DA 95-698 Federal Communications Commission Record 10 FCC Red No. 8
Before the
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554
File No. I-T-C-95-114
In the Matter of
1NTEX 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Application for authority to 
acquire and operate facilities 
for service between the United 
States and Honduras.
ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE
Adopted: March 29, 1995; Released: April 6, 1995
By the Chief. Telecommunications Division:
1. Upon consideration of the above-captioned 
uncontested application, filed pursuant to Section 214 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. IT IS 
HEREBY CERTIFIED that the present and future public 
convenience and necessity require a grant thereof.
2. Accordingly. IT IS ORDERED that application File 
No. I-T-C-95-114 IS GRANTED, and INTEX Telecom 
munications. Inc. (ITI)' is authorized to:
a. lease from Comsat and operate 45 64-kbps voice- 
grade satellite circuits between an appropriately li 
censed U.S. earth station and an appropriate 
INTELSAT satellite over the Atlantic Ocean, con 
necting with similar circuits between the satellite and 
an earth station in Honduras, furnished by ITI's cor 
respondent;
b. lease and operate facilities in the U.S. earth sta 
tion, to be used in conjunction with the space 
segment capacity;
c. lease and operate necessary domestic connecting 
facilities;
d. multiply the number of bearer channels autho 
rized herein in order to derive the maximum num 
ber of circuits; and
e. use said facilities to provide regularly authorized 
services, including switched voice and data and pri 
vate line services, between the United States and 
Honduras.
3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization 
of ITI to provide private lines as part of its authorized 
services is limited to the provision of such private lines 
only between the United States and Honduras -- that is, 
private lines which originate in the United States and 
terminate in Honduras or which originate in Honduras
and terminate in the United States. In addition. ITI may 
not -- and ITI's tariff must state that its customers may not 
-- connect private lines provided over these facilities to the 
public switched network at either the U.S. or Honduras 
end, or both, for the provision of international basic 
switched services, unless authorized to do so by the Com 
mission upon a finding that Honduras affords resale op 
portunities equivalent to those available under U.S. law, in 
accordance with Regulation of International Accounting 
Rates, Phase II. First Report and Order, 1 FCC Red 559 
(1991), Order on Reconsideration and Third Further No 
tice of Proposed Rulemaking, 7 FCC Red 7927 (1992), 
petition for reconsideration pending.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that neither ITI nor any 
persons or companies directly or indirectly controlling or 
controlled by ITI, or under direct .or indirect common 
control with it. shall acquire or enjoy any right, for the 
purposes of handling or interchanging traffic to or from 
the United States, its territories or possessions, which is 
denied to any'other United States carrier by reason of any 
concession, contract, understanding, or working arrange 
ment to which ITI or any persons or companies control 
ling or controlled by ITI are parties.
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall 
file copies of any operating agreement it enters into with its 
foreign correspondent with the Commission within 30 days 
of its execution, and shall otherwise comply with the filing 
requirements contained in Section 43.51 of the Commis 
sion's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §43.51.
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall 
file a tariff pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications 
Act, 47 U.S.C. §203, and Part 61 of the Commission's 
Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61, for the services authorized in this 
Order.
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall 
file the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traf 
fic required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules, 
47 C.F.R. §43.61.
8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall 
file semi-annual circuit reports pursuant to Section 
63.15(b) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §63.15(b), 
for the common carrier facilities authorized herein.
9. The Commission retains jurisdiction over this matter 
to reallocate circuits in the satellite system among the 
various international common carriers and other autho 
rized users as required to ensure nondiscriminatory use of, 
and equitable access to, the communications satellite sys 
tem.
10. This order is issued under Section 0.261 of the 
Commission's Rules and is effective upon adoption. Peti 
tions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applica 
tions for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's 
Rules may be filed within 30 days of the date of public 
notice of this order (see Section 1.4(b)(2)).
1 This application was originally filed by Corporate 
Telemanagement Group (CTG). CTG amended its application
on February 23, 1995 to specify its wholly-owned subsidiary, 
ITI, as the applicant.
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10 FCC Red NO. 8 Federal Communications Commission Record DA 95-698
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Diane J. Cornell
Chief, Telecommunications Division
International Bureau
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