PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 45 L STREET NE 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. 22-411 Report No. TEL-02179 Thursday April 14, 2022 International Authorizations Granted Section 214 Applications (47 CFR §§ 63.18, 63.24); Section 310(b) Petitions (47 CFR § 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 benchmarks 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-214-20210802-00111 E Rakuten Mobile USA LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 04/12/2022 Application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's rules, and resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(1), (2). Rakuten Mobile USA LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten Symphony, Inc. which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten Group, Inc., all of which are organized under the laws of Japan. Rakuten Group, Inc. is owned by Hiroshi Mikitani (11.17%), a citizen of Japan, and Crimson Group, LLC (14.35%), a company organized under the laws of Japan. No other individual or entity owns 10% or greater of Rakuten Group, Inc. We grant the Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorizations and Licenses filed in this proceeding on April 6, 2022, by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on behalf of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector. Accordingly, we condition grant of the application for an international section 214 authorization filed by Rakuten Mobile USA, LLC (Rakuten) on Rakuten's compliance with the commitments and undertakings set forth in the Letter of Agreement (LOA) from Azita Arvani, General Manager, Rakuten Mobile Americas, to the Chief, Foreign Investment Review Section, Deputy Chief, Compliance and Enforcement, on behalf of the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, United States Department of Justice, National Security Division, dated March 28, 2022. A failure to comply and/or remain in compliance with any of these commitments and undertakings shall constitute a failure to meet a condition of the authorization and thus grounds for declaring the authorization terminated without further action on the part of the Commission. Failure to meet a condition of the authorization may also result in monetary sanctions or other enforcement action by the Commission. The Petition and the LOA may be viewed on the FCC's website through the International Bureau Filing System by searching for ITC-214-20210802-00111 and accessing the "Other Filings related to this application" from the Document Viewing Area. Page 1 of 4 ITC-214-20220307-00036 E Hadodo Wireless Inc International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 04/08/2022 An application was filed 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). Hadodo Wireless Inc. is owned by Sapina Quayum (75%) and Silvia Shaikh (25%), both U.S. citizens. ITC-214-20220314-00037 E Insight Mobile, Inc. International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 04/08/2022 An application was filed 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). Insight Mobile, Inc. is 100% owned by Kevin Pourtavosi, a U.S. citizen. ITC-ASG-20220303-00034 E Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 03/31/2022 Current Licensee: Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation d/b/a Metropolitan FROM: Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation d/b/a Metropolitan TO: Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation LLC A notification was filed on March 3, 2022, of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization ITC-214-19970411-00203 from Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, d/b/a Metropolitan to Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC, effective March 1, 2022. In a corporate reorganization Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, d/b/a Metropolitan was converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC. Then, MetTel PI LLC was inserted in the corporate chain between Metropolitan Communications Holding Company LLC (MetTel Holding), the direct parent of Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC, and ultimate parent company, MetTel, Inc. Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC, MetTel Holding, and MetTel PI LLC are all wholly owned subsidiaries of MetTel Inc, and are all Delaware entities. The following wholly owned subsidiaries of Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC were also converted from corporations to limited liability companies and continue to provide international service under the international section 214 authorization held by Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation, LLC, ITC-214-19970411-00203, pursuant to section 63.21§(h) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR § 63.21(h): (1) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Alaska, LLC; (2) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Alabama, LLC; (3) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Arizona, LLC; (4) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Arkansas, LLC; (5) Metropolitan Telecommunications of California LLC; (6) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Colorado, LLC; (7) Metropolitan Telecommunications Corporation of CT LLC; (8) Metropolitan Telecommunications of D.C., LLC; (9) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Corporation of DE LLC; (10) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Florida LLC; (11) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Georgia LLC; (12) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Hawaii, LLC; (13) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Idaho, LLC; (14) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Illinois, LLC; (15) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Indiana, LLC; (16) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Iowa, LLC; (17) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Kansas, LLC; (18) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Kentucky, LLC; (19) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Louisiana, LLC; (20) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Maine LLC; (21) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Maryland LLC; (22) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Mass. LLC; (23) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Michigan, LLC; (24) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Minnesota, LLC; (25) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Mississippi, LLC; (26) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Missouri, LLC; (27) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Montana, LLC; (28) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Nebraska, LLC; (29) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Nevada, LLC; (30) Metropolitan Telecommunications of New Hampshire LLC; (31) Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation of New Jersey LLC; (32) Metropolitan Telecommunications of New Mexico, LLC; (33) Metropolitan Telecommunications of North Carolina, LLC; (34) Metropolitan Telecommunications of North Dakota, LLC; (35) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Ohio LLC; (36) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Oklahoma, LLC; (37) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Oregon LLC; (38) Metropolitan Telecommunications Corporation of PA LLC; (39) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Puerto Rico, LLC; (40) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Rhode Island LLC; (41) Metropolitan Telecommunications of South Carolina, LLC; (42) Metropolitan Telecommunications of South Dakota, LLC; (43) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Tennessee, LLC; (44) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Texas LLC; (45) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Utah, LLC; (46) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Vermont LLC; (47) MetTel of VA, LLC; (48) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Washington, LLC; (49) Metropolitan Telecommunications of West Virginia LLC; (50) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Wisconsin, LLC; and, (51) Metropolitan Telecommunications of Wyoming, LLC. With the exception of MetTel of VA, LLC, which is a Virginia limited liability company, each of these entities is a Delaware limited liability company. SURRENDER ITC-214-20091026-00457 Favorite Communications Ltd. By letter submitted March 29, 2022, Favorite Communications LTD, notified the Commission of the surrender of its international section 214 authorization. Page 2 of 4 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 CFR § 63.23(d). (5) Carriers shall comply with the "No Special Concessions" rule, Section 63.14, 47 CFR § 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 CFR 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. Page 3 of 4 (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 CFR §§ 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 CFR §§ 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 CFR § 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 CFR § 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 https://www.fcc.gov/approved-space-station-list. This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. The most current version of the list is maintained at https://www.fcc.gov/exclusion-list-international-section-214-authorizations. For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Telecommunications and Analysis Division, (202) 418-1480. Page 4 of 4