$//O&A, MCI, Intl. Ext. of Lines, DA-95-574//$ $/63.01 Contents of Application/$ $/300.214 Extension of Lines/$ $///DA 95-574 3/22/95///$ ///newjob/// Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. ) File No. I-T-C-95-030 ) Application for authority to acquire ) and operate facilities for service ) between the United States and ) various overseas points. ) ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION Adopted: March 20, 1995 Released:March 27, 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 the provision of direct service between the United States and the points listed in the Appendices. 2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File No. I-T-C-95-030 IS GRANTED and MCI is authorized to: a. lease from Comsat and operate 23 voice-grade satellite circuits between MCI's authorized U.S. international earth stations and appropriate INTELSAT satellites over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, connecting with similar circuits between the satellite and earth stations in the countries listed in Appendix A, furnished by MCI's correspondents; b. own and operate facilities in the U.S. earth stations to be used in conjunction with the satellite space segment capacity; c. acquire on an Indefeasible Right of User basis a one-half interest in and operate the cable facilities listed in Appendix B; d. own and operate necessary domestic connecting facilities; e. lease a one-half interest in and operate any necessary overseas connecting facilities; and f. use the facilities in a, b, c, d, and e, above to provide MCI's regularly authorized services between the United States, on the one hand, and the countries listed in Appendix A and B, on the other hand. 3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of MCI 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 one of the points listed in the Appendices -- that is, private lines which originate in the United States and terminate in one of the points listed in the Appendices or which originate in one of the points listed in the Appendices and terminate in the United States. In addition, MCI may not -- and MCI'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 the foreign 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 that neither MCI nor any persons or companies directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by MCI, 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 MCI or any persons or companies controlling or controlled by MCI are parties. 5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file copies of any operating agreements it enters 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. 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. 9. The Commission retains jurisdiction over this matter to reallocate circuits in the satellite system among the various international common carriers and other authorized users as required to ensure nondiscriminatory use of, and equitable access to, the communications satellite system. 10. 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 A COUNTRIES TO BE SERVED VIA INTELSAT COUNTRY NUMBER OF 64-KBPS CIRCUITS AFGHANISTAN 5 ALBANIA 15 ANTARCTICA 5 ARMENIA 30 ASCENSION ISLANDS 5 AZERBAIJAN 10 BHUTAN 5 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVENIA 10 BURUNDI 10 CENTRAL AFRICAN 10 CHAD 10 CHRISTMAS IS 5 COCOS IS 5 COMOROS 5 COOK ISLAND 5 CUBA(GUANTANAMO) 480 MAURITIUS 10 DIEGO GARCIA 10 DJIB0UTI 10 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5 ERITREA 15 FAEROE ISLANDS 5 FALKLAND IS 5 FRENCH ANTILLES 20 FRENCH GUIANA 10 FRENCH POLY 30 GEORGIA 15 GIBRALTAR 10 GREENLAND 10 GUADELOUPE 20 GUINEA-BISSAU 10 KYRGYZSTAN 10 KIRIBATI 5 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 10 LAOS 10 LESOTHO 10 LIBYA 15 LITHUANIA 30 TFYR OF MACEDONIA 32 MADAGASCAR 10 MALDIVES 5 MAYOTTE 5 MICRONESIA 24 MIDWAY 10 MOLDOVA 10 MONACO 30 MONGOLIA 5 MOZAMBIQUE 10 MYANMAR 12 NAMIBIA 10 NAURU 5 NEW CALEDONIA 10 NIUE IS 5 NORFOLK IS 10 PITCAIRN IS 5 REUNION 5 SAN MARINO 10 SAO TOME 30 SEYCHELLES 5 SOLOMON ISLAND 5 SOMALIA 5 ST. HELENA 5 ST PIERRE & MIQUEL 5 SUDAN 10 TADJIKISTAN 10 TURKMENISTAN 10 TUVALU 5 UZBEKISTAN 10 VANUATU 5 VATICAN CITY 10 WAKE ISLAND 5 WALLIS & FUTUNA IS. 5 WESTERN SAHARA 5 WESTERN SAMOA 10 SERBIA AND MONTENIEGRO 60 ZAIRE 10 APPENDIX B COUNTRIES TO BE SERVED VIA CABLE COUNTRY NUMBER OF 64-KBPS CIRCUITS FACILITIES BELARUS 20 TAT-10 Denmark-Germany-1 Denmark-Russia-1 CROATIA 90 TAT-11 ESTONIA 30 TAT-11 IOR SATELLITE KAZAKHSTAN 30 TAT-11 IOR SATELLITE LATVIA 30 TAT-10 Denmark-Germany-1 Denmark-Poland-1 NEPAL 30 TAT-11 IOR SATELLITE PALAU 10 HAW-4/TPC-3 SATELLITE SLOVAKIA 60 TAT-10