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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  04-  4028  Released:  December  22,  2004 
 NOTICE  OF  REMOVAL  OF  DOMESTIC  SECTION  214  APPLICATION  FROM  STREAMLINED  TREATMENT 
 WC  Docket  No.  04-  421 
 The  application  listed  in  this  notice  has  been  removed  from  streamlined  treatment  pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  streamlined  procedures  for  domestic  section  214  transfer  of 


 control  applications.  1  Section  63.03(  c)(  5)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  provides  that  at  any  time  after  an  application  is  filed,  the  Commission,  acting  through  the  Chief  of  the  Wireline 
 Competition  Bureau,  may  notify  an  applicant  that  its  application  is  being  removed  from  streamlined  processing,  where  the  Commission  “determines  that  the  application  requires  further 
 analysis  to  determine  whether  a  proposed  transfer  of  control  would  serve  the  public  interest.”  2 
 Domestic  Section  214  Application  Filed  for  Transfer  of  Control  of  Infonet  Broadband  Services  Corporation  and  Infonet  Telecommunications  Corporation  to  BT  Group  plc,  WC 
 Docket  No.  04-  421,  DA  04-  3791  (rel.  Nov.  30,  2004) 
 On  November  30,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  public  notice  accepting  for  streamlined  processing  a  domestic  section  214  application  involving  the  transfer  of  control  of 
 Infonet  Telecommunications  Corporation  (“  ITC”)  from  Infonet  Services  Corp.  (“  Infonet”)  to  BT  Group  plc  (“  BT  Group”)  (collectively,  the  “Applicants”).  3  On  December  14,  2004,  the 
 Applicants,  along  with  the  United  States  Department  of  Justice  (“  DOJ”),  including  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation  (“  FBI”)  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Homeland 
 Security  (“  DHS”)  (collectively,  the  “Agencies”),  filed  with  the  Commission  a  joint  petition  to 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.03;  Implementation  of  Further  Streamlining  Measures  for  Domestic  Section  214 
 Authorizations,  17  FCC  Rcd  5517  (2002)  (Streamlining  Order). 
 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.03(  c)(  1)(  v). 


 3  Domestic  Section  214  Application  Filed  for  Transfer  of  Control  of  Infonet  Broadband  Services 
 Corporation  and  Infonet  Telecommunications  Corporation  to  BT  Group  plc,  WC  04-  421,  Public  Notice,  DA  04-  3791  (rel.  Nov.  30,  2004). 
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 defer  grant  of  this  application  while  the  Agencies  and  Applicants  address  potential  national  security,  law  enforcement,  and  public  safety  issues.  4 
 This  application  is  being  removed  from  streamlined  review  in  response  to  the  joint  request  filed  by  the  Agencies  and  the  Applicants.  Final  action  on  these  applications  should  be 
 expected  once  the  Commission  has  received  notification  from  the  Agencies  and  Applicants  that  the  evaluation  has  been  completed,  but  in  no  event  later  than  180  days  from  public  notice  that  the 
 applications  were  accepted  for  filing.  5  The  Agencies  and  Applicants  indicate  that  they  expect  such  notification  to  occur  within  the  next  few  weeks.  6 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Tracey  Wilson-  Parker,  at  (202)  418-  1394  or  Terri  Natoli,  Competition  Policy,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  1574. 


 4  See  Application  Pursuant  to  Section  214  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934  and  Section  63.04  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules  for  Consent  to  the  Transfer  of  Control  of  Infonet  Telecommunications  Corp.  to  BT  Group,  plc,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  421,  Joint  Petition  to  Defer  (filed  Dec.  14,  2004)  (Joint  Petition  to  Defer). 


 5  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.03(  c)(  2). 
 6  Joint  Petition  to  Defer  at  2. 
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