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1 Report No. PUBLIC NOTIC FDRAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION th STRT S.W. WASHINGTON D.C News media information Internet: (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) TL DA No Thursday October 12, 2017 International Authorizations Granted Section 214 Applications (47 C.F.R ); Section 310(b) Requests The following applications have been granted pursuant to the Commission s streamlined processing procedures set forth in Section of the Commission s rules, 47 C.F.R , other provisions of the Commission s rules, or procedures set forth in an earlier public notice listing applications accepted for filing. Unless otherwise noted, these grants authorize the applicants (1) to become a facilities-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R ; and/or (2) to become a resale-based international common carrier subject to 47 C.F.R ; or (3) to exceed the foreign ownership benchmark applicable to common carrier radio licensees under 47 U.S.C. 310(b). THIS PUBLIC NOTIC SRVS AS ACH NWLY AUTHORIZD CARRIR'S SCTION 214 CRTIFICAT. It contains general and specific conditions, which are set forth below. Newly authorized carriers should carefully review the terms and conditions of their authorizations. Failure to comply with general or specific conditions of an authorization, or with other relevant Commission rules and policies, could result in fines and forfeitures. Petitions for reconsideration under Section or applications for review under Section of the Commission's rules in regard to the grant of any of these applications may be filed within thirty days of this public notice (see 47 CFR 1.4(b)(2)). For additional information, please contact the FCC Reference and Information Center, Room CY-A257, th Street SW, Washington, D.C , (202) ITC Type2Telecom LLC International Telecommunications Certificate Service(s): Global or Limited Global Facilities-Based Service, Global or Limited Global Resale Service Application for authority to provide facilities-based service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission s rules, and also to provide resale service in accordance with section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission s rules, 47 C.F.R (e)(1), (2). Page 1 of 7

2 ITC-ASG Assignment PRWireless PR, LLC Date of Action: 09/27/2017 Current Licensee: PRWireless, Inc. FROM: PRWireless, Inc. TO: PRWireless PR, LLC Application filed for consent to the assignment of international section 214 authorization, ITC , held by PR Wireless, Inc. d/b/a Open Mobile, to PR Wireless PR, LLC. The assignment will be made as part of a larger multi-step transaction pursuant to which all of the wireless assets and operations of Open Mobile will be combined with certain wireless operations and assets controlled by Sprint Corporation. See Public Notice, WT Docket No , DA (rel. May 31, 2017). See also ULS File No (lead wireless application). Upon consummation, PR Wireless PR, LLC, will be a 100% subsidiary of PR Wireless HoldCo, LLC (Holdco) which, in turn, will be jointly owned by both PR Wireless PR, Inc. (28% equity/45% voting interest) and subsidiaries of Sprint Corporation (an aggregate 72% equity/55% voting interest). Specifically, Sprint Puerto Rico Holdings LLC with hold a 61.5% equity/55% voting interest in (Holdco and Nextel of Puerto Rico will hold a 10.5% equity interest in Holdco. PR Wireless PR is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PR Wireless, LLC. Columbia Capital IV, LLC, through various funds, will hold an indirect 11.82% equity/19% voting interest in Holdco. Various M/C Venture funds will hold in the aggregate an indirect 11.82% equity/19% voting interest in Holdco, although no individual fund will hold a greater than ten percent equity or voting interest. ITC-ASG Assignment Long Lines, LLC Current Licensee: Clarity Telecom, LLC FROM: Clarity Telecom, LLC TO: Long Lines, LLC Application filed for consent to the assignment of assets from Clarity Telecom, LLC d/b/a Vast Broadband (Vast), which holds international section 214 authorizations ITC and ITC , to Long Lines, LLC. On June , without prior Commission consent, Long Lines Metro, LLC (Metro), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Long Lines, acquired the existing customers and substantially all of the local exchange assets of Vast in Storm Lake and Sioux City, Iowa and North Sioux City and McCook Lake, South Dakota. Metro provides international service to its newly acquired customers under authority of Long Lines international section 214 authorization, ITC , pursuant to section 63.21(h) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 63.21(h). Vast continues to provide international service to its remaining customers pursuant to international section 214 authorizations ITC and ITC Applicants filed a request for Special Temporary Authority (STA), ITC-STA , related to this transaction, which was granted on September 21, Grant of this application is without prejudice to any enforcement action by the Commission for non-compliance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or the Commission's rules. Page 2 of 7

