**DA 01-2580 Released: November 5, 2001**

**NON-STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING**

**Section 214 Application to Discontinue International Service (47
C.F.R. § 63.19)**

**File No. ITC-MIC-20011101-00550**

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

The application listed below has been found, upon initial review, to be
acceptable for filing. This application is not subject to the
streamlined processing procedures set forth in Section 63.12 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12. This application shall not be
deemed granted until the Commission affirmatively acts upon the
application. Operation for which authorization is sought may not
commence except in accordance with any terms or conditions imposed by
the Commission.

Interested parties may file comments with respect to this application
within **28 days** of the date of this public notice, and Applicants may
file replies within **7 days** thereafter. We request that such comments
and replies refer to the application file number shown below. *Ex parte*
communications between outside parties and Commission staff concerning
this application are permitted subject to the Commission\'' rules for
the \"permit-but-disclose proceedings." *See* 47, C.F.R. § 1.1206.

Copies of the application listed here are available for public
inspection in the FCC Office of Public Affairs 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. The application listed is 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.

ITC-MIC-20011101-00550

COMSAT Corporation

###### International Telecommunications Discontinuance Certificate

**Services: Occasional-Use TV, Occasional-Use IBS and Part-Time IBS
Services**

Application by COMSAT Corporation (COMSAT) pursuant to Section 214 of
the Communications Act of 1934 as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 214, for
authority to discontinue the provision of occasional-use television,
occasional-use IBS and part-time IBS services by COMSAT World Systems
("World Systems") on routes where World Systems is regulated as
dominant, pursuant to the Commission's decision *In the Matter of COMSAT
Corporation*, 13 FCC Rcd 14083 (1998), in accordance with the provisions
of Section 63.19, 63.62, 63.71, and 63.505 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R. §§ 63.19, 63.62, 63.71, and 63.505.

COMSAT wholly-owns World Systems. World System's proposed discontinuance
of provision of occasional-use TV, occasional-use IBS and part-time IBS
will also affect international routes on which COMSAT is classified as
dominant pursuant to Section 63.10 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
§ 63.10. COMSAT also will discontinue service on non-dominant routes
through notification made pursuant to Section 63.19(a) of the
Commission's rules. COMSAT states that these services are being
discontinued because demand for them has declined to the point where it
is no longer economically viable for COMSAT to provide them, in large
part because the identical services are being offered by and taken from
Intelsat.

Section 63.19(a) of the Commission's rules allows carriers classified as
non-dominant to discontinue service without obtaining formal authority
under Section 214 of the Communications Act. Section 63.19 requires only
that such a carrier notify all of its customers in writing at least 60
days prior to its planned discontinuance that it intends to discontinue
service and submit to the Commission a copy of the notice that it has
sent its customers.

Section 63.19(b) of the Commission's rules allows international carriers
classified as dominant pursuant to Section 63.10, 47 C.F.R. § 63.10, to
retire international facilities, dismantle or remove international trunk
lines to be subject only to the notification requirements in Section
63.19(a) if the services being provided through those facilities are not
being discontinued, reduced or impaired. Otherwise, if service to a
community is being discontinued, reduced, or impaired, Section 63.19(b)
requires a formal application pursuant to Sections 63.62 and 63.500 of
the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 63.62, 63.500.

For additional information concerning this matter, please contact Lisa
Choi, Telecommunication Division, International Bureau, (202) 418-1460,
TTY (202) 418-2555.