PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA No. 11-1402
Tuesday  August 16, 2011SCL-00121    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-ASG-20110429-00013 E
Date of Action: 08/15/2011
TO:
Notification filed April 29, 2011, of the pro forma assignment of the interests in the cable landing licenses for the TGC Atlantic cable system,
SCL-LIC-20000308-00007, SCL-MOD-20020412-0017, and the TGN Pacific cable system, SCL-LIC-20000717-00026,
SCL-MOD-20020412-00028, held by Tata Communications (US) Inc. to Tata Communications (America) Inc., effective March 31, 2011.  In an
intra-corporate transaction, Tata Communications (America) Inc. was merged into Tata Communications (America) Inc. with Tata
Communications (America) Inc. being the surviving entity.  Tata Communications (US) Inc. was, and Tata Communications (America) Inc.
continues to be, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited.
Tata Communications (US) Inc.
Grant of Authority
FROM:
Current Licensee:
Tata Communications (America) Inc.
Tata Communications (US) Inc.
Assignment
Tata Communications (America) Inc.
SCL-MOD-20110524-00020 E
Date of Action: 08/11/2011
Application for authority to modify the cable landing license for the Pan American Crossing submarine cable (PAC Cable),
SCL-LIC-19981103-00022, SCL-MOD-20020415-00036, for an additional segment extending the existing PAC cable system to Jaco, Costa Rica.
The PAC Cable is a fiber optic submarine cable system extending between: Grover Beach, California; Tijuana, Mexico; Mazatlan, Mexico; Fort
Amador, Panama; Ambush Range, Panama; Puerto Viejo, Venezuela; and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.  The PAC Cable is operated on a
non-common carrier basis.
In July 2008, without prior Commission approval, PAC Landing Corp., the licensee for the PAC Cable at that time, completed construction of an
additional cable segment branching off of the PAC Cable to a new landing point in Jaca, Costa Rico.  (In a pro forma assignment, the cable
landing license for the PAC Cable was assigned from PAC Landing Corp. to GT Landing II Corp. effective December 31, 2008.  See
SCL-ASG-20090917-00026, DA No. 09-2174, 24 FCC Rcd 12423 (2009).)
The new digital fiber optic segment creates two new fiber paths, each with a design capacity of eight channels at 10 Gbps per fiber pair, enabling
the delivery of twenty-five Synchronous Transport Module One (STM-1) equivalents of bandwidth to the Jaco, Costa Rica landing station.  The
extension uses the existing landing points for the PAC cable system in Mazatlan, Mexico and Fort Amador, Panama to connect with an existing
landing point in Jaco, Costa Rica
Global Crossing International Networks, Ltd., an affiliate of GT Landing II Corp., owns the wet link portion of the Costa Rica segment.  Instituto
Costariccense de Electricidad (ICE), the incumbent telecommunications carrier in Costa Rica, owns and operates the landing station at Jaco.  The
ownership of other segments of the PAC Cable, the wet links and landing points, remained unchanged.
GT Landing II agrees to accept and abide by the reporting requirements set out in section 1.767(1) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR § 1.767, for
the U.S.-Costa Rica route.
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.
Grant of Authority
Modification
GT Landing II Corp.
SCL-T/C-20110802-00025 P
Date of Action: 08/15/2011
TO:
Notification filed August 2, 2011, of the pro forma transfer of control of the interests in the cable landing license for the TGN Pacific cable
system, SCL-LIC-20000717-00026, SCL-MOD-20020412-00028, held by Tata Communications (Guam) LLC, from Tata Communications (US)
Inc. to Tata Communications (America) Inc., effective March 31, 2011.  Tata Communications (US) Inc. held a 99% interest in Tata
Communications (Guam) LLC.  In an intra-corporate transaction, Tata Communications (America) Inc. was merged into Tata Communications
(America) Inc. with Tata Communications (America) Inc. being the surviving entity.  As a result, Tata Communications (America) Inc. now holds
a 99% interest in Tata Communications (Guam) LLC.  Tata Communications (US) Inc. was, and Tata Communications (America) Inc. continues
to be, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited.
Tata Communications (US) Inc.
Grant of Authority
FROM:
Current Licensee:
Tata Communications (America) Inc.
Tata Communications (Guam) L.L.C.
Transfer of Control
Tata Communications (Guam) L.L.C.
INFORMATIVE
SCL-LIC-20000717-00026 VSNL International (US) Inc.
By letter dated April 29, 2011, the Commission was notified that VSNL International (Guam) Inc. has changed its name to Tata
Communications (Guam) L.L.C. effective April 30, 2008.
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