3 ITC-T/C Telxius Cable USA, Inc. Date of Action: 10/05/2017 Current Licensee: Telxius Cable USA, Inc. FROM: Telefonica, S.A. TO: KKR Management LLC Application filed for consent to transfer certain negative control rights over Telxius Cable USA, Inc. (Telxius USA) which holds international section 214 authorizations, ITC and ITC Telxius USA is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Telxius Telecom S.A.U. (Telxius Parent), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica), a publicly-traded company on the Spain stock exchange. On February 20, 2017, Telefonica entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) with Taurus Bidco S.a.r.l. (KKR Bidco), a Luxembourg company, whereby KKR Bidco will acquire from Telefonica a 24.8 percent equity and voting interest in Telxius Parent and certain negative control rights over Telxius Parent (Initial Investment Transaction). KKR Bidco is an investment company created to allow KKR Management LLC (KKR Management), a U.S. company, to invest in Telxius Parent. Under the Purchase Agreement's terms, there are options for KKR Bidco to acquire an additional 15.2 percent of the ordinary shares outstanding, bringing KKR Bidco's voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent to 40 percent (Subsequent Investment Transaction, together with the Initial Investment Transaction, the "Proposed Investment Transactions"). Telefonica will continue to own at least a 60 percent direct and indirect voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent and Telxius USA, respectively, and will retain de jure control. Telxius Parent, Telefonica, and KKR Bidco also entered into a Shareholders' Agreement, the provisions of which will become effective upon consummation of the Initial Investment Transaction. According to the Shareholders' Agreement that governs the respective rights of Telefonica and KKR Bidco, KKR Bidco will have certain rights beyond standard minority shareholder protections that allows KKR Bidco to veto certain Telxius Parent matters, including business plans, annual budgets, the ability to enter into contracts above a certain value threshold, ability to enter into related party transactions with Telefonica and its non-telxius subsidiaries, and influence over the appointment, replacement, and removal of the CO and CFO. Following consummation of either the Initial Investment Transaction or both of the Proposed Investment Transactions, the following individuals and entities will have a ten-percent-or-greater direct or indirect interest in the Telxius USA: (1) Telefonica International Wholesale Services America, S.A. (TIWS America), a Uruguay corporation (100% voting and equity); (2) Telxius Parent (100% voting and equity interest in TIWS America); (3) Telefonica (at least 60% voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent); (4) KKR Bidco (24.8% voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent after the Initial Proposed Transaction and a 40% interest if the Subsequent Investment Transaction is consummated); (5) Taurus Topco S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company (KKR Topco) (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Bidco); and (6) KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P., a Canadian company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Topco). The principal direct and indirect voting interests in KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P. are held by or through the following entities: (1) KKR Taurus Aggregator GP Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P.); (2) KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Taurus Aggregator GP Limited); (3) KKR Associates Infrastructure II L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II L.P.); (4) KKR Infrastructure II Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and 95% equity interest in KKR Associates Infrastructure II L.P.); (5) KKR Fund Holdings L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Infrastructure II Limited); (6) KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Fund Holdings L.P.); (7) KKR Group Holdings L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited); (8) KKR Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Group Holdings L.P.); (9) KKR & Co. L.P., a Delaware holding company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Group Limited and a 100% indirect economic interest in KKR Group Holdings L.P.; and (10) KKR Management LLC, a Delaware corporation (100% voting interest and no economic interest in KKR & Co. L.P. No other entity will hold a 10-percent-or-greater direct or indirect equity interest in Telxius USA as a consequence of the Initial Investment Transaction, or of both Proposed Investment Transactions. Telxius USA agrees to continue to be classified as dominant carriers on the following routes pursuant to section of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R : the U.S.- Argentina, U.S.-Brazil, U.S.-Chile, U.S.-Colombia, U.S-Peru and U.S.-Spain routes. Page 3 of 7

4 ITC-T/C Telxius Cable Puerto Rico, Inc. Date of Action: 10/05/2017 Current Licensee: Telxius Cable Puerto Rico, Inc. FROM: Telefonica, S.A. TO: KKR Management LLC Application filed for consent to transfer certain negative control rights over Telxius Cable Puerto Rico, Inc. (Telxius Puerto Rico) which holds international section 214 authorizations, ITC and ITC Telxius Puerto Rico is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Telxius Telecom S.A.U. (Telxius Parent), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica), a publicly-traded company on the Spain stock exchange. On February 20, 2017, Telefonica entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) with Taurus Bidco S.a.r.l. (KKR Bidco), a Luxembourg company, whereby KKR Bidco will acquire from Telefonica a 24.8 percent equity and voting interest in Telxius Parent and certain negative control rights over Telxius Parent (Initial Investment Transaction). KKR Bidco is an investment company created to allow KKR Management LLC (KKR Management), a U.S. company, to invest in Telxius Parent. Under the Purchase Agreement's terms, there are options for KKR Bidco to acquire an additional 15.2 percent of the ordinary shares outstanding, bringing KKR Bidco's voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent to 40 percent (Subsequent Investment Transaction, together with the Initial Investment Transaction, the "Proposed Investment Transactions"). Telefonica will continue to own at least a 60 percent direct and indirect voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent and Telxius Puerto Rico, respectively, and will retain de jure control. Telxius Parent, Telefonica, and KKR Bidco also entered into a