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Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554


                                     )
                                     )
In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
MFS GLOBENET, INC.                   )
                                     )
PACIFIC CARRIAGE LIMITED             )          File No. SCL-MOD-20000201-00002
                                     )
Application for Modification of License to        )
Land and Operate in the United States a       )
Private Fiber Submarine Cable System        )
Extending Among the United States and      )
Australia and New Zealand           )
                                     )


             MODIFICATION OF CABLE LANDING LICENSE

Adopted:  March 31, 2000                Released: April 3, 2000

                        I.  Introduction

  1.  In this Order, we modify the cable landing license held by MFS Globenet, Inc. (MFSG) and
  Pacific Carriage Limited (PCL) (the Applicants) to add an additional cable landing location.   The
  original license authorized MFS International, Inc., pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act, to
  land and operate a fiber optic submarine cable system called the Southern Cross Cable Network
  (Southern Cross), extending between the United States mainland, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand. 
   The license subsequently was modified to reflect a change of ownership structure; to permit PCL to be
  the licensee for the landing station facilities in Hawaii; to permit MFSG to be the licensee for the
  landing station facilities in California; and to add the Republic of the Fiji Islands as a landing point.
        
  2.  The Applicants request authority to modify the license to include an additional cable landing
  point located at Nedonna Beach Cable Landing Station in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.  According to the
  Applicants, the precise location of the landing station is Latitude 45§ 38' 32.49179" N, Longitude 122§
  56' 19.83896" W.  The address is Nedonna Beach Cable Landing Station, 25589 Highway 101,
  Rockaway Beach, Oregon, 97141.  The Nedonna Beach Cable Landing Station was constructed  by
  Alaska Northstar Cable, LLC., and the Applicants have obtained an Indefeasible Right of Use for a
  portion of the station at which the Southern Cross cable will land.  The Applicants will maintain
  control and exercise ultimate oversight over these facilities.  Pursuant to the modified license, Southern
  Cross will continue to be operated on a common-carrier basis.
 
                       II.  Comments
     
  3.  We placed the modification on public notice on February 18, 2000.   We did not receive any
  comments.  Pursuant to Section 1.767(b) of the Commission's rules, the Cable Landing License Act,
  and Executive Order No. 10530, we informed the Department of State of the modification.  The
  Department of State, after coordinating with the National Telecommunications and Information
  Administration and the Department of Defense, stated that it has no objection to approving the
  Applicants' request for an additional landing point for Southern Cross.
     
                     III.  Discussion
                                
  4.  We grant the Applicant's request to add an additional cable landing location for Southern Cross. 
  The Nedonna Beach Cable Landing Station meets the Applicants' requirements and eliminates the need
  for the Applicants to construct a separate landing station at Rockaway Beach.  According to the
  Applicants, the conditions at the Rockaway Beach, Oregon, landing site will not significantly affect the
  environment within the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act.  The modification would
  not affect the ownership of the cable system, its status as a common carrier system, or control of the
  landing point.  The public interest will be served by providing an additional point of access. 
  Accordingly, we find that grant of the modification would serve the public interest. 
  
                     IV.  Ordering Clauses

  5.  Consistent with the foregoing and pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act and Executive
  Order 10530, IT IS ORDERED that the application, File No. SCL-MOD-20000201-00002, IS
  GRANTED and the Southern Cross Cable Network cable landing license is MODIFIED to add
  Rockaway Beach, Oregon, as an additional cable landing location.

  6.  This Modification of Cable Landing License does not modify any other terms or conditions
  imposed in the license.

  7.  This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.261, 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, 47 C.F.R.  1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30
  days of the date of public notice of this Order (see 47 C.F.R.  1.4(b)(2)).

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                              
                              
                              
                              Rebecca Arbogast
                              Chief, Telecommunications Division
                              International Bureau