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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  06-  131  Released:  January  23,  2006 
 NOTICE  OF  STREAMLINED  DOMESTIC  214  APPLICATION  GRANTED 
 WC  Docket  No.  05-  346 
 The  application  listed  in  this  notice  has  been  granted  pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  streamlined  procedures  for  domestic  section  214  transfer  of  control  applications.  47  C.  F.  R. 


 §  63.03.  VSNL  America,  Inc.,  VSNL  Telecommunications  (U.  S.),  Inc.,  and  Videsh  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  have  entered  into  a  national  security  agreement  with  the  Department  of  Justice, 
 the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation,  the  Department  of  Homeland  Security,  and  the  Department  of  Defense  (the  “Executive  Branch  Agencies”).  1  Under  the  agreement,  the  Executive  Branch 
 Agencies  have  no  objection  to  the  Commission  granting  its  approval  of  the  application  provided  that  the  Commission  conditions  its  grant  of  approval  on  compliance  with  the  April  7,  2005 
 national  security  agreement  negotiated  by  the  parties,  as  revised  by  an  amendment  dated  December  12,  2005.  The  Applicants  do  no  object  to  placing  this  condition  on  the  grant  of  the 
 application.  The  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  has  determined  that  grant  of  this  application,  subject  to  compliance  with  the  national  security  agreement,  as  revised,  serves  the  public 
 interest.  2  For  purposes  of  computation  of  time  for  filing  a  petition  for  reconsideration  or  application  for  review,  or  for  judicial  review  of  the  Commission’s  decision,  the  date  of  “public 
 notice”  shall  be  the  release  date  of  this  notice.  3 
 1.  Domestic  Section  214  Application  Filed  for  Transfer  of  Control  of  Teleglobe  America  Inc.,  from  Teleglobe  International  Holdings  Ltd  to  VSNL  Telecommunications 
 (Bermuda)  Ltd.,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  346,  DA  05-  3276  (rel.  December  22,  2005). 
 Effective  Date  of  Grant:  1/  22/  06 
 For  further  information,  please  contact  Tracey  Wilson-  Parker  at  (202)  418-  1394  or  Adam  Kirschenbaum  at  (202)  418-  7280,  Competition  Policy,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau. 


 1  Applicants  filed  a  copy  of  the  national  security  agreement  with  their  application. 
 2  Implementation  of  Further  Streamlining  Measures  for  Domestic  Section  214  Authorizations,  17  FCC  Rcd 
 5517,  5529  (2002),  para.  22. 
 3  Id.;  see  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.4  (Computation  of  time). 
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