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. 21-21 Report No. TEL-02069 Thursday January 7, 2021 International Authorizations Granted Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. §§ 63.18, 63.24); Section 310(b) Petitions (47 C.F.R. § 1.5000) The following applications have been granted pursuant to the Commission's processing procedures set forth in sections 63.12, 63.20 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR §§ 63.12, 63.20, other provisions of the Commission's rules, or procedures set forth in an earlier public notice listing the applications as accepted for filing. Unless otherwise noted, these grants authorize the applicants: (1) to become a facilities-based international common carrier subject to 47 CFR §§ 63.21, 63.22; and/or (2) to become a resale-based international common carrier subject to 47 CFR §§ 63.21, 63.23; (3) to assign or transfer control of international section 214 authority in accordance with 47 CFR § 63.24; or (4) to exceed the foreign ownership benchmark applicable to common carrier radio licensees under 47 U.S.C. § 310(b); see Subpart T of Part 1 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR §§ 1.5000-5004. 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, 47 CFR §§ 1.106, 1.115, in regard to the grant of any of these applications may be filed within thirty days of this public notice (see 47 CFR § 1.4(b)(2)). ITC-214-20201210-00207 E Cococel, LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/01/2021 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). Cococel, LLC is 100 percent owned by Osniel Hernandez, a U.S. citizen. Page 1 of 6 ITC-ASG-20201116-00191 E Slic Network Solutions, Inc. Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/01/2021 Current Licensee: Crown Point Network Technologies, Inc. FROM: Crown Point Network Technologies, Inc. TO: Slic Network Solutions, Inc. Application filed for consent to the assignment of international section 214 authorizations, ITC-214-20030109-00004 and ITC-214-20080826-00403, held by Crown Point Network Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Bridge Point (Crown Point) to SLIC Network Solutions, Inc. (SLIC). Pursuant to the terms of an Assets Purchase Agreement, SLIC will acquire Crown Point's international section 214 authorizations and approximately 1150 customers of Crown Point in the Crown Point, New York area. SLIC, a New York corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Connectivity, LLC (Atlas), a Delaware limited liability company. The following entities and individuals hold 10% or greater direct and indirect ownership interests in Atlas: 5 LOOP, LLC (5 LOOP), a Delaware limited liability company (80.13%). 5 LOOP is owned as follows: Rock Island Capital Fund II, LP (RICF II), a Delaware partnership (78.96%) and Bradley Pattelli and his family, all US citizens (17.63%). Lanigan Holdings, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, holds 12.6% interest in RICF II. Upon closing, no other entity or individual will hold 10% or greater direct or indirect equity or voting interest in Atlas or SLIC. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-ASG-20201202-00194 E Telrite Corporation Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/01/2021 Current Licensee: EBB Connect, LLC FROM: EBB Connect, LLC TO: Telrite Corporation Application filed for consent to the assignment of international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20190215-00078, held by EBB Connect, LLC (EBB), to Telrite Corporation (Telrite). Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between EBB and Telrite dated November 24, 2020, EBB will be merged with and into Telrite with Telrite being the surviving entity. Telrite is wholly owned by Telrite Holdings, Inc., both Georgia entities. Reginald McFarland, a U.S. citizen, holds a 27.49% ownership interest and is the CEO of Telrite Holdings and exercises de facto control over the company. Kelly Jesel, a U.S. citizen, holds a 13.89% ownership interest and is the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Telrite Holdings. Prairie Fire Trust, a Grantor Trust established by Reginald McFarland for the benefit of Reginald McFarland's children and grandchildren, holds a 12.24% ownership interest in Telrite Holdings. No other individual or entity owns or controls a 10% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest in Telrite Holdings. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-ASG-20201223-00212 E PayG, LLC dba Skyswitch Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/06/2021 Current Licensee: PayG, LLC dba Skyswitch FROM: PayG, LLC dba Skyswitch TO: PayG, LLC dba Skyswitch Notification filed December 23, 2020, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20171116-00208, effective December 21, 2020. PayG, LLC d/b/a SkySwitch converted from a limited liability company organized under the laws of Florida to a limited liability company under the laws of Delaware. PayG, LLC d/b/a SkySwitch continues to be owned by Business Communications Management, Inc. ITC-ASG-20210102-00001 E Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I, LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/06/2021 Current Licensee: Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I Partnership FROM: Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I Partnership TO: Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I, LLC Notification filed January 2, 2021, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-20010507-00291, held by Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I Partnership to Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I, LLC, effective December 22, 2020. Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I was converted from a partnership to a limited liability company. Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-I remains 100% owned by MTCO Corporation. Page 2 of 6 ITC-T/C-20201130-00204 E Goldfield Communications Service Corp. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/01/2021 Current Licensee: Goldfield Communications Service Corp. FROM: Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association TO: Communications 1 Network, Inc. Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of Goldfield Communications Services, LLC (Goldfield Services), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-19970811-00481, to Communications 1 Network, Inc. (Communications 1). Goldfield Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldfield Holdings, LLC (Goldfield Holdings). At the present time, Goldfield Holdings is owned in three equal shares (33% each) by Communications 1, Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association (Webster-Calhoun) and Schaller Telephone Company (Schaller). Communications 1 will purchase the shares of Goldfield Holdings held by Webster-Calhoun and Schaller and thus acquire 100 percent ownership and control of Goldfield Holdings and its subsidiaries, including Goldfield Services. Communications 1, an Iowa corporation, is held by the following Iowa trusts: William R. Johnson 2012 Exempt Trust (34.34%), Mary L. Johnson 2009 Marital Trust (26.10%), Mary L. Johnson 2013 Exempt Trust (13.32%), and William R. Johnson 2009 Revocable Trust (5.49%). The beneficiaries of those trusts are William R. Johnson and Mary L. Johnson's three children: Susan Weigenant, Melanie Steinkamp, and Sally Manzano, all U.S. citizens. No other individual or entity owns or controls a 10% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest in Communications 1. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-T/C-20201201-00195 E The Southern Kansas Telephone Company, Inc. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/01/2021 Current Licensee: The Southern Kansas Telephone Company, Inc. FROM: TO: Twin Valley Management, Inc. Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of The Southern Kansas Telephone Company, Inc. (Southern Kansas), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20000317-00146, to Twin Valley Management, Inc. (TVM). TVM will purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Southern Kansas, and Southern Kansas will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TVM. The John G. Foster Trust No. 2, a Kansas Trust, holds a 26.57% interest in TVM, a Kansas corporation. All of the John G. Foster Trust No. 2's trustees and beneficiaries are U.S. citizens. No other individual or entity owns or controls a 10% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest in TVM. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-T/C-20201229-00219 E Lingo Communications of Kentucky, LLC Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/06/2021 Current Licensee: Lingo Communications of Kentucky, LLC FROM: GG Telecom Investors, LLC TO: Lingo Management, LLC Notification filed December 29, 2020, of the pro forma transfer of control of Lingo Communications of Kentucky, LLC (Lingo Kentucky), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20130716-00198, from GG Telecom Investors, LLC (GGTI) to Lingo Management, LLC (Lingo Management), effective November 30, 2020. Prior to the transaction Lingo Kentucky was a direct wholly owned subsidiary of GGTI. GGTI wholly owns Lingo Communications, LLC which holds a 60% voting interest and controlling interest in Lingo Management. In an internal reorganization, Lingo Kentucky is now a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lingo Management and an indirect subsidiary of GGTI. Page 3 of 6 ITC-T/C-20201229-00220 E Tempo Telecom, LLC Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 01/06/2021 Current Licensee: Tempo Telecom, LLC FROM: GG Telecom Investors, LLC TO: Lingo Management, LLC Notification filed December 29, 2020, of the pro forma transfer of control of Tempo Telecom, LLC (Tempo), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC-214-20130411-00107, from GG Telecom Investors, LLC (GGTI) to Lingo Management, LLC (Lingo Management), effective November 30, 2020. Prior to the transaction Tempo was a direct wholly owned subsidiary of GGTI. GGTI wholly owns Lingo Communications, LLC which holds a 60% voting interest and controlling interest in Lingo Management. In an internal reorganization, Tempo is now a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lingo Management and an indirect subsidiary of GGTI. SURRENDER ITC-214-20110609-00184 ITC Global Applicant notified the Commission of the Surrender of its international section 214 authorization effective January 4, 2021. Page 4 of 6 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://transition.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/exclusionlist.html. 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) International facilities-based service providers must file and maintain a list of U.S.-international routes on which they have direct termination arrangements with a foreign carrier. 47 CFR § 63.22(h). A new international facilities-based service provider or one without existing direct termination arrangements must file its list within thirty (30) days of entering into a direct termination arrangement(s) with a foreign carrier(s). Thereafter, international facilities-based service providers must update their lists within thirty (30) days after adding a termination arrangement for a new foreign destination or discontinuing an arrangement with a previously listed destination. See Process For The Filing Of Routes On Which International Service Providers Have Direct Termination Arrangements With A Foreign Carrier, ITC-MSC-20181015-00182, Public Notice, 33 FCC Rcd 10008 (IB 2018). (8) Any U.S. Carrier that owned or leased bare capacity on a submarine cable between the United States and any foreign point must file a Circuit Capacity Report to provide information about the submarine cable capacity it holds. 47 CFR § 43.82(a)(2). See https://www.fcc.gov/circuit-capacity-data-us-international-submarine-cables. (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) i l ifi d d i d S i 63 10 f hPage l f 5 h of 6 i i f h i i l d (ii) 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. (14) Every carrier must designate an agent for service in the District of Columbia. See 47 U.S.C. § 413, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.47(h), 64.1195. 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: None. Facilities: Any non-U.S.-licensed space station that has not received Commission approval to operate in the U.S. market pursuant to the procedures adopted in the Commission's DISCO II Order, IB Docket No. 96-111, Report and Order, FCC 97-399, 12 FCC Rcd 24094, 24107-72 paragraphs 30-182 (1997) (DISCO II Order). Information regarding non-U.S.-licensed space stations approved to operate in the U.S. market pursuant to the Commission's DISCO II procedures is maintained at http://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/ib/sd/se/market_acess.html. This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. The most current version of the list is maintained at http://transition.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/exclusionlist.html. For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Telecommunications and Analysis Division, (202) 418-1480. Page 6 of 6