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DA No. 10-1611
Thursday  August 26, 2010SCL-00105    Report No.
Section 1.767(a) Cable Landing Licenses, Modifications, and Assignments or Transfers of Control of Interests in
Cable Landing Licenses (47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a))
ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER CABLE LANDING LICENSE ACT
By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau:
Pursuant to An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Submarine Cables in the United States, 47 U.S.C. §§
34-39 (Cable Landing License Act), Executive Order No. 10530, Exec. Ord. No. 10530 reprinted as amended in 3
U.S.C. § 301, and section 1.767 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767, the following applications ARE
GRANTED.  These grants of authority are taken under section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.261.
Petitions for reconsideration under section 1.106 or applications for review under section 1.115 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30 days of the date of this public notice.
These applications have been coordinated with the Department of State and other Executive Branch agencies pursuant
to section 1.767(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §1.767(b), and consistent with procedures established with the
Department of State. See Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act,
IB Docket No. 00-106, Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 22167, 22192-93, paras. 51-52 (2001) (Submarine Cable
Landing License Report and Order); Streamlined Procedures for Executive Branch Review of Submarine Cable Landing
License Requests, State Department Media Note (Revised) (rel. Dec. 20, 2001) available at
http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2001/6951.htm.
This public notice serves as each cable landing licensee's Cable Landing License, or modification thereto, pursuant to
the Cable Landing License Act and sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the Commission's rules.  Cable landing licensees should
review carefully the terms and conditions of their licenses.   Failure to comply with these terms and conditions or
relevant Commission rules and policies could result in fines or forfeitures.
The Commission most recently amended its rules applicable to submarine cable landing licenses in Review of
Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, FCC 01-332,
16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001), 67 Fed. Reg. 1615 (Jan. 14, 2002).  An updated version of sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the
rules is available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html.  See also
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-598A1.pdf for a March 13, 2002 Public Notice;
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-332A1.pdf for the December 14, 2001 Report and Order.
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SCL-T/C-20100125-00001 E
Date of Action: 08/25/2010
TO:
Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of the interest in the American Samoa-Hawaii Cable, SCL-LIC-20080814-00016, held by
American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC (ASHC), from Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (SIBL) to Pete R. Pizarro. The American Samoa-Hawaii
Cable connects Keawaula, Hawaii, Iliili, American Samoa, and Apia, the Independent States of Samoa. ASHC operates the wet-link portion of the
American Samoa-Hawaii Cable System, including the Hawaii-American Samoa and American Samoa-Samoa segments, as well as the Hawaii,
American Samoa, and Samoa shore-end portions of the ASHC System.
eLandia International, Inc. has majority ownership (66.66%) and control of ASHC. On February 6, 2009, without prior Commission consent,
eLandia International undertook a capital structure reorganization whereby eLandia International converted the principal amount of its debt to
SIBL into eLandia International preferred non-voting stock, reduced SIBL's ownership of eLandia International common stock from 68.1% to
49.9%, and placed the shares of eLandia International held by SIBL into a voting trust. Mr. Pizarro, a U.S. citizen, is the trustee for the Voting
Trust and has the right to vote the shares held by the Voting Trust - which currently represent 44.75% of the common stock of eLandia
International -- on most matters. Mr. Pizarro also individually owns 2.75% of the outstanding common shares of eLandia International. Thus Mr.
Pizarro exercises the right to vote 47.5% of the voting shares of eLandia International and exercises control over eLandia International and its
subsidiaries, including ASHC.
On February 16, 2009, SIBL was placed into receivership by order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in connection with
a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against SIBL. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Case
No. 3-09CV0298-N (N.D. Tex). The court has appointed Ralph S. Janvey as the Receiver. The Voting Trust certificates are part of the
Receivership Estate, but the assets and business operations of eLandia and its affiliates are not part of the Receivership Estate.
We grant the Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorizations and Licenses filed in this proceeding on June 2, 2010, by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) with concurrence from the Department of Justice.  Accordingly, we condition grant of this application on the
commitments set forth in the May 28, 2010 letter from Mr. Pizarro to David Heyman, Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS, and Marlene H.
Dortch, Secretary, FCC, and on compliance with the commitments set forth in the January 9, 2009 Agreement between American Samoa Hawaii
Cable, LLC and AST Telecom, LLC, on the one hand, and DHS, on the other (the "Executive Branch Agreement").  The Petition, which attaches
the May 28, 2010 letter, and the Executive Branch Agreement may be viewed on the FCC's website through the International Bureau Filing
System (IBFS) by searching for SCL-T/C-20100125-00001 and accessing "Other Filings related to this application" from the Document Viewing
Area.
Grant of this application is without prejudice to any enforcement action by the Commission for non-compliance  with the  Communications Act of
1934, as amended, or the Commission's rules.
Stanford International Bank Ltd.
Grant of Authority
FROM:
Current Licensee:
Pete R Pizarro
American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC
Transfer of Control
American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC
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SCL-T/C-20100322-00006 E
Date of Action: 08/25/2010
TO:
Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of the interest in the American Samoa-Hawaii Cable, SCL-LIC-20080814-00016, held by
AST Telecom d/b/a Blue Sky Communications (Blue Sky), from Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (SIBL) to Pete R. Pizarro. The American
Samoa-Hawaii Cable connects Keawaula, Hawaii, Iliili, American Samoa, and Apia, the Independent States of Samoa. Blue Sky owns and
operates the Iliili cable station in American Samoa.