Shareholders' Agreement, the provisions of which will become effective upon consummation of the Initial Investment Transaction. According to the Shareholders' Agreement that governs the respective rights of Telefonica and KKR Bidco, KKR Bidco will have certain rights beyond standard minority shareholder protections that allows KKR Bidco to veto certain Telxius Parent matters, including business plans, annual budgets, the ability to enter into contracts above a certain value threshold, ability to enter into related party transactions with Telefonica and its non-telxius subsidiaries, and influence over the appointment, replacement, and removal of the CO and CFO. Following consummation of either the Initial Investment Transaction or both of the Proposed Investment Transactions, the following individuals and entities will have a ten-percent-or-greater direct or indirect interest in the Telxius Puerto Rico: (1) Telefonica International Wholesale Services America, S.A. (TIWS America), a Uruguay corporation (100% voting and equity); (2) Telxius Parent (100% voting and equity interest in TIWS America); (3) Telefonica (at least 60% voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent); (4) KKR Bidco (24.8% voting and equity interest in Telxius Parent after the Initial Proposed Transaction and a 40% interest if the Subsequent Investment Transaction is consummated); (5) Taurus Topco S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company (KKR Topco) (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Bidco); and (6) KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P., a Canadian company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Topco). The principal direct and indirect voting interests in KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P. are held by or through the following entities: (1) KKR Taurus Aggregator GP Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Taurus Aggregator L.P.); (2) KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Taurus Aggregator GP Limited); (3) KKR Associates Infrastructure II L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II L.P.); (4) KKR Infrastructure II Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and 95% equity interest in KKR Associates Infrastructure II L.P.); (5) KKR Fund Holdings L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Infrastructure II Limited); (6) KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Fund Holdings L.P.); (7) KKR Group Holdings L.P., a Cayman Islands company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited); (8) KKR Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company (100% voting interest in KKR Group Holdings L.P.); (9) KKR & Co. L.P., a Delaware holding company (100% voting and equity interest in KKR Group Limited and a 100% indirect economic interest in KKR Group Holdings L.P.; and (10) KKR Management LLC, a Delaware corporation (100% voting interest and no economic interest in KKR & Co. L.P. No other entity will hold a 10-percent-or-greater direct or indirect equity interest in Telxius Puerto Rico as a consequence of the Initial Investment Transaction, or of both Proposed Investment Transactions. Telxius Puerto Rico agrees to continue to be classified as dominant carriers on the following routes pursuant to section of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R : the U.S.- Argentina, U.S.-Brazil, U.S.-Chile, U.S.-Colombia, U.S-Peru and U.S.-Spain routes. Page 4 of 7

5 ITC-T/C Consummated NextGen MultiMedia Limited Date of Action: 10/03/2017 Current Licensee: NextGen MultiMedia Limited FROM: World Diversity Limited TO: Frank Washington Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of NextGen MultiMedia Limited (NextGen), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC , from its 100% direct parent, World Diversity Limited (World Diversity), to Frank G. Washington as the trustee of the Lincoln Multimedia Trust (Trust). Pursuant to an August 18, 2017 Agreement, Mr. Washington, as Trustee, will purchase all off the outstanding shares of NextGen from World Diversity. The sole beneficiary of the Trust, a California trust, is Lincoln Multimedia, LLC (Lincoln Multimedia), a Delaware limited liability company. Lincoln Multimedia is an affiliate of I Squared Capital, a Delaware investment company that, as part of a larger transaction, seeks to purchase Hutchison Global Communications Investment Holding Limited, a British Virgin Islands entity, that is the ultimate parent of World Diversity, a Bahamas entity, and NextGen, a Delaware entity. Mr. Frank Washington, a U.S. citizen, will exclusively operate and manage NextGen as Trustee until control of NextGen can be transferred to Lincoln Multimedia, its eventual designee, or a third party, at which time the Trust will terminate. ITC-T/C Bandwidth Inc. Current Licensee: Bandwidth Inc. FROM: Bandwidth Inc. TO: David A Morken Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of Bandwidth Inc. (Bandwidth), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC , to David Morken. On August 16, 2017, Bandwidth filed a registration form with the Securities and xchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO). While the date of the IPO has not been set, it is expected to occur prior to December 31, It is anticipated that Mr. Morken, the Cofounder, Chief and xecutive Officer and Chairman of Bandwidth, will obtain a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Bandwidth stock. As a result, Mr. Morken, a U.S. citizen, will control Bandwidth. The IPO is not expected to result in any other ten percent or greater direct or indirect owners of Bandwidth. ITC-T/C Bandwidth.com CLC, LLC Current Licensee: Bandwidth.com CLC, LLC FROM: Bandwidth Inc. TO: David A Morken Application filed for consent to the transfer of control of Bandwidth.com CLC, LLC (Bandwidth CLC), which holds international section 214 authorization ITC , from its 100% parent, Bandwidth Inc. (Bandwidth), to David