Before the

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of )

QUEST NET CORP. )

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Application for authority pursuant to )

Section 214 of the Communications ) File No. ITC-214-19990323-00405

Act of 1934, as amended, for global )

authority to provide facilities based )

telecommunications service as )

a nondominant carrier from the )

United States to international points. )

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**ORDER**

**Adopted: November 1, 2001** **Released: November 2, 2001**

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau:

1.  In this order, we dismiss without prejudice Quest Net Corp.(Quest
    Net) above-captioned application requesting authority to provide
    facilities-based international telecommunications service between
    the United States and Cuba.

2.  On March 23, 1999, Quest Net filed the above-captioned application
    requesting authority to provide facilities-based international
    telecommunications services. Specifically, according to the
    applicants, Quest Net intended to provide data internet service
    transmission, primarily for educational purposes, to customers
    through a fiber optic cable to be installed between Key West,
    Florida, and Havana, Cuba, with Cay Sal, Cuba, as a potential
    interim point.

3.  We have acted with due diligence in attempting to contact Quest Net
    for additional information concerning its application, but have done
    so without success. Upon learning that counsel listed in the
    application no longer represents Quest Net, and the telephone number
    for the CEO, Camilo Pereira, has been disconnected, we mailed a
    letter to Quest Net on August 17, 2001, Return Receipt
    Requested.[^1] On September 10, 2001, the Commission received the
    August 17, 2001 letter to Quest Net stamped "Return to Sender,
    Forwarding Order Expired." In addition, we attempted to fax the
    August 17, 2001 letter to the number indicated on Quest Net's
    application without success.[^2] Finally, the consultant to Quest
    Net listed in the application is no longer employed at Technologies
    Management, Inc., and Technologies Management, Inc. is not aware of
    a current account with Quest Net.

4.  Section 1.748(a) of the Commission's rule grants us the authority to
    dismiss an application without prejudice when the applicant fails to
    comply with a Commission request for additional information.[^3]
    Quest Net failed to provide the Commission with contact information.
    Quest Net has thereby made itself unavailable to the Commission and,
    thus, has failed to comply with our request for additional
    information. Therefore, pursuant to Section 1.748(a) of the
    Commission's rules, we dismiss without prejudice Quest Net's
    application.

5.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and
    214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151,
    154(i), 154(j), 214, section 1.748(a) of the Commission's rules, 47
    C.F.R. § 1.748(a), and the authority delegated in sections 0.111 and
    0.311 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, and 0.311,
    that the above-captioned application is dismissed without prejudice
    and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED without prejudice.

6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order is effective immediately upon
    release thereof.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Kathryn O'Brien

Acting Chief

Telecommunications Division

International Bureau

[^1]: In our letter, we instructed Camilo Pereira to contact the
    Commission within ten days from the receipt of the letter to discuss
    the status of Quest Net's pending application. We further noted that
    failure to contact the Commission concerning Quest Net's application
    may result in dismissal of the application without prejudice to
    Quest Net.

[^2]: When we faxed our letter to the number listed in Quest Net's
    application on August 17, 2001, the written transmittal indicated
    that the "function was not completed," and the verbal message also
    indicated that the fax number is disconnected.

[^3]: Section 1.748(a) of the Commission's rules, states in relevant
    part, "The Commission may dismiss an application without prejudice
    before it has been designated for hearing when the applicant fails
    to comply or justify noncompliance with Commission request for
    additional information in connection with such application 47 C.F.R
    § 1.748."