**** PUBLIC NOTICE ****                    
   
           Report# : I-8330    Released On : August 20,1998       
                                               DA-98-1657

OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS
 ACTIONS TAKEN
The following applications for international section 214
certification
have been granted pursuant to the Commission's streamlined
processing
procedures set forth in Section 63.12 of the Commission's Rules,
47
C.F.R.   63.12. Unless otherwise noted, these authorizations
grant
the referenced applicants (1) global or limited global
facilities-based
authority; and/or (2) global or limited global resale authority.
The
general terms and conditions of such global authority are set
forth
in Section 63.18(e)(1) & (2) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 

63.18(e)(1) & (2). These authorizations also are subject to all
other
applicable Commission rules and policies. This Public Notice
serves
as each referenced carrier's Section 214 authorization. It
contains
general and specific conditions which are set forth below.


ITC-98-497 CABLE & WIRELESS GLOBAL NET. ORGANISATION LIMITED
(IRELAND) effective : 8/19/98
Limited Global Facilities-based Services
Application for authority, pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(6) of the
Commission's
Rules, to operate as a facilities-based carrier on the U.S. -
U.K.
route.


ITC-98-496-AL EXECUTIVE TELECARD, LTD. AND IDX INTERNATIONAL,
INC. effective : 8/19/98
Assignment of License
Application for authority for assignment of Section 214
authorization
of IDX International, Inc. to Extel Merger Sub No. 1, a
wholly-owned
subsidiary of Executive TeleCard, Ltd.


ITC-98-495 WIRE RESOURCES (USA), INC. effective : 8/19/98
Global Resale Services
Application for authority to provide service in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 63.18(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-494 MAIL-LENNIUM TELECOM, INT., INC. effective : 8/19/98
Global Resale Services
Application for authority to provide service in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 63.18(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-493 CELLULAR XL ASSOCIATES, L.P. effective : 8/19/98
Global Facilities-based/Global Resale Services
Application for authority to operate as a facilities-based and
resale
carrier in accordance with the provisions of Section 63.18 (e)(1)
and
(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-492 NORTH AMERICAN DIGICOM CORPORATION effective : 8/19/98
Global Facilities-based/Global Resale Services
Application for authority to operate as a facilities-based and
resale
carrier in accordance with the provisions of Section 63.18 (e)(1)
and
(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-490 GLOBAL INTEGRATION SERVICES, INC. effective : 8/19/98
Global Facilities-based/Global Resale Services
Application for authority to operate as a facilities-based and
resale
carrier in accordance with the provisions of Section 63.18 (e)(1)
and
(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-489-TC STAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. effective : 8/19/98
Transfer of Control
Application for authority to transfer control of PT-1
Communications,
Inc. to Star Telecommunications, Inc.


ITC-98-488 PENSAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. effective :
8/19/98
Global Facilities-based/Global Resale Services
Application for authority to operate as a facilities-based and
resale
carrier in accordance with the provisions of Section 63.18 (e)(1)
and
(e)(2) of the rules.


ITC-98-407 SPECIAL ACCOUNTS BILLING GROUP, INC. effective :
8/19/98
Global Resale Services
Application for authority to provide service in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 63.18(e)(2) of the rules. Applicant's name
has
been change from Unisource Communications, Inc. to Special
Accounts
Billing Group, Inc. ( Letter dated August 17, 1998).



