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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET  S.  W.  WASHINGTON  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202-  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202-  418-  2830;  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  (or  ftp.  fcc.  gov) 
 TTY  (202)  418-  2555 


 Friday  May  9,  2003  TEL-  00667NS  Report  No. 


 Section  214  Applications  (47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.18);  Cable  Landing  License  Applications  (47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.767);  Authorize  Switched  Services  over  Private  Lines  (47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.16)  and  Section  310(  b)(  4) 
 NON  STREAMLINED  INTERNATIONAL  APPLICATIONS  ACCEPTED  FOR  FILING 


 Unless  otherwise  specified,  the  following  procedures  apply  to  the  applications  listed  below: 
 The  applications  listed  below  have  been  found,  upon  initial  review,  to  be  acceptable  for  filing.  These  applications  are  not  subject  to  the  streamlined  processing  procedures  set  forth  in  Section  63.12  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  63.12. 
 These  applications  shall  not  be  deemed  granted  until  the  Commission  affirmatively  acts  upon  the  application,  either  by  public  notice  or  by  written  order.  Operation  for  which  authorization  is  sought  may  not  commence  except  in  accordance 
 with  any  terms  or  conditions  imposed  by  the  Commission. 
 Unless  otherwise  specified,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  with  respect  to  these  applications  within  28  days  of  the  date  of  this  public  notice.  We  request  that  such  comments  refer  to  the  application  file  number  shown  below.  Ex  parte 
 communications  between  outside  parties  and  Commission  staff  concerning  these  applications  are  permitted  subject  to  the  Commission’s  rules  for  “permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings.”  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206. 


 Copies  of  all  applications  listed  here  are  available  for  public  inspection  in  the  FCC  Office  of  Public  Affairs  Reference  and  Information  Center,  located  in  room  CY-  A257  at  the  Portals  2  building,  445  12th  Street  SW,  Washington  DC  20554.  The 
 center  can  be  contacted  at  (202)  418-  0270.  All  applications  listed  are  subject  to  further  consideration  and  review,  and  may  be  returned  and/  or  dismissed  if  not  found  to  be  in  accordance  with  the  Commission’s  rules,  regulations,  and  other 
 requirements. 


 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 
 Glentel  Corp.  (Glentel  or  Applicant)  requests  that  the  Commission  find  permissible  indirect  foreign  ownership  of  Glentel  in  excess  of 
 the  25  percent  benchmark  of  Section  310(  b)(  4)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended.  This  request  is  filed  in  connection 
 with  an  application  for  blanket  authorization  to  operate  up  to  50,000  mobile  earth  station  terminals.  See  FCC  File  No. 
 SES-  LIC-  20030502-  00572,  listed  as  accepted  for  filing  in  Public  Notice,  Report  No.  SES-  00495  (May  7,  2003). 


 Applicant  states  that,  Glentel,  a  U.  S.  corporation,  is  wholly  owned  by  Glentel  U.  S.  Corp.  (Glentel  US),  a  U.  S.  corporation.  According 
 to  Applicant,  Glentel  U.  S.  is  in  turn  wholly  owned  by  Glentel  Inc.,  a  Canadian  corporation,  whose  shares  are  owned  by  Canadian 
 nationals.  Applicant  asserts  that,  pursuant  to  the  rules  and  policies  established  in  the  Commission's  Foreign  Participation  Order,  12 
 FCC  Rcd  23891  (1997),  Order  on  Reconsideration,  15  FCC  Rcd  18158  (2000),  the  "home  market"  of  Glentel  Inc.  is  Canada,  which  is  a 
 Member  of  the  World  Trade  Organization. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  by  May  30,  2003  and  reply  comments  by  June  6,  2003.  For  further  information,  please  contact 
 Cynthia  Bryant  or  Susan  O'Connell  at  (202)  418-  1460. 


 Glentel  Corp.  ISP-  PDR-  20030502-  00014  P 


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 REMINDER: 
 Applicants  must  certify  that  neither  the  applicant  nor  any  party  to  the  application  is  subject  to  a  denial  of  federal  benefits  by  federal  and/  or  state  courts  under  authority  granted  in  21  U.  S.  C.  §  862.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.2001–.  2003. 


 The  Commission  most  recently  amended  its  rules  applicable  to  international  telecommunications  common  carriers  in  IB  Docket  No.  98-  118,  Review  of  International  Common  Carrier  Regulations,  FCC  99-  51,  released  March  23,  1999,  64  Fed.  Reg. 
 19,057  (Apr.  19,  1999).  An  updated  version  of  Section  63.09-.  24  of  the  rules,  and  other  related  sections,  is  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  ib/  td/  pf/  telecomrules.  html. 


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