Update Letter - Fore

LETTER submitted by Latam Telecommunications, LLC

Letter

2012-08-02

This document pretains to SCL-LIC-20120330-00002 for License on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

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Nancy J. Victory 1776 K STREET NW August 2, 2012 202.719.7344 WASHINGTON, DC 20006 nvic tory@wileyrein.com PHONE 202.719.7000 FAX 202.719.7049 7925 JONES BRANCH DRIVE VIA IBFS McLEAN, VA 22102 PHONE 703.905.2800 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary FAX 703.905.2820 Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. www.wileyrein.com Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Application for a License to Construct, Land and Operate an Undersea Cable System Linking the Continental United States, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico, File No. SCL-LIC-20120330-00002 Dear Ms. Dortch: Latam Telecommunications, LLC (“Latam”), Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (“PRTC”), and Claro Chile, S.A. (“Claro Chile”) (together, the “Applicants”), by counsel, file this letter pursuant to Section 1.65 of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or “Commission”) rules1 to provide updated information for the above-referenced pending application for a license to construct, land, and operate a fiber-optic submarine cable system to be known as the América Móvil Submarine Cable System (“AMX1 System”), directly linking the continental United States, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. Specifically, Applicants herein provide updated information about Applicants’ foreign carrier affiliations and interlocking directorates. Through their ownership by América Móvil, Applicants are now affiliated with Teléfonos de México, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Teléfonos”), a carrier in Mexico, and KPN NV (“KPN”), a carrier in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. These new affiliations are a result of América Móvil’s increased ownership participation in Teléfonos and KNV.2 As the Commission is aware, Applicants are already considered dominant with respect to the U.S.-Mexico route3 and have already 1 47 C.F.R. § 1.65. 2 Latam and PRT will concurrently be filing notifications of these new foreign carrier affiliations. See 47 C.F.R. § 63.11. 3 Verizon Communications Inc. and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. Application for Authority to Transfer Control of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order and Declaratory Ruling, 22 FCC Rcd 6195, 6215

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary August 2, 2012 Page 2 agreed to accept and abide by the reporting requirements in Section 1.767(l) of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.767(l).4 In addition, Applicants provide the following updated interlocking directorate information for PRTC and Claro Chile:5  PRTC: Alejandro Cantú Jiménez, and Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo are members of both PRTC’s and Infracel’s board of directors. Daniel Hajj Aboumrad is a member of both PRTC’s and Teléfonos’ board of directors.  Claro Chile: Alejandro Cantú Jiménez, Salvador Cortes Gómez, and Oscar Von Hauske Solís are members of both Claro Chile’s and Infracel’s board of directors. Daniel Hajj Aboumrad and Oscar Von Hauske Solís are members of both Claro Chile’s and Teléfonos’ board of directors. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. Sincerely, /s/ Nancy J. Victory Nancy J. Victory cc: David Krech (Continued . . .) (¶ 45) (2007) (finding that América Móvil affiliates were dominant on the U.S.- Mexico, U.S.-Brazil, U.S.-Guatemala, and U.S.-Dominican Republic routes). 4 See Appendix A at 6; Appendix B at 5; and Appendix C at 6. 5 See Appendix A at 3-4; Appendix B at 3; and Appendix C at 3. Latam continues to have no interlocking directorates.


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