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June 11, 1999);  47  {O 'C.F.R.  63.18(e)(4); see also Rules and Policies of Foreign Participation in the U.S.  {O 'Telecommunications Market, IB Docket Nos. 97142 and 9522, Report and Order and Order on  {O'Reconsideration, 12 FCC Rcd 23,891, 23,92631  7686 (1997) (Foreign Participation Order).(#Ƥ or (b) that the foreign market affords resale opportunities equivalent to  S'those available under U.S. law (also known as the equivalency test).k yO'ЍXThe "equivalency test" requires applicants seeking ISR authorization to demonstrate that the destination market provides U.S.based carriers (1) the legal right to resell international private lines interconnected at both ends for the provision of switched services; (2) nondiscriminatory charges, terms and conditions for interconnection to foreign domestic carrier facilities for termination and origination of international services, with adequate means of enforcement; (3) competitive safeguards to protect against anticompetitive and discriminatory practices affecting private line resale; and (4) fair and transparent regulatory procedures, including separation between the regulator and operator of international facilities {O~'based services. See 47 C.F.R.  63.18 (1998).  For service to nonWTO Member countries, ISR is  {OH'authorized only where 50 percent of the traffic is settled at benchmark rates and where the foreign  {O'market offers equivalent resale opportunities. See Foreign Participation Order, 12 FCC Rcd 23,891, 23,92631  7686.(# Hong Kong is a member of the WTO.  SJ '3.` ` In the October Order, the Commission granted HKTP's application to provide ISR for switched data and fax service only, based on its finding that Hong Kong offers equivalent  S 'opportunities to resell private lines for the provision of those services only.` k {O'ԍXOctober Order, 13 FCC Rcd 20,050.(#`  S '4.` ` On December 31, 1998, the International Bureau's Telecommunications Division, acting on delegated authority, granted HKTP and AT&T authority to resell international private lines interconnected to the public switched network for the provision of all switched services between the  S4'United States and Hong Kong. Z4k yOp$'ԍXAT&T Corp. et al., Order, Authorization and Certificate, 14 FCC Rcd 99 (Telecom. Div., Int. Bur.,  {O8%'1999) (December Order) (available at: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1998/da982654.pdf).(# In the December Order, the Commission granted HKTP and AT&T authority to provide ISR for all switched services (including switched data and fax services) based on" ,`(`(88" its finding that settlement rates for at least 50 percent of the settled U.S.billed traffic on the U.S. S'Hong Kong route are at or below the benchmark settlement rate.] k {O@'ԍXDecember Order, 14 FCC Rcd 99.(#]  S'5.` ` AT&T does not dispute our finding in the December Order that Hong Kong meets the settlement rate criteria for authorizing ISR. Indeed, AT&T supports authorization of ISR on the U.S. S:'Hong Kong route.W :Zk yO4'ԍXAT&T Reply to Opposition at 2.(#W Rather, AT&T objects to our finding in the October Order that the equivalency  S'test is met by Hong Kong for data and fax services.L k yO 'ԍXAT&T Petition at 1.(#L We find, however, that the issue of whether Hong Kong satisfies the equivalency test is now moot in light of our approval of the applications of  S'AT&T and HKTP for full ISR in the December Order based on Hong Kong's membership in the WTO and the fact that settlement rates for more than 50 percent of the U.S.billed traffic on the U.S. Sv'Hong Kong route are at or below the benchmark settlement rate.TZvzk {O'ԍXDecember Order, 14 FCC Rcd 99; see Public Media Center v. FCC, 587 F.2d 1322, 1326 (D.C. Cir.  yOZ'1978) (". . . courts will dismiss appeals as moot when events during the pendency of appeal obviate the possibility of meaningful relief").(#T  S& '6.` ` Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to section 1.106(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106(a), that the November 13, 1998 Petition for Reconsideration, filed by AT&T Corp. IS DENIED. ` `  hhCqFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  hhCqDonald Abelson ` `  hhCqChief, International Bureau