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. 23-655 Report No. TEL-02294 Thursday August 3, 2023 International Authorizations Granted Section 214 Applications (47 CFR §§ 63.18, 63.24); Section 310(b) Petitions (47 CFR § 1.5000) By the Chief, Telecommunications and Analysis Division, Office of International Affairs: The following applications have been granted pursuant to the Commission's processing procedures set forth in sections 63.12 and 63.20 of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR §§ 63.12, 63.20. Unless otherwise noted, these grants authorize the applicants to: (1) become a facilities-based international common carrier subject to 47 CFR §§ 63.21, 63.22 and/or a resale-based international common carrier subject to 47 CFR §§ 63.21, 63.23; (2) assign or transfer control of international section 214 authority in accordance with 47 CFR § 63.24; or (3) 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 30 (thirty) days of this public notice. See 47 CFR § 1.4(b)(2). ITC-214-20221222-00157 E Call.Net, LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/01/2023 Call.Net, LLC (Call.Net) filed an application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(2). Call.Net, a Washington limited liability company, is owned by Sasi Mandava (51%) and Sravani Musunuri (49%), both citizens of India. Pursuant to Commission practice, the application for international section 214 authority was referred to the relevant Executive Branch agencies for their views on any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade policy concerns related to the foreign ownership of the Applicant. On August 1, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration notified the Commission that the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (Committee) "has reviewed the application and has no recommendation at this time to the Commission approving the application and no objection to the Commission granting it" and that the Committee "reserves the right to review any resulting authorization in the future to identify any additional or new risks to U.S. national security or law enforcement interests." Page 1 of 7 ITC-214-20230612-00071 E MYTALK 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: 07/28/2023 Mytalk USA LLC (Mytalk) filed an application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) and resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(1), (2). Mytalk, a Delaware limited liability company, is owned by the following three individuals, all U.S. citizens: Humberto Galvan (33.3%), Harold Perez (33.3%), and Mahmud Haque (33.3%). ITC-214-20230615-00072 E Wavly Inc International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 07/28/2023 Wavly Inc. (Wavly) has filed an application for authority to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(2). Wavly, a California corporation, is owned by two individuals, both U.S. citizens: Jonathan M. Li (51.80%) and Phong M. Ho (48.20%). ITC-ASG-20230717-00074 E Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/02/2023 Current Licensee: Marquette Adams Communications, LLC FROM: Marquette Adams Communications, LLC TO: Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. On July 17, 2023, Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (MATC), filed a notification of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization ITC-214-19970225-00117 from Marquette-Adams Communications, LLC (MAC) to MATC, effective July 1, 2023. MAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of MATC. In a corporate reorganization, MAC assigned all of its assets including its customer base and its international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-19970225-00117) to MATC. Page 2 of 7 ITC-T/C-20221202-00143 E Valstar, Inc. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/01/2023 Current Licensee: Valstar, Inc. FROM: Germantown Telephone Company TO: Archtop Fiber LLC Valstar, Inc. (Valstar), a New York entity that holds an international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-20000313-00141), filed an application for the transfer of control of Valstar from Germantown Telephone Company, Inc. (GTel) to Archtop Fiber LLC (Archtop). Valstar is a wholly owned subsidiary of GTel, a New York entity. The Applicants filed supplements on January 13, 2023 and February 13, 2023. Pursuant to a November 10, 2022, stock purchase agreement, Archtop will acquire 100% of the interests in GTel. Upon consummation, GTel will be a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Archtop, and Valstar will be an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Archtop. Archtop is wholly owned by Archtop Fiber Intermediate LLC, which, in turn, is wholly owned by Archtop Fiber Holdings LLC (Archtop Holdings), all Delaware entities. Archtop Holdings is controlled by Post Road Digital Infrastructure Fund I LLC (98.7% voting and equity), which, in turn, is wholly owned by Post Road Digital Infrastructure Fund I, LP (Post Road), both Delaware entities. The voting interests in Post Road are held by Post Road DIF I GP LLC (Post Road DIF GP) (50.5%), a Delaware entity, and OPTrust Infrastructure Direct N.A. VII Inc. (OP Trust Infrastructure) (49.5%), a Canadian entity. The OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund (OPSEU Pension Plan), a Canadian entity, wholly owns OP Trust Infrastructure. Post Road DIF GP is wholly owned by PRG Investment Holdings LP (Investment Holdings), a Delaware entity. Post Road Group Holdings LP (PRG Holdings), a Delaware entity, holds 100% voting and 80% equity interests in Investment Holdings. Post Road Group GP LLC (Post Road GP), a Delaware entity, holds all the voting general partner interest in PRG Holdings. Michael Bogdan, a U.S. citizen, wholly owns Birch Hill Capital LLC, a Delaware entity, which, in turn, holds 50% voting and equity in Post Road GP and 45% of the equity of PRG Holdings. Kevin Davis, a U.S. citizen, wholly owns Seventh Avenue Capital Group LLC (Seventh Avenue) and Seventh Avenue Capital Group II LLC (Seventh Avenue II, with Seventh Avenue, Seventh Avenue Capital Group), both Delaware entities. Seventh Avenue holds 50% of the voting and equity interests in Post Road GP while Seventh Avenue II holds 45% of the equity in PRG Holdings. The 10% or greater equity interests in Post Road are held by: (1) OP Trust Infrastructure (direct 49.5%); and (2) Post Road SOF GP II, a Delaware entity (indirect 12.73% as General Partner of Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II, a Delaware entity (direct 7.81% equity interest in Post Road) and Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II Offshore LP, a Cayman Island entity (direct 4.92% equity interest in Post Road)). Michael Bogdan and Kevin Davis control Post Road SOF GP II through Birch Hill Capital LLC and Seventh Avenue Capital Group, respectively. According to the Applicants, no other individual or entity will hold a 10% or greater direct equity or voting interest in Archtop or Valstar. Pursuant to Commission practice, the application was referred to the relevant Executive Branch agencies for their views on any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade policy concerns related to the foreign ownership of the Applicant. On August 1, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration notified the Commission that the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (Committee) "has reviewed the application and has no recommendation at this time to the Commission approving the application and no objection to the Commission granting it" and that the Committee "reserves the right to review any resulting authorization in the future to identify any additional or new risks to U.S. national security or law enforcement interests." This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. Page 3 of 7 ITC-T/C-20230113-00002 E Hancock Long Distance, Inc. