*Pages 1--4 from C:\Pdf2Text\Ready4Text_in\pdf\40753.pdf* 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 July 30, 2004 TEL- 00818S Report No. SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS (47 C. F. R. § 63.18); CABLE LANDING LICENSE APPLICATIONS (47 C. F. R. § 1.767) REQUESTS TO AUTHORIZE SWITCHED SERVICES OVER PRIVATE LINES (47 C. F. R. § 63.16); SECTION 310( B)( 4) REQUESTS STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures apply to the applications listed below: The international Section 214 applications listed below have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing and 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 are for authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act, 47 U. S. C. § 214, (a) to transfer control of an authorized carrier or to assign a carrier's existing authorization; and/ or (b) to become a facilities- based international common carrier; and/ or (c) to become a resale- based international common carrier. Pursuant to Section 63.12 of the rules, these Section 214 applications will be granted 14 days after the date of this public notice (see 47 C. F. R. § 1.4 regarding computation of time), and the applicant may commence operations on the 15th day, unless the Commission has informed the applicant in writing, within 14 days after the date of this public notice, that the application, on further examination, has been deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. 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. An application can be removed from streamlined processing only in the sound discretion of Commission staff. The filing of comments or a petition to deny will not necessarily result in an application being deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. The petitions for declaratory ruling listed below are (1) for authority under Section 310( b)( 4) of the Communications Act, 47 U. S. C. § 310( b)( 4), to exceed the 25 percent foreign ownership benchmark applicable to common carrier radio licensees, or (2) under Section 63.16 of the rules, to add a foreign market to the list of markets for which carriers may provide switched services over private lines. The requested rulings will be granted 14 days after the date of this public notice, effective the next day, unless the application is formally opposed or the Commission has informed the applicant in writing, within 14 days of the date of this public notice, that the application, on further examination, has been deemed ineligible for streamlined processing. For this purpose, a formal opposition shall be sufficient only if it is received by the Commission and by the applicant within 14 days of the date of this public notice and its caption and text make it unmistakably clear that it is intended to be a formal opposition. 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. We request that comments on any of these applications refer to the application file number shown below. Page 1 of 4 1 NYX Communications, LLC ITC- 214- 20040701- 00265 P Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate XFone USA, Inc. ITC- 214- 20040706- 00251 E Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate Hispanic Communications, Inc. ITC- 214- 20040715- 00270 E Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate Global Respondez, Inc., d/ b/ a One Touch India ITC- 214- 20040716- 00271 E Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate CI2, Inc. ITC- 214- 20040719- 00297 P Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate GLINSO, LLC ITC- 214- 20040720- 00287 E Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18Ie)( 1) of the rules and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate NPTelephony Corporation ITC- 214- 20040721- 00286 E Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate DG- TEC, LLC ITC- 214- 20040722- 00288 E Global or Limited Global Facilities- Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide facilities- based service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 1) of the rules, and also to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate DIGITAL VOICE SOLUTIONS INC ITC- 214- 20040722- 00292 E Global or Limited Global Resale Service Service( s): Application for authority to provide service in accordance with Section 63.18( e)( 2) of the rules. International Telecommunications Certificate Page 2 of 4 2 Oregon Farmers Mutual Long Distance, Inc. ITC- T/ C- 20040702- 00261 E TO: Application for consent to transfer control of the international Section 214 authorization held by Oregon Farmers Mutual Long Distance, Inc., ITC- 214- 19990825- 00589, from the shareholders of its 100 percent parent company, Oregon Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Inc. (OFM) to Northwest Missouri Holdings, Inc. (Northwest). Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, Northwest proposes to acquire all of the shares of stock of OFM from Robert D. Williams, Randy D. Williams, and Katherine E. Williams. Oregon Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, Inc. FROM: Current Licensee: Northwest Missouri Holdings, Inc. Oregon Farmers Mutual Long Distance, Inc. Transfer of Control GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc. ITC- T/ C- 20040708- 00285 E TO: Application for consent to transfer control of international section 214 authorization, File No. ITC- 214- 20001219- 00728, held by GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc. (GMPCS) from the shareholders of GMPCS to Telenor Satellite Services Holdings, Inc. (Telenor). Applicant agrees to be classified as a dominant carrier pursuant to Section 63.10 of the rules in its provision of U. S. international service on the U. S.- Norway route. Applicant requests that grant of this Application be expressly conditioned on compliance by Telenor, its affiliates, and GMPCS with the terms and conditions of the Telenor/ DOJ/ FBI Agreement dated November 29, 2001, appended to Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications et al., Applications for Assignment of Section 214 Authorizations, Private Land Mobile Radio Licenses, Experimental Licenses, and Earth Station Licenses, Order and Authorization, 16 FCC Rcd 22897 (2001). GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc. FROM: Current Licensee: Telenor Satellite Services Holdings, Inc. GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc. Transfer of Control Looking Glass Networks, Inc. ITC- T/ C- 20040709- 00291 E TO: Application for consent to transfer control of international Section 214 authorization, File No. ITC- 214- 20000612- 00357, held by Looking Glass Networks, Inc. (LGN) from its 100% indirect parent company, Looking Glass Networks, LLC, to the current lenders of LGN's 100% direct parent company, Looking Glass Networks Holding Co., Inc. (LGN Holding). Upon consummation, the LGN lenders collectively will hold 80% of the shares of LGN Holding; however, no single entity, including the individual LGN lenders, will own a majority of the shares of LGN Holding and control will be dispersed among several entities. Looking Glass Networks, LLC FROM: Current Licensee: Looking Glass Networks Holding Co., Inc. Looking Glass Networks, Inc. Transfer of Control CORRECTIONS ITC- ASG- 20040630- 00256 Verizon AssetCo, Inc. The description of the above- referenced application, which appeared on Public Notice Report No. TEL- 00815S, released July 23, 2004 is corrected to read as set forth below. The date of Public Notice for this application, which is subject to streamlined processing, remains July 23, 2004: Application for consent to assign certain assets used in the provision of international services, primarily customer pre- subscriptions in Hawaii and accounts receivable related to those customers, from Verizon Select Services Inc. (VSSI) to Verizon AssetCo. Upon consummation of the proposed transaction, Verizon AssetCo will be a wholly- owned subsidiary of Paradise MergerSub, Inc., a holding company wholly owned by investment funds associated with The Carlyle Group. VSSI will retain its international section 214 authorizations to provide international facilities- based and resale services. See e. g., File Nos. ITC- 214- 19991104- 00684; ITC- 214- 20020422- 00210. Grant of the captioned assignment application shall constitute Commission authorization of the proposed assignment of assets; and, unless otherwise specified, the assignee may provide the same services on the same routes as permitted under the assignor's section 214 authorizations cited above, and the assignee may provide such service to any customers it may obtain in the ordinary course of business. INFORMATIVE ITC- 214- 20040630- 00247 DirectXConnect, Inc. This application has been removed from streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12( c)( 4) of the Commission's rules. ITC- 214- 20040702- 00248 WALKWAY MANAGEMENT LC This application has been removed from streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12( c)( 4) of the Commission's rules. Page 3 of 4 3 REMINDERS: 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. INFORMATIVE ITC- 214- 20040706- 00250 Anuera Telecommunications, LLC This application has been removed from streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12( c)( 4) of the Commission's rules. ITC- T/ C- 20040706- 00263 Japan Telecom America, Inc. This application has been removed from streamlined processing pursuant to Section 63.12( c)( 4) of the Commission's rules. Page 4 of 4 4