PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 DA No. 14-1812 Thursday December 11, 2014TEL-01705 Report No. Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. § 63.18); Section 310(b) Requests International Authorizations Granted The following applications have been granted pursuant to the Commission’s streamlined processing procedures set forth in Section 63.12 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12, other provisions of the Commission’s rules, or procedures set forth in an earlier public notice listing applications accepted for filing. Unless otherwise noted, these grants authorize the applicants (1) to become a facilities-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R. § 63.22; and/or (2) to become a resale-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R. § 63.23; or (3) to exceed the foreign ownership benchmark applicable to common carrier radio licensees under 47 U.S.C. § 310(b). THIS PUBLIC NOTICE SERVES AS EACH NEWLY AUTHORIZED CARRIER'S SECTION 214 CERTIFICATE. It contains general and specific conditions, which are set forth below. Newly authorized carriers should carefully review the terms and conditions of their authorizations. Failure to comply with general or specific conditions of an authorization, or with other relevant Commission rules and policies, could result in fines and forfeitures. Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's rules in regard to the grant of any of these applications may be filed within thirty days of this public notice (see Section 1.4(b)(2)). An updated version of Sections 63.09–.25 of the rules, and other related sections, is available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html. For additional information, please contact the FCC Reference and Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554, (202) 418-0270. ITC-214-20140109-00006 E Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Date of Action: 12/10/2014 Service(s): Application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission’s rules, and also to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1), (2). Grant of Authority International Telecommunications Certificate SAVOMA LLC ITC-214-20141107-00296 E Global or Limited Global Resale Service Date of Action: 12/05/2014 Service(s): Application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(2). Grant of Authority International Telecommunications Certificate Voicetel USA Communications Corporation Page 1 of 5 ITC-214-20141117-00297 E Global or Limited Global Resale Service Date of Action: 12/05/2014 Service(s): Application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(2). Grant of Authority International Telecommunications Certificate New Dimension Wireless, Ltd. ITC-214-20141118-00299 E Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Date of Action: 12/05/2014 Service(s): Application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission’s rules, and also to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1), (2). Grant of Authority International Telecommunications Certificate Bonaco Telecommunications LLC ITC-214-20141118-00302 E Global or Limited Global Resale Service Date of Action: 12/05/2014 Service(s): Application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(2). Grant of Authority International Telecommunications Certificate Diode Telecom Inc ITC-ASG-20140811-00241 E Date of Action: 12/05/2014 TO: Application filed for consent to the assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20021030-00519, held by WestCom LLC d/b/a Westel Fiber (WestCom), an Idaho limited liability company, to Westel, LLC (Westel), an Idaho limited liability company that is wholly owned by Involta, LLC (Involta), an Iowa limited liability company. Pursuant to the terms of an asset purchase agreement dated July 15, 2014, Westel will purchase the customer base and substantially all of the assets, properties and rights of WestCom relating to the provision of telecommunications services. After consummation of the proposed transaction, Westel will provide substantially the same services in the same geographical area (the southern portion of the state of Idaho) to the same customers under the same assumed business name (Westel Fiber). The following three entities hold ten percent or greater direct equity and voting interests in Involta: M/C Partners VII, L.P. (MC VII), a Delaware limited partnership (27%) (general partner M/CP VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (MC VII LP)); GTB Capital Partners II LP (GTB), a Delaware limited partnership (15%) (general partner GTB Capital Partners II GP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (GTB II GP); limited partner Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (PPF), a State of California independent public pension fund (more than 98%)); and Technology Resource Company (TRC), an Iowa corporation (12%). MC VII LP is controlled by its general partner M/CP VII GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (MC VII GP). MC VII GP is controlled by its general partner M/CP VII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (MC VII LLC). GTB II GP is controlled by its general partner, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Applicants state that no other person or entity holds ten percent or greater direct or indirect equity or voting interests in Westel, LLC. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. Richard C. Groves Grant of Authority FROM: Current Licensee: Westel, LLC WestCom LLC d/b/a WesTelFiber Assignment Westel, LLC Page 2 of 5 ITC-ASG-20141121-00305 E Date of Action: 12/10/2014 TO: Notification filed November 21, 2014, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorizations, ITC-214-19960223-00085, ITC-214-19960911-00438, ITC-214-19971223-00811, ITC-214-20001121-00681, ITC-214-20010518-00308, ITC-214-20010713-00379, ITC-214-20011213-00632, ITC-214-20020117-00044, ITC-214-20020213-00081, ITC-214-20020402-00168, ITC-214-20020422-00211, ITC-214-20020705-00326, ITC-214-20020912-00465, held by Verizon Enterprise Solutions, LLC (Verizon Enterprise) to Verizon Long Distance, LLC (Verizon LD), effective November 15, 2014. In a corporate restructuring, Verizon Enterprise was merged into Verizon LD, and eliminated. Verizon LD now holds all of the authorizations formerly held by Verizon Enterprise. Verizon Enterprise was, and Verizon LD was and continues to remain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications, Inc. Verizon Enterprise Solutions LLC Grant of Authority FROM: Current Licensee: Verizon Long Distance LLC Verizon Enterprise Solutions LLC Assignment Verizon Long Distance LLC ITC-T/C-20141107-00294 E Date of Action: 12/05/2014 TO: Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-19960207-00059, held by Ropir Communications, Inc. f/k/a Call Points, Inc. (RCI), a Delaware corporation that is a subsidiary of Ropir Industries, Inc. (Ropir Industries), from Billie K. Pirnie Revocable Trust (sole trustee Robert E. L. Gilpin), to Troy Cablevision, Inc. (Troy), a state of Alabama corporation. Pursuant to the terms of an underlying Stock Purchase Agreement, applicants contemplate that transferee Troy will purchase all shares of Ropir Industries. Upon closing, Troy will own Ropir Industries and thus will control Ropir. The following two shareholders, both U.S. citizens, hold 10 percent or greater equity and voting interests in Troy: William H. Freeman and Vicki F. McPherson. No other entity or individual holds 10 percent or greater direct or indirect equity or voting interest in Troy. