DA No. 04-1602

June 2, 2004

**ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER CABLE LANDING LICENSE ACT**

**Section 1.767(a) Cable Landing Licenses, Modifications, and
Assignments or Transfers of Control of Interests in Cable Landing
Licenses (47 C.F.R. § 1.767(a))**

**By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau:**

Pursuant to An Act Relating to the Landing and Operation of Submarine
Cables in the United States, 47 U.S.C. §§ 34-39 (Cable Landing License
Act), Executive Order No. 10530, Exec. Ord. No. 10530 *reprinted as
amended in* 3 U.S.C. § 301, and section 1.767 of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R. § 1.767, the following application IS GRANTED. This grant of
authority is taken under section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R. § 0.261, and is effective upon release of this public notice.
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 this public
notice.

This public notice serves as each cable landing licensee's Cable Landing
License, or modification thereto, pursuant to the Cable Landing License
Act and sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the Commission's rules. Cable
landing licensees should review carefully the terms and conditions of
their licenses. Failure to comply with these terms and conditions or
relevant Commission rules and policies could result in fines or
forfeitures.

The Commission most recently amended its rules applicable to submarine
cable landing licenses in *Review of Commission Consideration of
Applications under the Cable Landing License Act*, IB Docket No. 00-106,
FCC 01-332 (rel. Dec. 14, 2001), 67 Fed. Reg. 1615 (Jan. 14, 2002). An
updated version of sections 1.767 and 1.768 of the rules is available at
<http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/telecomrules.html>. *See also*
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-598A1.pdf> for
a March 13, 2002 Public Notice;
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-332A1.pdf> for
the December 14, 2001 Report and Order.

**SCL-LIC-20040310-00007 Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc.**

**("Sandwich Isles")**

SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE

[Action Taken]{.underline}: Grant of Cable Landing License to land and
operate a fiber-optic submarine cable system, the Sandwich Isles
Fiber-Optic Cable ("SIFOC"), extending among the Hawaiian Islands of
Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii. *See* Application for Cable
Landing License, File No. SCL-LIC-20040310-00007 ("Application").

[Acceptability for Filing Public Notice]{.underline}:

*See Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc., Application for a License to
Land and Operate a High Capacity Fiber-Optic Cable System within the
United States, for the Sandwich Isles Fiber-Optic Cable System*, File
No. SCL-LIC-20040310-00007, Public Notice, Streamlined Submarine Cable
Landing License Applications Accepted for Filing, DA 04-1334 (Int'l
Bur., May 12, 2004).

[Conditions and Requirements]{.underline}:

Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc., SHALL COMPLY with the routine
conditions set out in section 1.767(g)(1)-(14) of the Commission's
rules. *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(g)(1)-(14).

[Licensee Information]{.underline}: Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc.
("Sandwich Isles") is a corporation organized under the laws of Hawaii.
Sandwich Isles will operate a common-carrier fiber-optic submarine cable
system, the Sandwich Isles Fiber-Optic Cable ("SIFOC"), extending among
the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii. *See*
Application at 2.

[Interlocking Directorates]{.underline}: Sandwich Isles certifies that
it has no interlocking directorate with a foreign carrier.

[Regulatory Status of Cable]{.underline}:

Sandwich Isles proposes to operate on a common-carrier basis. *See*
Application at 2.

[Cable Design and Capacity]{.underline}:

Sandwich Isles proposes to construct and operate approximately 300 miles
of fiber-optic submarine cables, divided into four segments connecting
seven landing sites to link the five major Hawaiian Islands. The SIFOC
system, as proposed, will consist of high capacity, digital fiber-optic
submarine cable operating at an OC-48 line rate. The system will provide
a capacity of 2.5 Gbps, which equates to an initial configuration of
approximately 48 DS-3 or 1344 DS-1 channels. Initial engineering will
provide OC-3 drop capacity between Kauai and Oahu and OC-12 drop
capacity on each of the remaining routes. *See* Application at 3.

The four landing points proposed on Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii are
adjacent to existing or future Sandwich Isles terrestrial cables running
within the rights-of-way of the nearest roadway. The three proposed
landing sites on Kauai and Oahu, sections of underground fiber-optic
cable ranging from 1,800 to 17,200 feet, will be installed to connect
the landing site to the closest approach of the Applicant's terrestrial
network. At all seven sites, the submarine cable will be connected
directly to Sandwich Isles' terrestrial network at a beach manhole.
*See* Application at 4 and Exhibit 1 (describing the beach joint or exit
point, and the distance from beach joint to the beach manhole for each
landing site)