*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 61603.doc* 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- 2504 Released: December 13, 2006 DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF YAK COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC. FROM YAKTASTIC INC. TO BLACKBIRD CORPORATION STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED WC Docket No. 06- 222 Comments Due: December 27, 2006 Reply Comments Due: January 3, 2007 On December 6, 2006, Yak Communications (America) Inc. (" Yak America"), Yaktastic Inc. (" Yaktastic"), and Blackbird Corporation (“ Blackbird”) (collectively, "Applicants"), filed an application, pursuant to section 63.04 of the Commission’s rules, 1 requesting authority to transfer control of Yak America to Blackbird. 2 Applicants assert that this transaction is entitled to presumptive streamlined treatment under section 63.03( b)( 2)( i) of the Commission’s rules because, upon completion of the proposed transaction, (a) Blackbird, as the Transferee, will have a market share in the interstate, interexchange market of less than 10 percent, and (b) Blackbird, as the Transferee, will provide competitive telephone exchange services or exchange access services (if at all) exclusively in areas served by a dominant local exchange carrier that is not a party to the transaction, and (c) neither of the Applicants is dominant with respect to any service. 3 Yak America, a Florida corporation, is authorized to provide and provides resold interexchange telecommunications services in all of the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia. The services offered by Yak America include basic 1+ long distance services, 10- 10 casual calling services, and calling card services. Yak America has no affiliates that offer domestic telecommunications. Yak America is a direct, wholly- owned subsidiary of Yaktastic, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Yaktastic is 100 percent owned by Anthony Lopez, a U. S. citizen. 1 47 C. F. R. §§ 63.03, 63.04; see 47 U. S. C. § 214. 2 Applicants have also filed an application for transfer of control associated with authorization for international services. Any action on this domestic 214 application is without prejudice to Commission action on other related, pending applications. 3 47 C. F. R. § 63.03( b)( 2)( i). 1 4 (3) Jodie May, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street, S. W., Room 5- C234, Washington, D. C. 20554; e- mail: jodie. may@ fcc. gov (4) Susan O’Connell, Policy Division, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, S. W., Room 7- B544, Washington, D. C. 20554; email: susan. o’connell@ fcc. gov; and (5) James Bird, Office of General Counsel, 445 12th Street, S. W., Room 8- C824, Washington, D. C. 20554; e- mail: james. bird@ fcc. gov. Filings and comments are also available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S. W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D. C. 20554. They may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, S. W., Room CYB402, Washington, D. C. 20554, telephone: (202) 488- 5300, fax: (202) 488- 5563, or via e- mail www. bcpiweb. com. For further information, please contact Cecilia Seppings at (202) 418- 1588, or Jodie May at (202) 418- 0913. - FCC - 4