Commission’s  rules  (47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.18),  the  International  Bureau’s 
 Telecommunications  Division  approves  the  application  filed  by  Southwestern  Bell 
 Communications  Services,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Southwestern  Bell  Long  Distance  (“  SBCS”)  requesting 
 authority  to  provide  international  facilities-  based  and  resale  services  originating  the  states  of 
 Kansas  and  Oklahoma  and  terminating  at  all  international  points. 


 This  application  covers  traffic  originating  in  the  states  of  Kansas  and  Oklahoma,  which  are  two  of 
 the  in-  region  states  of  SBC  Communications  Inc.  ("  SBC")  and  SBC’s  subsidiaries,  including 
 SBCS.  SBCS's  international  Section  214  Application,  therefore,  is  a  companion  to  the  joint 
 application  of  SBC,  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  SBCS  (collectively  "SWBT"), 
 for  authorization  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  the  states  of  Kansas  and  Oklahoma, 
 pursuant  to  Section  271  of  the  Act  (47  U.  S.  C.  §  271).  No  comments  were  filed  on  SBCS's 
 international  Section  214  Application,  which  was  put  on  public  notice  on  December  13,  2000  (See 
 Non-  Streamlined  International  Application  Accepted  for  Filing,  Public  Notice,  FCC  File  No.  ITC-214- 
 20001130-  00713,  DA  00-  2813  (rel.  Dec.  13,  2000)).  Today  the  Commission  approved 
 SWBT’s  Section  271  application  (See  Joint  Application  by  SBC  Communications  Inc., 
 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  Southwestern  Bell  Communications  Services,  Inc. 
 d/  b/  a  Southwestern  Bell  Long  Distance  for  Provision  of  In-  Region,  InterLATA  Services  in  Kansas 
 and  Oklahoma,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  217,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  FCC  01-  29  (rel. 
 January  22,  2001).  Because  SWBT  has  received  Section  271  authority  to  provide  in-  region, 
 interLATA  services  in  the  states  of  Kansas  and  Oklahoma,  we  grant  SBCS  authority  to  provide 
 international  facilities-  based  and  resale  services  originating  in  Kansas  and  Oklahoma  and 
 terminating  at  all  international  points.  Grant  of  the  international  Section  214  Application  will  serve 
 the  public  interest  by  increasing  competition  in  international  services,  expanding  the  range  of  new 
 and  innovative  services,  and  allowing  for  more  efficient  use  of  existing  international 
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 telecommunications  facilities. 
 This  grant  is  subject  to  SBCS's  compliance  with  the  Commission's  international  dominant  carrier 
 regulations  on  the  following  three  routes  where  SBCS  has  affiliations  with  foreign  carriers  that  the 
 Commission  has  not  yet  determined  to  lack  market  power:  U.  S.-  Belgium,  U.  S.-  Denmark,  and 
 U.  S.-  South  Africa.  SBCS  shall  remain  subject  to  dominant  carrier  regulation  on  the  U.  S.-  Hungary 
 route  pending  the  Commission's  determination  of  its  request  for  nondominant  treatment  on  that 
 route,  which  is  based  on  SBC's  divestment  of  its  ownership  interest  in  MATAV  Rt.,  the  incumbent 
 carrier  in  Hungary. 


 SBCS  requests  nondominant  treatment  for  the  following  routes  where  it  has  affiliations  with 
 foreign  carriers:  U.  S.-  Canada,  U.  S.-  Czech  Republic,  U.  S.-  France,  U.  S.-  Germany,  U.  S.-  Great 
 Britain,  U.  S.-  Lithuania,  U.  S.-  Netherlands,  U.  S.-  Norway,  and  U.  S.-  Switzerland.  SBCS  has 
 provided  sufficient  evidence  that  the  foreign  carriers  with  which  SBCS  is  affiliated  on  these  routes 
 lack  sufficient  market  power  on  the  foreign  end  of  the  routes  to  affect  competition  adversely  in  the 
 U.  S.  market.  SBCS  will  therefore  be  regulated  as  nondominant  in  its  provision  of  services  on  all 
 routes  except  the  U.  S.-  Belgium  route,  the  U.  S.-  Denmark  route,  the  U.  S.-  South  Africa  route,  and 
 the  U.  S.-  Hungary  route. 


 This  grant  of  the  international  Section  214  Application  will  become  effective  upon  the  effective 
 date  of  the  Commission  Order  granting  authorization  to  SWBT  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA 
 services  in  the  states  of  Kansas  and  Oklahoma. 


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