Morken. On August 16, 2017, Bandwidth filed a registration form with the Securities and xchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO). While the date of the IPO has not been set, it is expected to occur prior to December 31, It is anticipated that Mr. Morken, the Cofounder, Chief and xecutive Officer and Chairman of Bandwidth, will obtain a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Bandwidth stock. As a result, Mr. Morken, a U.S. citizen, will control Bandwidth and Bandwidth CLC. The IPO is not expected to result in any other ten percent or greater direct or indirect owners of Bandwidth. INFORMATIV ITC AT&T CORP By letter dated October 6, 2017, Applicant notified the Commission that AT&T Corp. will be discontinuing its Inward Services in the lower 48 states, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia on or after April 2, ITC Bandwidth Inc. On September 15, 2017, the Commission was notified that Bandwidth.com, Inc. has changed its name to Bandwidth Inc. ITC Limecom Inc. Applicant withrew its pending international section 214 application October, 10, 2017 Page 5 of 7

6 CONDITIONS APPLICABL TO INTRNATIONAL SCTION 214 AUTHORIZATIONS (1) These authorizations are subject to the xclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations, which identifies restrictions on providing service to particular countries or using particular facilities. The most recent xclusion List is at the end of 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 Public Notice or specific written order. Carriers are advised that the attached xclusion 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 , 11 FCC Rcd (1996), para. 18. A copy of the current xclusion List will be maintained in the FCC Reference and Information Center and will be available at 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) (3) Carriers shall comply with the requirements of Section of the Commission's rules, which requires notification by, and in certain circumstances prior notification by, 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 of the rules. (4) A carrier may provide switched services over its authorized resold private lines in the circumstances specified in Section 63.23(d) of the rules, 47 C.F. R (d). (5) Carriers shall comply with the "No Special Concessions" rule, Section 63.14, 47 C.F.R (6) Carriers regulated as dominant for the provision of a particular communications service on a particular route for any reason other than a foreign carrier affiliation under Section of the rules shall file tariffs pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 203, and Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61. Carriers shall not otherwise file tariffs except as permitted by Section of the rules, 47 C.F.R xcept as specified in Section with respect to commercial mobile radio service providers, carriers regulated as non-dominant, as defined in Section 61.3, and providing detariffed international services pursuant to Section 61.19, must comply with all applicable public disclosure and maintenance of information requirements in Sections and (7) Carriers shall file the annual traffic and revenue reports required by Section 43.62(b). See (8) Carriers shall file annual circuit capacity reports required by Section 43.62(a). See (9) Carriers should consult Section of the rules when contemplating a discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service. (10) If any carrier is reselling service obtained pursuant to a contract with another carrier, 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. 47 U.S.C (11) To the extent the applicant is, or is affiliated with, an incumbent independent local exchange carrier, as those terms are defined in Section of the rules, it shall provide the authorized services in compliance with the requirements of Section (12) xcept as otherwise ordered by the Commission, a carrier authorized here to provide facilities-based service that (i) is classified as dominant under Section of the rules for the provision of such service on a particular route and (ii) is affiliated with a carrier that collects settlement payments for terminating U.S. international switched traffic at the foreign end of that route may not provide facilities-based switched service on that route unless the current rates the affiliate charges U.S. international carriers to terminate traffic are at or below the Commission's relevant benchmark adopted in International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No , Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd (1997). See also Report and Order on Reconsideration and Order Lifting Stay in IB Docket No , FCC (rel. June 11, 1999). For the purposes of this rule, "affiliated" and "foreign carrier" are defined in Section Page 6 of 7

7 (13) Carriers shall comply with the Communications Assistance for Law nforcement Act (CALA), see 47 C.F.R et seq. (14) very carrier must designate an agent for service in the District of Columbia. See 47 U.S.C. 413, 47 C.F.R. 1.47(h), xclusion List for International Section 214 Authorizations 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 (e)(1). 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)(3) of the Commission's Rules. See 47 C.F.R (c). Countries: None. Facilities: Any non-u.s.-licensed space station that has not received Commission approval to operate in the U.S. market pursuant to the procedures adopted in the Commission's DISCO II Order, IB Docket No , Report and Order, FCC , 12 FCC Rcd 24094, paragraphs (1997) (DISCO II Order). Information regarding non-u.s.-licensed space stations approved to operate in the U.S. market pursuant to the Commission's DISCO II procedures is maintained at This list is subject to change by the Commission when the public interest requires. The most current version of the list is maintained at For additional information, contact the International Bureau's Telecommunications and Analysis Division, (202) Page 7 of 7