Carriers should review carefully the general terms and conditions
of
their
 authorizations. These are set forth in detail below and in
Section
63.18(e)(1) & (2) of the rules. Failure to comply with general or
specific
terms and conditions of the referenced authorizations or, with
other
relevant Commission rules and policies, could result in fines and
forfeitures.
The Commission recently amended its Part 43 and Part 63 rules
that
apply to U.S. international carriers in IB Docket No. 97-142,
Rules
and Policies on Foreign Participation in the U.S.
Telecommunications
Market, FCC 97-398, rel. Nov. 26, 1997, 62 Fed. Reg. 64,741 (Dec.
9,
1997); 63 Fed. Reg. 5743 (Feb. 4, 1998) (Foreign Participation
Order.
Carriers are advised to review the new rules, which became
effective
February 9, 1998. These rules are contained in Appendix C to the
Foreign
Participation Order and are published in the Federal Register.
The
Foreign Participation Order is also available as a text file at
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/fcc97398.txt.
It is available as a WordPerfect document at
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/fcc97398.zip.
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF AUTHORIZATION 1)These authorizations are
subject
to the International Bureau's Exclusion List that identifies
restrictions
on providing service to particular countries or using particular
facilities.
The most recent Exclusion List is attached to this Public Notice.
The
list applies to all U.S. international carriers, including those
that
have previously received global or limited global Section 214
authority,
whether by streamlined grant or specific written order. Carriers
are
advised that the attached Exclusion List is subject to amendment
at
any time pursuant to the procedures set forth in Streamlining the
International
Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements IB
Docket
No. 95-118, 11 FCC Rcd 12884 (1996), para. 18. A copy of the most
current
Exclusion List will be maintained in the International Bureau's
Reference
Center and will be available at
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/exclusionlist.html.
It also will be attached to each Public Notice that grants
international
Section 214 authority. 2)The export of telecommunications
services
and related payments to countries that are subject to economic
sanctions
may be restricted. For information concerning current
restrictions,
call the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury,
(202) 622-2520. 3)Carriers shall comply with the requirements of
Section
63.11 of the Commission's rules, which requires notification by,
and
in certain circumstances prior approval for, U.S. carriers
acquiring
an affiliation with foreign carriers. A carrier that acquires an
affiliation
with a foreign carrier will be subject to possible
reclassification
as a dominant carrier on an affiliated route pursuant to the
provisions
of Section 63.10 of the rules. 4)Carriers shall file with the
Commission
a copy of all operating agreements entered into with their
foreign
correspondents and all amendments within thirty (30) days of
their
execution, and shall otherwise comply with the filing
requirements
contained in Sections 43.51, 64.1001 and 64.1002 of the
Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R. 43.51, 64.1001, 64.1002. In addition, any
carrier
interconnecting private lines to the U.S. public switched network
at
its switch, including any switch in which the carrier obtains
capacity
either through lease or otherwise, shall file annually with the
Chief,
International Bureau, a certified statement containing, on a
country-specific
basis, the number and type (e.g., 64 kbps circuits) of private
lines
interconnected in such manner. The Commission will treat the
country
of origin information as confidential. Carriers need not file
their
contracts for interconnection unless the Commission specifically
requests.
Carriers shall file their annual report on February 1 (covering
international
private lines interconnected during the preceding January 1 to
December
31 period) of each year. International private lines to countries
for
which the Commission has authorized the provision of switched
basic
services over private lines at any time during a particular
reporting
period are exempt from this requirement. See 47 C.F.R. 43.51(d).
5)Carriers
authorized to provide private line service either on a facilities
or
resale basis are limited to the provision of such private line
service
only between the United States and those foreign points covered
by
their referenced applications for Section 214 authority. In
addition,
the carriers may not - - and their tariffs must state that their
customers
may not - - connect their private lines to the public switched
network
at either the U.S. or foreign end, or both, for the provision of
international
switched basic services, unless the Commission has authorized the
provision
of switched services over private lines to the particular country
at
the foreign end of the private line. See 47 C.F.R.
63.18(e)(2)(ii)(C),
(e)(3)-(4); 63.21(a). This restriction is subject to an exception
for
facilities -based private lines as set forth in 47 C.F.R.
63.18(e)(4)(ii)(B).
See generally International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No.
96-261,
Report and Order, FCC 97-280 (rel. Aug. 18, 1997), paragraphs
242-259.
6)The Commission has authorized the provision of switched basic
services
via facilities-based or resold private lines between the United
States
and the following countries: Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, the
United
Kingdom, Australia, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark,
France,
Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. 7)Carriers may
engage
in "switched hubbing" to countries for which the Commission has
not
authorized the provision of switched basic services over private
lines
consistent with Section 63.17(b) of the rules. 8)Carriers may
provide
U.S. inbound or outbound switched basic service via their
authorized
private lines extending between or among the United States,
Sweden,
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia,The Netherlands,
