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Ext. of Lines, DA-95-646//$ $/ 64.01 Contents of Applications/$ $/300.214 Extension of Lines/$ $/// DA 95-646 3/30/95///$ Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) U.S. ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC. ) ) Application for authority to ) File No. I-T-C-95-025 acquire and operate satellite ) and connecting facilities for ) service to various overseas ) points. ) ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE Adopted: March 28, 1995 Released:April 4, 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-95-025 IS GRANTED, and U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI) is authorized to: a. establish channels of communication between its Massachusetts and St. Croix earth stations and INTELSAT satellites, for provision of Intelsat Business Services (IBS), International Television Service and Datanet Service between the United States and the international points listed in Comsat's tariffs for the space segment of these services; b. lease from Comsat and operate the satellite circuits specified in the Appendix hereto, between its Massachusetts and St. Croix earth stations and INTELSAT Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Region satellites, connecting with similar facilities between the satellites and the overseas points listed in the Appendix hereto, furnished by its correspondents; c. lease and operate necessary domestic connecting facilities; d. lease a one-half interest in and operate necessary overseas connecting facilities; and e. use the facilities in b, c, and d, above to provide USEI's regularly authorized services, including switched voice and data and private line services, between the United States and the points listed in the Appendix hereto. 3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that neither USEI nor any persons or companies directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by USEI, 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 arrangement to which USEI or any persons or companies controlling or controlled by USEI are parties. 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of USEI 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 the countries listed in the Appendix -- that is, private lines which originate in the United States and terminate in one of the countries listed in the Appendix or which originate in one of the countries listed in the Appendix and terminate in the United States. In addition, USEI may not -- and USEI'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 foreign end, or both, for the provision of international switched basic services, unless authorized to do so by the Commission upon a finding that the destination country affords resale opportunities equivalent to those available under U.S. law, in accordance with Regulation of International Accounting Rates, Phase II, First Report and Order, 7 FCC Rcd 559 (1991), Order on Reconsideration and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 7 FCC Rcd 7927 (1994), petition for reconsideration pending. 5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file copies of any operating agreements entered into with its foreign correspondents with the Commission within 30 days of their execution, and shall otherwise comply with the filing requirements contained in Section 43.51 of the Commission'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 traffic required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 43.61. 8. This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's Rules and is effective upon adoption. Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications 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)). FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Diane J. Cornell Chief, Telecommunications Division International Bureau APPENDIX Numbers indicate 64-kbps circuits via INTELSAT EUROPE Albania-5 Austria-10 Belgium-20 Cyprus-5 Czech Rep.-5 Denmark-20 Finland-10 France-30 Germany-50 Greece-5 Hungary-10 Iceland-5 Ireland-10 Italy-25 Luxembourg-2 Netherlands-5 Norway-25 Poland-5 Portugal-2 Romania-2 Serbia-Montenegro- 5 Spain-15 Sweden-5 Switzerland-5 TFYR of Macedonia- 2 United Kingdom-30 C.I.S. Armenia-5 Azerbaijan-5 Belarus-5 Kazakhstan-5 Latvia-5 Lithuania-5 Moldova-5 Russia-50 Turkmenistan-5 Ukraine-10 Uzbekistan-5 MID AND FAR EAST Bahrain-2 Diego Garcia-2 India-5 Iran-5 Iraq-2 Israel-5 Jordan-2 Kuwait-5 Lebanon-2 Oman-2 Pakistan-5 Saudi Arabia-5 Qatar-2 Syria-3 Turkey-5 UAE-5 Yemen-2 AFRICA Algeria-2 Angola-2 Benin-2 Botswana-5 Burkina Faso-5 Burundi-5 Cameroon-5 Cape Verde-5 Central Af. Rep.-5 Chad-5 Congo-5 Cote d'Ivoire-5 Djibouti-5 Egypt-5 Equat. Guinea-5 Eritrea-5 Ethiopia-5 Gabon-5 Gambia-5 Ghana-5 Gibraltar-1 Guinea-1 Guinea Bissau-1 Kenya-5 Lesotho-1 Liberia-2 Libya-1 Madagascar-1 Malawi-1 Mali-1 Malta-2 Mauritania-1 Mauritius-1 Morocco-3 Mozambique-2 Namibia-1 Niger-1 Nigeria-1 Rwanda-2 Sao Tome-2 Senegal-1 Sierra Leone-1 Somalia-1 South Africa-15 Sudan-2 Swaziland-2 Tanzania-1 Togo-1 Tunisia-1 Uganda-1 Zaire-3 Zambia-2 Zimbabwe-1 CARIBBEAN Antigua-2 Aruba-1 Ascension-2 Bahamas-2 Barbados-2 Bermuda-4 Cayman Is.-2 Dominican Rep.-4 Falkland Is.-2 Haiti-5 Jamaica-5 Martinique-2 Neth. Antilles-3 St. Lucia-1 Trinidad-1 Turks & Caicos-2 CENTRAL AMERICA Belize-2 Costa Rica-2 El Salvador-2 Guatemala-2 Honduras-2 Mexico-5 Nicaragua-5 Panama-10 SOUTH AMERICA Argentina-10 Bolivia-5 Brazil-25 Chile-30 Colombia-20 Ecuador-20 French Guiana-5 Guyana-2 Paraguay-5 Peru-10 Suriname-4 Uruguay-3 Venezuela-10