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. Billie K. Pirnie Revocable Trust Grant of Authority FROM: Current Licensee: Troy Cablevision, Inc. Ropir Communications, Inc. Transfer of Control Ropir Communications, Inc. Page 3 of 5 CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AUTHORIZATIONS (1) These authorizations are subject to the Exclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations, which identifies restrictions on providing service to particular countries or using particular facilities. The most recent Exclusion List is at the end of this Public Notice. The list applies to all U.S. international carriers, including those that have previously received global or limited global Section 214 authority, whether by Public Notice or specific written order. Carriers are advised that the attached Exclusion List is subject to amendment at any time pursuant to the procedures set forth in Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements, IB Docket No. 95-118, 11 FCC Rcd 12884 (1996), para. 18. A copy of the current Exclusion List will be maintained in the FCC Reference and Information Center and will be available at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html#exclusionlist. It also will be attached to each Public Notice that grants international Section 214 authority. (2) The export of telecommunications services and related payments to countries that are subject to economic sanctions may be restricted. For information concerning current restrictions, call the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, (202) 622-2520. (3) Carriers shall comply with the requirements of Section 63.11 of the Commission's rules, which requires notification by, and in certain circumstances prior notification by, U.S. carriers acquiring an affiliation with foreign carriers. A carrier that acquires an affiliation with a foreign carrier will be subject to possible reclassification as a dominant carrier on an affiliated route pursuant to the provisions of Section 63.10 of the rules. (4) A carrier may provide switched services over its authorized resold private lines in the circumstances specified in Section 63.23(d) of the rules, 47 C.F. R. § 63.23(d). (5) Carriers shall comply with the "No Special Concessions" rule, Section 63.14, 47 C.F.R. § 63.14. (6) Carriers regulated as dominant for the provision of a particular communications service on a particular route for any reason other than a foreign carrier affiliation under Section 63.10 of the rules shall file tariffs pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 203, and Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61. Carriers shall not otherwise file tariffs except as permitted by Section 61.19 of the rules, 47 C.F.R. § 61.19. Except as specified in Section 20.15 with respect to commercial mobile radio service providers, carriers regulated as non-dominant, as defined in Section 61.3, and providing detariffed international services pursuant to Section 61.19, must comply with all applicable public disclosure and maintenance of information requirements in Sections 42.10 and 42.11. (7) Carriers shall file the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traffic required by Section 43.61(a). (8) Carriers shall file annual reports of circuit status required by Section 43.82. This requirement applies to facilities-based carriers and private line resellers, respectively. See also http:www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/csmanual.html. (9) Carriers should consult Section 63.19 of the rules when contemplating a discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service. (10) If any carrier is reselling service obtained pursuant to a contract with another carrier, the services obtained by contract shall be made generally available by the underlying carrier to similarly situated customers at the same terms, conditions and rates. 47 U.S.C. § 203. (11) To the extent the applicant is, or is affiliated with, an incumbent independent local exchange carrier, as those terms are defined in Section 64.1902 of the rules, it shall provide the authorized services in compliance with the requirements of Section 64.1903. (12) Except as otherwise ordered by the Commission, a carrier authorized here to provide facilities-based service that (i) is classified as dominant under Section 63.10 of the rules for the provision of such service on a particular route and (ii) is affiliated with a carrier that collects settlement payments for terminating U.S. international switched traffic at the foreign end of that route may not provide facilities-based switched service on that route unless the current rates the affiliate charges U.S. international carriers to terminate traffic are at or below the Commission's relevant benchmark adopted in International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No. 96-261, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 19806 (1997). See also Report and Order on Reconsideration and Order Lifting Stay in IB Docket No. 96-261, FCC 99-124 (rel. June 11, 1999). For the purposes of this rule, "affiliated" and "foreign carrier" are defined in Section 63.09. (13) Carriers shall comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), see 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.20000 et seq. Page 4 of 5 1.20000 et seq. Exclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations The following is a list of countries and facilities not covered by grant of global Section 214 authority under Section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1). Carriers desiring to serve countries or use facilities listed as excluded hereon shall file a separate Section 214 application pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(3) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 63.22(c). Countries: Cuba (Applications for service to Cuba shall comply with the separate filing requirements of the Commission's Public Notice, DA 10-112, dated January 21, 2010, "Modification of Process to Accept Applications for Service to Cuba and Related Matters.") Facilities: All non-U.S.-licensed satellite systems that are not on the Permitted Space Station List, maintained at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sd/se/permitted.html. This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. A current version of this list is maintained at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html#exclusionlist. For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Policy Division, (202) 418-1460. Page 5 of 5