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. 24-436 Report No. TEL-02361 Thursday May 9, 2024 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-214-20231017-00128 E FIBER2GO CORP. International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service, Individual Facilities-Based Service, Individual Switched Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/07/2024 Fiber2Go Corp. (Fiber2Go) filed an 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). Fiber2Go filed supplements to the Application on February 22, 2024 and March 26, 2024. Fiber2Go, a Texas corporation, is solely owned by Arn Ramirez, a U.S. citizen. ITC-214-20240221-00038 E Nice Mobile Inc International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/07/2024 Nice Mobile Inc. (Nice Mobile) filed an application for authority to provide resale services in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(2). Nice Mobile, a New York corporation, is wholly owned by Wei Xi You, a U.S. citizen. Page 1 of 6 ITC-214-20240327-00055 E Entrepreneur Wireless LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/03/2024 Entrepreneur Wireless LLC (Entrepreneur Wireless) filed an application for authority to provide resale services in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(2). Entrepreneur Wireless, a Delaware limited liability company, is wholly owned by Robert Frantz, a U.S. citizen. ITC-214-20240408-00061 E Call Centers India, 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: 05/03/2024 Call Centers India, Inc. (Call Centers) filed an 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). Call Centers, a Delaware corporation, is wholly owned by Sundeep Mehra, a U.S. citizen. ITC-214-20240411-00062 E Mediacom Wireless LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Resale Service Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/03/2024 Mediacom Wireless LLC (Mediacom) has filed an application for authority to provide resale services in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's rules. 47 CFR § 63.18(e)(2). Mediacom is wholly owned by JMCC Corporation (JMCC), both Delaware entities. Rocco B. Commisso, a U.S. citizen, holds a 79.55% ownership interest in JMCC. Marjoecom 2018 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, holds a 10.83% interest in JMCC. According to the Applicant, no other individual or entities holds a 10% or greater ownership interest in Mediacom. ITC-T/C-20240118-00010 E T-Mobile USA, Inc. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/08/2024 Current Licensee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. FROM: Deutsche Telekom AG TO: Deutsche Telekom AG On January 18, 2024, T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile USA), a U.S. entity that holds an international section 214 authorization to provide facilities-based and resale service (ITC-214-20011116-00601), filed a notification of the pro forma transfer of control of T-Mobile USA, effective September 19, 2023. T-Mobile USA is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile US, Inc., a U.S. entity. Deutsche Telekom AG (DT), a German entity, has indirect control of T-Mobile US through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Deutsche Telekom Holding B.V. (DT Holding), a German entity. In a corporate reorganization, DT transferred its approximately 5.65% direct interest in T-Mobile USA to DT Holding. As a result, DT holdings now has a direct 51.53% interest in T-Mobile US and DT has a direct 10.99% interest DT Holding. Prior to and after the transaction, DT has indirect control of T-Mobile US and T-Mobile USA. Page 2 of 6 ITC-T/C-20240207-00029 E LIGTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/03/2024 Current Licensee: LIGTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. FROM: Meshell L Schloss TO: Estate of Meshell L. Schloss Ligtel Communications Inc. (Ligtel), an Indiana corporation that holds an international section 214 authorization to provide global resale service (ITC-214-20000207-00064), filed an application for consent to the transfer of control of Ligtel from Meshell L Schloss to the Estate of Meshell L. Schloss (Estate). Ligtel is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Innovations, Inc. (Heartland), an Indiana corporation. At the time of her death on June 3, 2023, Meshell L Schloss held a 50.96% controlling interest in Heartland through a 40.78% direct interest in Heartland and a 10.18% indirect interest in Heartland as sole trustee and beneficiary of the Rober P. Schloss Family Credit Shelter Trust (Trust), an Indiana trust. Upon her death, the direct ownership in Heartland held by Meshell L Schloss was transferred to the Estate, and the Trust was dissolved. Ligtel filed a request for Special Temporary Authority (STA) related to this application (ITC-STA-20240328-00056), which was granted on March 22, 2024. This authorization is without prejudice to the Commission's action in any other related pending proceedings. ITC-T/C-20240207-00030 E LIGTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. Transfer of Control Grant of Authority Date of Action: 05/07/2024 Current Licensee: LIGTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. FROM: Estate of Meshell L. Schloss TO: The Shareholders of Heartland Innovations, Inc. On February 7, 2024, Ligtel Communications Inc. (Ligtel), an Indiana corporation that holds an international section 214 authorization to provide global resale service (ITC-214-20000207-00064), filed a notification of the pro forma transfer of control of Ligtel from the Estate of Meshell L. Schloss (Estate) to The Shareholders of Heartland Innovations, Inc. (Shareholders), effective August 15, 2023. Ligtel filed a supplement on April 17, 2024. Ligtel is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Innovations, Inc. (Heartland), an Indiana corporation. At the time of her death on June 3, 2023, Meshell L Schloss held a 50.96% controlling interest in Heartland through a 40.78% direct interest in Heartland and a 10.18% indirect interest as sole trustee and beneficiary of the Rober P. Schloss Family Credit Shelter Trust (Trust), an Indiana trust. Upon her death, the direct ownership in Heartland held by Meshell L Schloss was transferred to the Estate, and the Trust was dissolved. On August 15, 2023, as a function of probate, the Estate distributed its interest in Heartland to the shareholders of Heartland. As a result no individual or entity controls Heartland or Ligtel. The 10% or greater shareholders of Heartland are Daniel E. Schloss (29.49%) and Elizabeth L. Burchfield (29.49%), both U.S. citizens. INFORMATIVE ITC-214-20160630-00180 Lingo Management, LLC By letter filed January 7, 2024, Lingo Management, LLC (Lingo) notified the Commission that the following wholly owned subsidiary may provide international telecommunications service under the international section 214 authorization held by Lingo, pursuant to section 63.21(h) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR § 63.21(h): Impact Telecom, LLC. ITC-STA-20221129-00142 XCHANGE TELECOM LLC Page 3 of 6 INFORMATIVE We grant the request for special temporary authority (STA) filed on November 29, 2022 by Xchange Telecom LCC (Xchange), a Delaware limited liability company that holds an international section 214 authorization to provide global facilities-based and resale serviced (ITC-214-20020404-00163), to continue to provide international service to its customers at its own risk while the Commission considers the application for the transfer of control of Xchange to NOVA Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC. See ITC-T/C-20221115-00133. Xchange acknowledges that grant of such STA will not prejudice action by the Commission on the underlying application and that the STA is subject to cancellation or modification upon notice without a hearing. Grant of this STA 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 The STA expires on November 4, 2024. ITC-STA-20240424-00067 Sarver Corporation We grant the request for special temporary authority (STA) filed on April 24, 2024 by Sarver Corporation (Sarver), a California corporation that holds an international section 214 authorization to provide global resale serviced (ITC-214-20221026-00127), to continue to provide international service to its customers at its own risk while the Commission considers the application for the transfer of control of Sarver from David Sarver to Starlion Electronics Distribution, LLC. See ITC-T/C-20240412-00063. Sarver acknowledges that grant of such STA will not prejudice action by the Commission on the underlying application and that the STA is subject to cancellation or modification upon notice without a hearing. Grant of this STA 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 The STA expires on November 4, 2024 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 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 affiliated with a carrier that collects settlement paymentsPage for terminating5 of 6 U.S. international switched traffic at the foreign 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 6 of 6