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 DA  01-  2715 
 FCC  File  No.  ITC-  21420010919-  00474 
 Released:  November  19,  2001 


 International  Bureau  Telecommunications  Division  Grants 
 SBC  International  Section  214  Authority  for  Arkansas  and  Missouri 


 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  Telecommunications  Division  grants  the  application  filed  by  Southwestern  Bell 
 Communications  Services,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Southwestern  Bell  Long  Distance  (“  SBC  or  Applicant”)  for 
 authority  to  provide  international  service  originating  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri. 
 Specifically,  Applicant  requests  authority  to  provide  international  facilities-  based  and  resale 
 services  between  all  points  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  and  all  international  points 
 except  countries  listed  on  the  Commission’s  exclusion  list. 


 The  application  covers  traffic  originating  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  which  are 
 two  of  the  “in-  region”  states  of  SBC.  The  international  section  214  application  is  a  companion  to 
 the  joint  application  of  SBC  for  authorization  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  service  in  the  states 
 of  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  pursuant  to  section  271  of  the  Communications  Act  (47  U.  S.  C.  §  271) 
 (see  Joint  Application  by  SBC  Communications  Inc.,  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and 
 Southwestern  Bell  Communications  Services,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Southwestern  Bell  Long  Distance  to 
 provide  In-  region,  InterLATA  Services  in  Arkansas  and  Missouri).  No  comments  were  filed  on 
 the  international  application,  which  was  put  on  public  notice  on  October  2,  2001  (see  Non-Streamlined 
 International  Applications  Accepted  for  Filing,  FCC  File  No.  ITC-  214-  20010919- 
 00474,  Public  Notice,  DA  01-  2279  (rel.  October  2,  2001)). 


 On  November  16,  2001,  the  Commission  approved  SBC’s  section  271  joint  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 
 pursuant  to  Section  271  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996  to  Provide  In-  region,  InterLATA 
 Services  in  Arkansas  and  Missouri),  CC  Docket  No.  01-  194,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order, 
 FCC  01-  338,  rel.  November  16,  2001.  Because  SBC  has  received  section  271  authority  to  provide 
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 in-  region,  interLATA  service  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  we  grant  SBC  authority  to 
 provide  the  services  for  which  it  requests  authority  in  its  application;  international  facilities-  based 
 and  resale  services  pursuant  to  sections  63.  18(  e)(  1),  (e)(  2)  and  (e)(  4)  of  the  Commission’s  rules, 
 originating  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri  and  terminating  at  all  international  points  except 
 countries  listed  on  the  Commission’s  exclusion  list.  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  telecommunications  facilities. 


 This  grant  of  authority,  as  agreed  to  by  Applicant,  is  subject  to  Applicant’s  compliance 
 with  the  Commission's  international  dominant  carrier  regulations  as  specified  below  on  the 
 following  routes  where  Applicant  has  affiliations  with  foreign  carriers  that  the  Commission  has  not 
 yet  determined  lack  market  power:  (1)  the  U.  S.-  Belgium  route,  the  U.  S.-  Denmark  route,  and  the 
 U.  S.-  South  Africa  route,  for  international  facilities-  based  service;  and  (2)  the  U.  S.-  Belgium  route, 
 the  U.  S.-  Denmark  route,  and  the  U.  S.-  South  Africa  route,  for  international  resale  service  (except 
 to  the  extent  Applicant  serves  these  routes  solely  by  reselling  the  international  switched  services  of 
 unaffiliated  U.  S.  facilities-  based  carriers). 


 We  grant  Applicant’s  request  for  nondominant  classification  on  all  other  routes  where 
 Applicant  has  affiliations  with  foreign  carriers.  Applicant  has  demonstrated  that  these  foreign 
 carriers  lack  sufficient  market  power  on  the  foreign  end  of  the  routes  to  affect  competition 
 adversely  in  the  U.  S.  market.  In  sum,  SBC  will  be  classified  as  nondominant  in  its  provision  of 
 U.  S.  international  services  on  all  routes  except  the  U.  S.-  Belgium  route,  the  U.  S.-  Denmark  route, 
 and  the  U.  S.-  South  Africa  route.  This  grant  of  the  international  section  214  application  will 
 become  effective  upon  the  effective  date  of  the  Commission  Order  granting  authorization  to  SBC 
 to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  the  states  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri. 


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