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Ext. of Lines, DA-96-513//$ $/63.01 Contents of Application/$ $/300.214 Extension of Lines/$ Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. ) File No. I-T-C-96-040 ) Application for authority to acquire ) and operate facilities for service ) between the United States and Brunei.) ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE Adopted: March 29, 1996 Released: April 9, 1996 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 Brunei by Sprint Communications Company L.P. (Sprint). 2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File No. I-T-C-96-040 IS GRANTED and Sprint is authorized to: a. lease from Comsat and operate a 512 Kbps satellite circuit between Sprint's San Ramon, California earth station and an appropriate INTELSAT satellite over the Pacific Ocean, connecting with a similar circuit between the satellite and an earth station in Brunei, furnished by Sprint's correspondent; b. operate facilities in the San Ramon earth station to be used in conjunction with the satellite space segment capacity; c. operate connecting facilities between the San Ramon earth station and Sprint's Stockton, California operating center; and d. use said facilities to provide Sprint's regularly authorized services between the United States and Brunei. 3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of Sprint 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 Brunei -- that is, private lines which originate in the United States and terminate in Brunei, or which originate in Brunei and terminate in the United States. In addition, Sprint may not -- and Sprint'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 basic switched services, unless authorized to do so by the Commission upon a finding that Brunei affords resale opportunities equivalent to those available under U.S. law, in accordance with Foreign Carrier Entry Order, FCC No. 95- 475 (released November 30, 1995). The limitations in this paragraph are subject to the exceptions contained in Section 63.01(k)(6)(i) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 63.01(k)(6)(i). 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file annual circuit status reports in accordance with the requirements set forth in Rules for Filing of International Circuit Status Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157, Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 8605 (1995). 8. 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. 9. 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