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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET  S.  W.  WASHINGTON  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202-  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202-  418-  2830;  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  (or  ftp.  fcc.  gov) 
 TTY  (202)  418-  2555  DA  No.  03-  3216 


 Thursday  October  16,  2003  FCN-  00083  Report  No. 
 FOREIGN  CARRIER  AFFILIATION  NOTIFICATION 
 Pursuant  to  the  Commission's  rules,  the  U.  S.  international  carriers  and  submarine  cable  landing  licensees  listed  below  filed  with  the  Commission  a  notification  of  the  affiliation  they  have  or  propose  to  have  with  foreign  carriers.  These 


 notifications  are  filed  pursuant  to  Sections  63.11  and  1.768  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  Sections  63.11  and  1.768. 
 The  Commission  amended  Section  63.11  in  IB  Docket  No.  97-  142,  Rules  and  Policies  on  Foreign  Participation  in  the  U.  S.  Telecommunications  Market,  15  FCC  Rcd.  18158  (2000).  The  Commission  recently  adopted  Section  1.768  in  IB  Docket  No. 
 00-  106,  Review  of  Commission  Consideration  of  Applications  under  the  Cable  Landing  License  Act,  16  FCC  Rcd.  22167  (2001). 


 For  further  information  concerning  this  matter,  please  contact  Peggy  Reitzel,  Policy  Division,  International  Bureau,  (202)  418-  1460;  TTY:  418-  2555. 
 Unless  otherwised  specified,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  with  respect  to  these  notifications  within  14  days  of  the  date  of  this  public  notice  (see  Section  1.4(  b)(  4)).  The  notifying  carrier  may  respond  within  10  days  after  any  such 
 pleadings  are  filed,  and  the  parties  that  filed  such  pleadings  may  reply  within  5  days.  See  Section  63.52(  c),  1.45(  c)-(  j).  It  is  requested  that  such  comments  refer  to  the  notification  file  number  shown  above.  A  copy  of  the  notification  is  available 
 for  public  inspection  in  the  Reference  Information  Center,  Court  Yard  Level,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 


 IIJ  AMERICA,  INC. 
 Notification 
 Pursuant  to  Section  63.11  of  the  Commission's  rules,  IIJ  America  Inc.  hereby  notifies  the  Commission  of  their  foreign  affiliation  with 
 Nippon  Telegraph  &  Telephone  (Japan).  Pursuant  to  its  notification,  IIJ  America,  Inc.  has  agreed  to  be  classified  as  dominant  for  its 
 provision  of  services  between  the  United  States  and  Japan. 


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