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. 23-793 Report No. TEL-02299 Thursday August 31, 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). Page 1 of 5 ITC-ASG-20230719-00075 E Hunter Communications & Technologies LLC Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/25/2023 Current Licensee: Origin Networks, LLC FROM: Origin Networks, LLC TO: Hunter Communications & Technologies LLC On July 19, 2023 2023, Hunter Communications and Technologies LLC (Hunter Communications) filed an application for consent to assign assets and customers from Origin Networks, LLC d/b/a Infostructure (Infostructure) to Hunter Communications. Infostructure provides business and enterprise services primarily to customers in Oregon and to a limited number of customers in California and Washington. Pursuant to a June 5, 2023 assets purchase agreement, Hunter Communications will purchase various rights, property, and assets of Infostructure, including all existing business and enterprise customer contracts and customer relationship, located in California, Oregon, and Washington. Hunter Communications will provide international service to its newly acquired customers pursuant to its existing international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-20150615-00314). Infostructure will surrender its separate international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-20140619-00288) upon consummation of the transaction. Hunter Communications is wholly owned by Hunter Communications Intermediate Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly owned by Hunter Communications Holdings, LLC (Hunter Holdings), all Delaware limited liability companies. Grain Communications Opportunity Fund II, L.P. (GCO Fund II), a Delaware limited partnership, holds a 70.39% controlling interest in Hunter Holdings. RWR Hunter Holdco Inc. (RWR Hunter Holdco), a Delaware company, holds a 24.49% interest in Hunter Holdings. Richard W. Ryan, a U.S. citizen, is the sole owner of RWR Hunter Holdco. GCO Fund II's limited partnership interests are held by passive financial investors, none of whom hold 10% or greater equity interests in GCO Fund II. Grain GP IV, LLC (Grain GP IV), a Delaware limited liability company, is the sole general partner of GCO Fund II. Grain GP IV is controlled by its sole managing member Grain Capital II, LLC (Grain Capital II), a Delaware limited liability company that holds 64.5% of the membership interests in Grain GP IV and less than 10% equity interest in GCO Fund II. Grain Capital, LLC (Grain Capital), a Delaware limited liability company, is sole member of Grain Capital II. David J. Grain, a U.S. citizen, is the sole owner of Grain Capital. Grain Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is ultimately controlled by David J. Grain, is the manager and an affiliate of GCO Fund II. According to the Applicants, no other individual or entity holds a 10% or greater direct or indirect interest in Hunter Holdings or Hunter Communications. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-ASG-20230802-00098 E HKT (International) Limited Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/30/2023 Current Licensee: BtN Access Limited FROM: BtN Access Limited TO: HKT (International) Limited On August 2, 2023, HKT (International) Limited (HKT) filed a notification of the pro forma assignment of the international section 214 authorizations held by BtN Access Limited (BtN): ITC-214-19980303-00158, ITC-214-19980930-00689, ITC-214-19981218-00880, ITC-214-19990601-00305, ITC-214-19990601-00306, ITC-214-19990601-00307, ITC-214-19990601-00308, ITC-214-19991122-00725, ITC-214-19991122-00726, ITC-214-19991122-00727, ITC-214-20021024-00567, ITC-MOD-20020829-00511. BtN is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of HKT, both British Virgin Islands entities. In a corporate reorganization, BtN assigned all of its international section 214 authorizations to HKT, effective August 2, 2023. PCCW Global Inc. (PGI) and PCCW Global Limited (PGL), both direct wholly owned subsidiaries of BtN, provided international service under the international section 214 authority held by BtN pursuant to section 63.21(h) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.21(h). PGI, a Delaware corporation, and PGL, a Hong Kong entity, are both indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of HKT and now provide international service under the international section 214 authority held by HKT pursuant to section 63.21(h). 47 CFR § 63.21(h). Page 2 of 5 ITC-ASG-20230818-00103 E Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company Assignment Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/29/2023 Current Licensee: Northeast Missouri Long Distance, L.L.C. FROM: Northeast Missouri Long Distance, L.L.C. TO: Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company On August 18, 2023, Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company (NEM RTC) filed a notification of the pro forma assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC-214-19991001-00612, from Northeast Missouri Long Distance, L.L.C. (NEM LD) to NEM RTC, effective January 20, 2012. NEM LD was a wholly owned subsidiary of NEM RTC. On January 20, 2012, in a corporate reorganization, NEM LD was merged into NEM RTC with NEM RTC being the surviving entity. NEM RTC, a member-owned Missouri cooperative corporation, provides international service to its customers pursuant to ITC-214-19991001-00612. 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. ITC-T/C-20230725-00077 E Intrado Communications, LLC Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/30/2023 Current Licensee: Intrado Communications, LLC FROM: Intrado Communications Holdings, LLC TO: Intrado Communications Holdings, LLC On July 25, 2023, Intrado Communications LLC (Intrado), a Delaware limited liability company that holds an international section 214 (ITC-214-20050203-00058), filed a notification of the pro forma transfer of control of Intrado, effective June 29, 2023. Intrado is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrado Communications Holdings LLC (ICH), a Delaware limited liability company. Prior to the transaction, ICH was a direct wholly owned subsidiary of West Technology Group, LLC (WTG) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of West-Olympus, LLC (West-Olympus), both Delaware limited liability companies. Mount Olympus Parent, L.P. (Parent), a Delaware limited partnership, held 100% of the equity interests in West-Olympus, and APP VIII Olympus VoteCo, LLC (VoteCo), a Delaware limited liability company, held 100% of the voting interests in West-Olympus. Matthew Nord and Robert Kalsow-Ramos, both U.S. citizens, are both officers and managers of VoteCo, and each holds 45.05% equity and voting interests in VoteCo. In a corporate reorganization, WTG, West-Olympus and the intermediate wholly owned companies between them, were removed from the ownership chain. The Parent now holds a direct 100% equity interest in ICH, and VoteCo holds a direct 100% voting interest in ICH. ITC-T/C-20230815-00101 E Logical Telecom, LP d/b/a LN Prepaid Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 08/30/2023 Current Licensee: Logical Telecom, LP d/b/a LN Prepaid FROM: Ricardo A Cardenas TO: Raul A Cardenas On August 15, 2023, Logical Telecom LP dba LN Prepaid (Logical Telecom), a Texas limited partnership that holds an international section 214 authorization (ITC-214-20050830-00356), filed a notification of the pro forma transfer of control of Logical Telecom from Ricardo A. Cardenas to Raul A. Cardenas, effective January 1, 2011. Prior to the transaction, Ricardo A. Cardenas and Raul A. Cardenas, each held a 49.5% interest in Logical Telecom. The remaining 1% interest was held by RAC Logical Management, LLC (RAC), a Texas limited liability company. Ricardo A. Cardenas and Raul A. Cardenas each held a 50% interest in RAC. In 2011, a 5% interest in both Logical Telecom and RAC was transferred from Ricardo A. Cardenas, a U.S. citizen, to Raul A. Cardenas, a Mexican citizen. As a result, Raul A. Cardenas now holds a 54.5% direct interest in Logical Telecom and a 55% interest in RAC. Raul A. Cardenas now holds both de jure and de facto control of Logical Telecom. 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. INFORMATIVE ITC-214-20030808-00393 Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. By letter filed August 21, 2023, Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. notified the Commission that the following wholly-owned subsidiaries, Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC and Consolidated Communications of Maine Company, may provide international telecommunications service under the international section 214 authorization held by the applicant, pursuant to section 63.21(h) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.21(h). 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 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 4 of i 5 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 5 of 5