NOTICE ********************************************************* NOTICE ********************************************************* This document was originally prepared in Word Perfect. If the original document contained-- * Footnotes * Boldface & Italics --this information is missing in this version The document format (spacing, margins, tabs, etc.) is changed too. If you need the complete document, download the Word Perfect version. For information about downloading documents (FTP) see file pnmc5021. File pnmc5021 (.txt & .wp) is in directory \pub\Public_Notices\Miscellaneous. ***************************************************************** ******** $// I&A, ASC and LD, Intl Ext of Lines, DA-95-647//$ $/ 63.01 Contents of Applications/$ $/300. 214 Extension of Lines/$ $///DA 95-647 3/30/95///$ ///newjob///Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) BPG INTERNATIONAL, INC. ) ) Application for authority to ) File No. I-T-C-95-133 operate as an international ) resale carrier. ) ) 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, 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-95-133 is GRANTED, and BPG International, Inc. (BPG) is authorized to provide international switched services by the resale of the international switched voice services set forth in AT&T's Tariff FCC No. 1, MCI's Tariff FCC No. 1, Sprint's Tariffs FCC Nos. 1 and 2, and C&W's Tariff FCC No. 3 between the United States and the overseas points listed in those tariffs. 3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall obtain any necessary operating arrangements in each of the countries to which it provides service and shall file with the Commission any operating agreements with its correspondents within 30 days of their execution. 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file tariffs pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 203, and Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61, for the services authorized in this Order. 5. 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. Section 43.61. 6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that nothing in this authorization shall be construed to include authorization for the transmission of money in connection with the services the applicant seek authority to provide. The transmission of money is not considered to be a common carrier service. Therefore, nothing in this Order shall be construed as containing authority for the transmission of money. 7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if BPG intends to provide international call-back services through the use of uncompleted call signaling, its authorization to resell international switched voice and/or data services to provide these services is without prejudice to, and is expressly subject to, any future action the Commission may take in VIA USA Ltd., et al., 9 FCC 2288(1994), petition for reconsideration pending. 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 the public notice of this order (see Section 1.4(b)(2)). FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Diane J. Cornell Chief, Telecommunications Division International Bureau