Blue Sky is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eLandia International. On February 6, 2009, without prior Commission consent, eLandia International
undertook a capital structure reorganization whereby eLandia International converted the principal amount of its debt to SIBL into eLandia
International preferred non-voting stock, reduced SIBL's ownership of eLandia International common stock from 68.1% to 49.9%, and placed the
shares of eLandia International held by SIBL into a voting trust. Mr. Pizarro, a U.S. citizen, is the trustee for the Voting Trust and has the right to
vote the shares held by the Voting Trust - which currently represent 44.75% of the common stock of eLandia International -- on most matters. Mr.
Pizarro also individually owns 2.75% of the outstanding common shares of eLandia International. Thus Mr. Pizarro exercises the right to vote
47.5% of the voting shares of eLandia International and exercises control over eLandia International and its subsidiaries, including Blue Sky.
On February 16, 2009, SIBL was placed into receivership by order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in connection with
a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against SIBL. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Case
No. 3-09CV0298-N (N.D. Tex). The court has appointed Ralph S. Janvey as the Receiver. The Voting Trust certificates are part of the
Receivership Estate, but the assets and business operations of eLandia and its affiliates are not part of the Receivership Estate.
We grant the Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorizations and Licenses filed in this proceeding on June 2, 2010, by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) with concurrence from the Department of Justice.  Accordingly, we condition grant of this application on the
commitments set forth in the May 28, 2010 letter from Mr. Pizarro to David Heyman, Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS, and Marlene H.
Dortch, Secretary, FCC, and on compliance with the commitments set forth in the January 9, 2009 Agreement between American Samoa Hawaii
Cable, LLC and AST Telecom, LLC, on the one hand, and DHS, on the other (the "Executive Branch Agreement").  The Petition, which attaches
the May 28, 2010 letter, and the Executive Branch Agreement may be viewed on the FCC's website through the International Bureau Filing
System (IBFS) by searching for SCL-T/C-20100322-00006 and accessing "Other Filings related to this application" from the Document Viewing
Area.
Grant of this application is without prejudice to any enforcement action by the Commission for non-compliance  with the  Communications Act of
1934, as amended, or the Commission's rules.
Stanford International Bank Ltd.
Grant of Authority
FROM:
Current Licensee:
Pete R Pizarro
AST Telecom, LLC
Transfer of Control
AST Telecom, LLC
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SCL-T/C-20100322-00008 E
Date of Action: 08/25/2010
TO:
Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of the interest in the American Samoa-Hawaii Cable, SCL-LIC-20080814-00016, held by
Pac-Rim Redeployment, LLC (PRR), from Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (SIBL) to Pete R. Pizarro. The American Samoa-Hawaii Cable
connects Keawaula, Hawaii, Iliili, American Samoa, and Apia, the Independent States of Samoa. PRR constructed, and at the time of the transfer,
owned the wet-link portion of the American Samoa-Hawaii Cable.
PRR is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of eLandia International, Inc. On February 6, 2009, without prior Commission consent, eLandia
International undertook a capital structure reorganization whereby eLandia International converted the principal amount of its debt to SIBL into
eLandia International preferred non-voting stock, reduced SIBL's ownership of eLandia International common stock from 68.1% to 49.9%, and
placed the shares of eLandia International held by SIBL into a voting trust. Mr. Pizarro, a U.S. citizen, is the trustee for the Voting Trust and has
the right to vote the shares held by the Voting Trust - which currently represent 44.75% of the common stock of eLandia International -- on most
matters. Mr. Pizarro also individually owns 2.75% of the outstanding common shares of eLandia International. Thus Mr. Pizarro exercises the
right to vote 47.5% of the voting shares of eLandia International and exercises control over eLandia International and its subsidiaries, including
ELT.
On February 16, 2009, SIBL was placed into receivership by order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in connection with
a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against SIBL. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Case
No. 3-09CV0298-N (N.D. Tex). The court has appointed Ralph S. Janvey as the Receiver. The Voting Trust certificates are part of the
Receivership Estate, but the assets and business operations of eLandia and its affiliates are not part of the Receivership Estate.
We grant the Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorizations and Licenses filed in this proceeding on June 2, 2010, by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) with concurrence from the Department of Justice.  Accordingly, we condition grant of this application on the
commitments set forth in the May 28, 2010 letter from Mr. Pizarro to David Heyman, Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS, and Marlene H.
Dortch, Secretary, FCC, and on compliance with the commitments set forth in the January 9, 2009 Agreement between American Samoa Hawaii
Cable, LLC and AST Telecom, LLC, on the one hand, and DHS, on the other (the "Executive Branch Agreement").  The Petition, which attaches
the May 28, 2010 letter, and the Executive Branch Agreement may be viewed on the FCC's website through the International Bureau Filing
System (IBFS) by searching for SCL-T/C-20100322-00008 and accessing "Other Filings related to this application" from the Document Viewing
Area.
Grant of this application is without prejudice to any enforcement action by the Commission for non-compliance  with the  Communications Act of
1934, as amended, or the Commission's rules.
Stanford International Bank Ltd.
Grant of Authority
FROM:
Current Licensee:
Pete R Pizarro
Pac-Rim Redeployment, LLC
Transfer of Control
Pac-Rim Redeployment, LLC
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