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/01/2023 Current Licensee: Hancock Long Distance, Inc. FROM: Hancock Telephone Company TO: Archtop Fiber LLC Hancock Long Distance, Inc. (Hancock LD), a New York entity that holds an international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-20070517-00194), filed an application for the transfer of control of Hancock LD from Hancock Telephone Company, Inc. (Hancock) to Archtop Fiber LLC (Archtop). Hancock LD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hancock, a New York entity. The Applicants filed a supplement on February 13, 2023. Pursuant to a December 22, 2022 stock purchase agreement, Archtop will acquire 100% of the interests in Hancock. Upon consummation, Hancock will be a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Archtop, and Hancock LD will be an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Archtop. Archtop is wholly owned by Archtop Fiber Intermediate LLC, which, in turn, is wholly owned by Archtop Fiber Holdings LLC (Archtop Holdings), all Delaware entities. Archtop Holdings is controlled by Post Road Digital Infrastructure Fund I LLC (98.7% voting and equity), which, in turn, is wholly owned by Post Road Digital Infrastructure Fund I, LP (Post Road), both Delaware entities. The voting interests in Post Road are held by Post Road DIF I GP LLC (Post Road DIF GP) (50.5%), a Delaware entity, and OPTrust Infrastructure Direct N.A. VII Inc. (OP Trust Infrastructure) (49.5%), a Canadian entity. The OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund (OPSEU Pension Plan), a Canadian entity, wholly owns OP Trust Infrastructure. Post Road DIF GP is wholly owned by PRG Investment Holdings LP (Investment Holdings), a Delaware entity. Post Road Group Holdings LP (PRG Holdings), a Delaware entity, holds 100% voting and 80% equity interests in Investment Holdings. Post Road Group GP LLC (Post Road GP), a Delaware entity, holds all the voting general partner interest in PRG Holdings. Michael Bogdan, a U.S. citizen, wholly owns Birch Hill Capital LLC, a Delaware entity, which, in turn, holds 50% voting and equity in Post Road GP and 45% of the equity of PRG Holdings. Kevin Davis, a U.S. citizen, wholly owns Seventh Avenue Capital Group LLC (Seventh Avenue) and Seventh Avenue Capital Group II LLC (Seventh Avenue II, with Seventh Avenue, Seventh Avenue Capital Group), both Delaware entities. Seventh Avenue holds 50% of the voting and equity interests in Post Road GP while Seventh Avenue II holds 45% of the equity of PRG Holdings. The 10% or greater equity interests in Post Road are held by: (1) OP Trust Infrastructure (direct 49.5%); and (2) Post Road SOF GP II, a Delaware entity (indirect 12.73% as General Partner of Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II, a Delaware entity (direct 7.81% equity interest in Post Road) and Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II Offshore LP, a Cayman Island entity (direct 4.92% equity interest in Post Road)). Michael Bogdan and Kevin Davis control Post Road SOF GP II through Birch Hill Capital LLC and Seventh Avenue Capital Group, respectively. According to the Applicants, no other individual or entity will hold a 10% or greater direct equity or voting interest in Archtop or Hancock LD. Pursuant to Commission practice, the application was referred to the relevant Executive Branch agencies for their views on any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade policy concerns related to the foreign ownership of the Applicant. On August 1, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration notified the Commission that the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (Committee) "has reviewed the application and has no recommendation at this time to the Commission approving the application and no objection to the Commission granting it" and that the Committee "reserves the right to review any resulting authorization in the future to identify any additional or new risks to U.S. national security or law enforcement interests." This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. INFORMATIVE ITC-214-19900713-00004 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-19930330-00053 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-19940830-00266 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-19970415-00212 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-19980507-00300 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-19980915-00644 Lingo Telecom, LLC By letter dated July 20, 2023, the Commission was notified that Matrix Telecom, LLC has changed its name to Lingo Telecom, LLC. ITC-214-20220714-00082 Content Guru Inc. On July 26, 2023, Content Guru, Inc. notified the Commission of the withdrawal of its international section 214 application. Page 4 of 7 SURRENDER ITC-214-20070718-00280 VoIPInvite Inc. By letter dated July 19, 2023, VoIPInvite Inc. notified the Commission that it surrendered its international section 214 authorization effective July 19, 2023. ITC-214-20130118-00015 GetGo Communications LLC By letter dated August 1, 2023, GetGo Communications LLC notified the Commission that it surrendered its international section 214 authorization effective August 1, 2023. Page 5 of 7 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 is maintained in the FCC Reference Information Center and is available at https://www.fcc.gov/exclusion-list-international-section-214-authorizations. It is also 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. (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 ffili d i h i h ll lPage f 6 of i 7 i U S i i l i h d ffi h 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. (15) Each carrier shall notify the Commission of any change in its contact information. Such notification shall be filed in the file number(s) for the international section 214 authorization(s) through the International Communications Filing System (ICFS). 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 Office of International Affairs, Telecommunications and Analysis Division at (202) 418-1480. Page 7 of 7