Luxembourg,
Norway, Denmark, France, Germany,Belgium, Austria, Switzerland
and
Japan. 9)Carriers shall comply with the "No Special Concessions"
rule,
Section 63.14, 47 C.F.R. 63.14. 10)Carriers shall file a tariff
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 their authorized services. 11)Carriers shall file the
annual
reports of overseas telecommunications traffic required by
Section
43.61(a). Carriers shall also file the quarterly reports required
by
Section 43.61 in the circumstances specified in paragraphs (b)
and
(c) of that Section. 12)Carriers shall file annual reports of
circuit
status and/or circuit additions 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).
See
47 C.F.R. 43.82 & 63.15(b). These requirements apply to
facilities-
based carriers and private line resellers, respectively. 13)
Carriers
should consult Sec. 63.19 of the rules when contemplating a
discontinuance,
reduction or impairment of service. Further, the grant of these
applications
shall not be construed to include authorization for the
transmission
of money in connection with the services the applicants have been
given
authority to provide. The transmission of money is not considered
to
be a common carrier service. 14)If any carrier is reselling
service
obtained pursuant to a contract with another carrier, that
contract
or a contract summary shall be filed publicly by the underlying
carrier
in accordance with Section 203 of the Communications Act, 47
U.S.C.
203, and Competition in the Interstate Interexchange Marketplace
6
FCC Rcd 5880, 5902 (1991). In addition, the services obtained by
contract
shall be made generally available by the underlying carrier to
similarly
situated customers at the same terms, conditions and rates. 15)To
the
extent that any of the above-listed applicants 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 expressly subject to the conditions
listed
in VIA USA Ltd., et. al, 9 FCC Rcd 2288 (1994), on recon., 10 FCC
Rcd
9540 (1995). 16) To the extent the applicant is, or is affiliated
with,
an incumbent independent local exchange carrier, as those terms
are
defined in Section 64.1902 of the rules, it shall provide the
authorized
services in compliance with the requirements of Section 64.1903.
See
Regulatory Treatment of LEC Provision of Interexchange Services
Originating
in the LEC's Local Exchange Area and Policy and Rules Concerning
the
Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace Second Report and Order in
CC
Docket No. 96-149 and Third Report and Order in CC Docket No.
96-61
FCC 97-142 (released April 18, 1997), recon, 12 FCC Rcd 8730.
17)Any
carrier authorized here to provide facilities-based service
between
the United States and markets served by a foreign carrier with
which
it has an affiliation may provide U.S. facilities-based service
between
the United States and such market only if the affiliated foreign
carrier
has negotiated a settlement rate for its settled traffic with
U.S.
international carriers that is in effect and is at or below the
relevant
benchmark settlement rate adopted in International Settlement
Rates
IB Docket No. 96-261, Report and Order, FCC 97-280 (rel. Aug. 18,
1997)
(Benchmarks Order). See also Benchmarks Order at paragraphs
224-227.
For the purposes of this condition, "affiliation" and "foreign
carrier"
are defined in Section 63.18(h)(1)(i) and (ii), respectively.
Petitions
for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for
review
under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules in regard to the
grant
of any of these applications may be filed within thirty (30) days
of
this public notice (see Section 1.4(b)(2)). For additional
information
concerning this matter, please contact the International Bureau
Public
Reference Center at (202) 418-1492 or (202) 418-1493. -- Last
Amended
May 11, 1998 -- The following is a list of countries and
facilities
not covered by grant of global Section 214 authority under
Section
63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(e)(1).
In
addition, the facilities listed shall not be used by U.S.
carriers
authorized under Section 63.01 of the Commission's Rules unless
the
carrier's Section 214 authorization specifically lists the
facility.
Carriers desiring to serve countries or use facilities listed as
excluded
hereon shall file a separate Section 214 application pursuant to
Section
63.18(e)(6) of the Commission's Rules. Countries Cuba
(applications
for service to this country shall comply with the separate filing
requirements
of the Commission's Public Notice Report No. I-6831, dated July
27,
1993, "FCC to Accept Applications for Service to Cuba.")
Facilities
All non-U.S.-licensed cable and satellite systems except the
following
cable systems: Aden-Djibouti APC APCN APHRODITE 2 ARIANNE 2 ASEAN
B-M-P
Brunei-Singapore CADMOS CANTAT-3 CARAC CELTIC China-Japan CIOS
Denmark-Russia
1 ECFS EMOS-1 EURAFRICA FLAG Germany-Denmark 1 Germany-Sweden No.
4
Germany-Sweden No. 5 H-J-K HERMES HONTAI-2 ITUR KATTEGAT-1
Kuantan-Kota
Kinabalu LATVIA-SWEDEN Malaysia-Thailand Marseille/Palermo Link
MAT-2
ODIN PENCAN-5 R-J-K RIOJA SAT-2 SEA-ME-WE 2 SEA-ME-WE 3
Sweden-Finland
T-V-H TAGIDE 2 TASMAN 2 UGARIT UK-BEL 6 UK-Denmark 4 UK-Germany 5
UK-Germany
6 UK-Netherlands 12 UK-Netherlands 14 UK-Spain 4 Ulysses UNISUR
This
list is subject to change by the Commission when the public
interest
requires. Before amending the list, the Commission will first
issue
a public notice giving affected parties the opportunity for
comment
and hearing on the proposed changes. The Commission will then
release
an order amending the exclusion list. This list also is subject
to
change upon issuance of an Executive Order. See Streamlining the
Section
214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements, IB Docket No.
95-118,
FCC 96-79, released March 13, 1996. This list was last amended
May
11, 1998. See PLD Telekom, Inc. and Streamlining the
International
Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements --
Exclusion
List, IB Docket No. 95-118, DA 98-888, released May 11, 1998. For
additional
information, contact the International Bureau's
Telecommunications
Division, Policy & Facilities Branch, (202) 418-1460.