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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.  06-  1408 


 Monday  July  10,  2006  FCN-  00101  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). 


 Affinity  Network,  Inc. 
 Notification 
 Pursuant  to  Section  63.11  of  the  Commission's  rules,  Affinity  Network,  Inc.  hereby  notifies  the  Commission  of  its  foreign  affiliation 
 with  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.,  an  authorized  provider  of  communications  services  in  Canada,  and  Blue  Ridge  Telecom 
 Systems,  LLC,  an  authorized  provider  of  services  in  the  U.  K.,  Ireland,  and  Australia. 


 Other  Companies: 
 Blue  Ridge  Telecom  Systems,  LLC  --  Delaware;  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.  --  Delaware 


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 NOS  Communications,  Inc. 
 Notification 
 Pursuant  to  Section  63.11  of  the  Commission's  rules,  NOS  Communications  hereby  notifies  the  Commission  of  its  foreign  affiliation 
 with  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.,  an  authorized  provider  of  communications  services  in  Canada,  and  Blue  Ridge  Telecom 
 Systems,  LLC,  an  authorized  provider  of  services  in  the  U.  K.,  Ireland,  and  Australia. 


 Other  Companies: 
 Blue  Ridge  Telecom  Systems,  LLC  --  Delaware;  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.  --  Delaware 


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 NOSVA  Limited  Partnership 
 Notification 
 Pursuant  to  Section  63.11  of  the  Commission's  rules,  NOSVA  Limited  Partnership  hereby  notifies  the  Commission  of  its  foreign 
 affiliation  with  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.,  an  authorized  provider  of  communications  services  in  Canada,  and  Blue  Ridge 
 Telecom  Systems,  LLC,  an  authorized  provider  of  services  in  the  U.  K.,  Ireland,  and  Australia. 


 Other  Companies: 
 Blue  Ridge  Telecom  Systems,  LLC  --  Delaware;  Optic  Communications  Canada,  Inc.  --  Delaware 


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 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.  People  with  Disabilities:  To  request  materials  in  accessible  formats  for  people  with  disabilities  (braille,  large  print, 
 electronic  files,  audio  format),  send  an  e-  mail  to  fcc504@  fcc.  gov  or  call  the  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  at  202-  418-  0530  (voice),  202-  418-  0432  (tty). 


 Belgacom,  Inc. 
 Notification 
 Pursuant  to  Section  63.11  of  the  Commission's  rules,  Belgacom,  Inc.  hereby  notifies  the  Commission  of  its  foreign  affiliations  with 
 Swisscom  Fixnet  Ltd.  in  Switzerland,  BICS  France  SAS  in  France,  BICS  Deutschland  Gmbh  in  Germany,  BICS  Italia  Spa  in  Italy,  and 
 BICS  UK  Ltd.  in  the  United  Kingdom. 


 Belgacom,  Inc.  agrees  to  be  classified  as  dominant  on  the  U.  S.-  Switzerland  route  and  to  comply  with  the  dominant  carrier  safeguards 
 contained  in  Section  63.10  of  the  Commission's  rules.  Belgacom,  Inc.  is  already  classified  as  dominant  on  the  U.  S.-  Belgium  route  and  is 
 subject  to  the  dominant  carrier  safeguards. 


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