DA 05-1285

May 4, 2005

STREAMLINED SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE APPLICATIONS

ACCEPTED FOR FILING

Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures apply to the
applications listed below:

The applications listed below have been found, upon initial review, to
be acceptable for filing and subject to the streamlined processing
procedures set forth in section 1.767 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R. § 1.767. Pursuant to the Submarine Cable Landing License Act, 47
U.S.C. §§ 34-39, and Executive Order No. 10530, reprinted as amended in
3 U.S.C. § 301, each applicant seeks: (a) the grant of a cable landing
licensee; (b) the modification of a cable landing license; and/or (c)
the assignment or transfer of control of an interest in a submarine
cable landing license.

Pursuant to its decision in *Review of Commission Consideration of
Applications under the Cable Landing License Act,* IB Docket No. 00-106,
FCC 01-332, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) and section 1.767 of the rules, the
Commission will take action upon these applications within forty-five
(45) days after release of this public notice, unless the Commission has
informed the applicant in writing that the application, upon further
examination, has been deemed ineligible for streamlined processing.

Ex parte communications between outside parties and Commission staff
concerning these applications are permitted subject to the Commission's
rules for "permit-but-disclose proceedings." *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206.
Filings relating to this application must be received within 14 days of
this notice. Such filings will not necessarily result in an application
being deemed ineligible for streamlined processing.

Copies of all applications listed here are available for public
inspection in the FCC Reference and Information Center, located in room
CY-A257 at the Portals 2 building, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington DC
20554. The center can be contacted at (202) 418-0270. All applications
listed are subject to further consideration and review, and may be
returned and/or dismissed if not found to be in accordance with the
Commission's rules, regulations, and other requirements.

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**SCL-LIC-20050418-00010**

Applicant: GLOBAL CARIBBEAN NETWORK

Application for a license to land and operate a fiber-optic submarine
cable system on a non-common carrier basis, the Global Caribbean Network
("GCN Network") cable system, extending between Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe,
Saint Martin (Fr.), St. Barthélemy, and St. Croix. Global Caribbean
Network ("GCN") is a newly formed limited partnership headquartered in
Guadeloupe and organized under the laws of France.

GCN's majority holder, AutoGaudeluope Investissement ("AGI"), a public
limited company organized under the laws of France, holds an 85 % equity
interest in GCN. Semsamar and Mediaserve are the minority owners of GCN,
holding a 10% and 5% interest respectively.

The majority owner of AGI is S.A. L. Loret et Compagnie, also a public
limited company organized under the laws of France, which holds a 61.5 %
equity interest in AGI. The principal remaining owners of AGI are two
French citizens who own 21.79 and 12.4 % equity interest in AGI
respectively.

The application specifies six (6) landing points for the proposed GCN
system , in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Baie-Mahault and Baillif in
Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin (Fr.); St. Barthélemy; and Frederikstad, St.
Croix. With a capacity of minimum 30 Gbps using one fiber pair, the
proposed system will be comprised of 8 fiber pairs between Guadeloupe
and Saint-Martin, 8 fiber pairs between Saint-Martin and St. Barthélemy,
6 fiber pairs between Saint-Martin and Puerto Rico, 2 fiber pairs
between Saint Martin and St. Croix, 2 fiber pairs between St. Croix and
Puerto Rico. The application further states that a potential additional
segment under consideration would extend the network to St. Kitts, St
Eustatius and Saba.

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REMINDERS:

Applicants must certify that neither the applicant nor any party to the
application is subject to a denial of federal benefits by federal and/or
state courts under authority granted in 21 U.S.C. § 862. *See* C.F.R. §§
1.2001-1.2003.

The Commission most recently amended its rules applicable to submarine
cable landing licensees in IB Docket No. 00-106, *Review of Commission
Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act*, FCC
01-332, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001), 67 Fed. Reg. 1615 (Jan. 14, 2001). An
updated version of section 1.767 of the rules, and other related
sections, is available at
<http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/telecomrules.html>. *See also*
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edoc_public/attachmatch/DA-02-5981A1.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.

By this notice, we inform the public that submarine cable landing
license applications and international section 214 applications that are
part of larger transactions involving multiple Commission licenses or
authorizations may involve "extraordinary circumstances" as referenced
in *Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable
Landing License Act*, Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) and
*Rules and Policies on Foreign Participation in the U.S.
Telecommunications Market,* Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration, 12 FCC Rcd 23891 (1997), paras. 327-28, Order on
Reconsideration, 15 FCC Rcd 18158 (2000). Additionally, these
extraordinary circumstances may result where Executive Branch agencies
petition the Commission to defer decision on certain transactions
pending the resolution of potential national security, law enforcement,
foreign policy and trade policy issues. Accordingly, these applications
may not be acted on within the 90-day review period that the Commission
has established as the period of time normally required to reach a
decision on non-streamlined cable landing licenses and international
section 214 applications. This notice shall serve as public notice to
applicants that, in these circumstances, additional time may be required
for Commission review and final action. No additional formal public
notice will be provided routinely with respect to specific applications
in the event that the applicable review period extends beyond 90 days.