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Thursday  February 19, 2009TEL-01345NS  Report No.
Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R. § 63.18); Authorize Switched Services over Private Lines (47 C.F.R. § 63.16)
and Section 310(b)(4)
NON STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS/PETITIONS 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
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REMINDER:
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by federal and/or state courts under authority granted in 21 U.S.C. § 862.  See 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.2001–.2003.
An updated version of Section 63.09-.25 of the rules, and other related sections, is available at
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html
ISP-PDR-20081001-00020 E
T-Mobile USA, Inc. ("T-Mobile" or "Petitioner") requests a declaratory ruling under section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act, as amended,
that would allow up to 100 percent indirect foreign ownership in Cook Inlet GSM IV PCS Holdings, LLC ("Cook IV").  As part of its request,
T-Mobile seeks approval of the intermediate foreign holding companies in Cook IV's vertical ownership chain as described below.  In addition,
T-Mobile requests that such approval extend not only to Cook IV but also to T-Mobile's other wholly-owned licensee subsidiaries:  Omnipoint
NY MTA License LLC; Powertel Memphis Licenses, Inc.; T-Mobile License LLC (f/k/a VoiceStream PCS BTA I License Corporation);
T-Mobile West Corporation (f/k/a VoiceStream Houston, Inc.); VoiceStream Pittsburgh, L.P.; Cook Inlet GSM IV PCS Holdings LLC; SunCom
Wireless License Company, LLC; and SunCom Wireless Puerto Rico License Company, LLC (the "T-Mobile Licensee Subsidiaries").
Cook IV and the T-Mobile Licensee Subsidiaries are U.S.-organized companies that are directly or indirectly wholly owned by T-Mobile, a
Delaware corporation.  T-Mobile is wholly owned by T-Mobile Global Holding GmbH ("T-Mobile Global"), which in turn is wholly owned by
T-Mobile International AG ("T-Mobile International").  T-Mobile International is wholly owned by Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT"), a publicly
traded company organized in Germany.  The Federal Republic of Germany ("FRG") holds a 14.83 percent direct interest in DT, and Kreditanstalt
fur Wiederaufbau ("KFW"), a bank organized under the laws of Germany and controlled by the FRG, holds a 16.87 percent direct interest in DT.
The FRG holds an 80 percent interest in KFW.  Petitioner states that like DT, T-Mobile Global and T-Mobile International are organized under
the laws of Germany, a World Trade Organization ("WTO") Member country.  According to the Petition, T-Mobile Global and T-Mobile
International are established as holding companies and the majority of their officers and directors are German residents and nationals.
Petitioner states that the Commission has previously approved indirect foreign ownership of T-Mobile and its licensee subsidiaries in the
VoiceStream-DT Order, IB Docket No. 00-187, FCC 01-142, 16 FCC Rcd 9779 (2001), authorizing up to 100 percent indirect foreign investment
by DT and its German shareholders, and by the German government through its investment in DT (up to and including 43 percent).
Petitioner 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 indirect foreign ownership of Cook IV, including the current foreign-organized
intermediate holding companies situated above Cook IV and the other T-Mobile Licensee Subsidiaries, is consistent with the public interest.
Petition for Declaratory Ruling
Cook Inlet GSM IV PCS Holdings, LLC
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