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File pnmc5021 (.txt & .wp) is in directory \pub\Public_Notices\Miscellaneous. ***************************************************************** ******** %// O&A, Intelco Europe, Intl Ext of Lines, DA-95-697//% $/ 63.01 Contents of Applications/$ %/300.214 Extension of Lines/$ $///DA 95-697 4/3/95///$ ///newjob/// Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ) EUROPE, LTD. ) ) Application for authority to ) File No. I-T-C-95-089 resell the switched and private ) line services of other common ) carriers. ) ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE Adopted: March 31, 1995 Released:April 5, 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-95-089 IS GRANTED, and International Telecommunications Europe, Ltd. (Intelco Europe) is authorized to: a. provide international switched services by the resale of the international switched voice services set forth in AT&T's Tariffs FCC Nos. 1 and 2, Sprint's Tariffs FCC Nos. 1 and 2, MCI's Tariff FCC No. 1, Allnet's Tariff FCC No. 1, International Telecomm. Corp.'s Tariff FCC No. 1 and WilTel's Tariff FCC No. 2 between the United States and the overseas points listed in those tariffs. b. lease from AT&T and operate 24 64-kbps voice-grade circuits each to France, Germany, Israel and Sweden, for provision of private line service, not interconnected with the public switched network, between the United States and those points; c. lease from AT&T and operate 72 64-kbps voice-grade circuits to the United Kingdom and 24 64-kbps voice-grade circuits to Canada for provision of private line services both interconnected and noninterconnected with the public switched network between the United States and those points; and d. lease and operate any necessary domestic connecting facilities between AT&T's operating office and the operating office of Intelco Europe. 3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of Intelco Europe to provide private lines to France, Germany, Sweden or Israel as part of its authorized services is limited to the provision of such private lines only between the United States and those points -- that is, private lines which originate in the United States and terminate in France, Germany, Sweden or Israel or which originate in France, Germany, Sweden or Israel and terminate in the United States. In addition, Intelco Europe may not -- and Intelco Europe'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 France, Germany, Sweden or Israel end, or both, for the provision of international basic switched 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 (1992), petition for reconsideration pending. 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED our authorization of Intelco Europe to resell international private lines for the provision of switched services between the United States and Canada or the United Kingdom is limited to the provision of switched services between the United States and Canada or the United Kingdom -- that is, private lines which carry traffic that originates in the United States and terminates in Canada or the United Kingdom, or traffic that originates in Canada or the United Kingdom and terminates in the United States. 5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization to resell international private lines for the provision of switched services and interconnected private line services between the United States and Canada and/or the United Kingdom is conditioned on Canada and/or the United Kingdom continuing to afford resale opportunities equivalent to those available under United States law. In addition, Intelco Europe is required to file with the Commission, on a semi-annual basis, the information contained in the annual traffic reports required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules. This reporting requirement applies to traffic carried through December 1995 for Canada, and December 1997 for the United Kingdom. See fONOROLA/EMI, See fONOROLA/EMI, Order on Reconsideration, 9 FCC Rcd 4066, 4070 (1994); ACC Global Corp., FCC 94-236, para. 51 (released October 6, 1994). These semi-annual reports shall be filed with the Commission not later than September 30 for the first six-month calendar period, and March 31 for the second six-month calendar period. 6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that neither Intelco Europe nor any persons or companies directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by Intelco Europe, 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 Intelco Europe or any persons or companies controlling or controlled by Intelco Europe are parties. 7. 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 Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 43.51. 8. 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. 9. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for its resold switched and noninterconected private line services, 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. 10. 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. 11. 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