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Attachment 1 for the Pro Forma Assignment of International Section 214 Authorization ATTACHMENT 1 FOR THE PRO FORMA ASSIGNMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AUTHORIZATION This filing notifies the Commission pursuant to Section 63.24(f) of the Commission’s rules of the pro forma assignment of an international Section 214 authorization from and to subsidiaries controlled by AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”).1 The assignment that is the subject of this notification filing resulted from an internal reorganization that occurred on December 31, 2010.2 Specifically, international Section 214 authorization holder New Champaign CellTelCo LLC (“New Champaign”), a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T, merged into AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC (“Holdings LLC”), also a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. Holdings LLC acquired all of the assets of New Champaign, and New Champaign was dissolved. The restructuring does not change the ultimate ownership or control of the international Section 214 authorization; AT&T continues to control the authorization at issue. Accordingly, the assignment is pro forma in nature. RESPONSE TO ITEMS ON IBFS ELECTRONIC FORMAT Answer to Question 10 – Section 63.18(c)-(d): The name, title, address and telephone for the New Champaign and Holdings LLC officer follows: Michael P. Goggin Assistant Secretary of Manager AT&T Mobility LLC 1120 20th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 457-2055 Fax: (202) 457-3073 [email protected] Section 63.18(d). New Champaign held the international Section 214 authorization that is the subject of this pro forma assignment notification, File No. ITC-214-20010412-00198 (authorization to provide international resale service to its CMRS subscribers solely by reselling the international switched services of unaffiliated U.S. facilities-based carriers). Holdings LLC holds an international Section 214 authorization to resell international switched services, File No. ITC-214-20031017-00481. New Champaign and Holdings LLC’s ultimate parent, AT&T, has numerous wholly owned subsidiaries that collectively hold global or limited global facilities- based or resale Section 214 authorizations, including those for Cuba. These subsidiaries hold 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 63.24(f). 2 Notification has been filed separately with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau for the radio licenses impacted by the internal reorganization. Section 214 global authority to provide a range of facilities-based services, see, e.g., ITC-214- 19960830-00414 (Previous File Number ITC-96-487) (AT&T Corp. authority to provide global facilities-based services), including those originating in region and out of region, see, e.g., ITC- 214-20001130-00713 (SBC Long Distance, LLC authority to provide facilities-based and resale services originating in Kansas and Oklahoma); ITC-214-19971108-00689 (SBC Long Distance, LLC authority to provide facilities-based services originating out of region). AT&T subsidiaries also have Section 214 global authority to provide various resale services. See, e.g., ITC-214- 19960223-00083 (SNET America, Inc. authority to resell private line services); ITC-214- 19970814-00493 (Previous File Number ITC-97-506) (TC Systems, Inc. global authority to resell international switched services). Other AT&T subsidiaries hold authority to provide services on particular routes or over particular facilities. See, e.g., ITC-89-060 (AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc. and AT&T of the Virgin Islands, Inc. authority to operate additional capacity in St. Thomas-Tortola and Eastern Caribbean DCMS for use in providing services to various Caribbean points). AT&T’s subsidiaries do not provide services to any of the countries in which they have an affiliate solely through the resale of the international switched services of an unaffiliated United States facilities-based carrier. A complete list of the AT&T subsidiaries holding Section 214 authorizations, the file numbers associated with such authorizations, and a description of such authorizations is set forth below in Attachment 2. Answer to Question 11 – Section 63.18(h): The name, address, citizenship, and principal business of each of AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC’s ten percent or greater interest holders are:3 Direct Ownership of AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Provision of CMRS services Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC Indirect Ownership of AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC AT&T Mobility II LLC 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% percent of New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC 3 The ownership interests provided herein are the actual direct ownership interests held in the next disclosed subsidiary in the vertical ownership chain rounded to the nearest one percent. -2- AT&T Mobility LLC 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Provision of CMRS Services Direct Ownership Interest: 54% of AT&T Mobility II LLC AT&T Mobility Corporation 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Management Company Direct Ownership Interest: less than 1% of and controls AT&T Mobility LLC AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of AWACS, Inc.4; and 100% of SBC Telecom, Inc. AWACS, Inc. 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Pennsylvania Principal Business: Telecommunications Direct Ownership Interest: More than 99% of SBC Alloy Holdings, Inc. BellSouth Corporation 675 W. Peachtree St. NW Room 4319 Atlanta, GA 30375 Citizenship: Georgia Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. 4 The assignment that is the subject of this filing resulted from an internal reorganization that took place on December 31, 2010. At the same time that the assignment of Edge Wireless LLC’s international Section 214 authorization took place, a simultaneous reorganization took place that changed the ownership of New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc. and AWACS, Inc. As this reorganization took place on the same day as the instant assignment, the ownership information furnished for New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc. and AWACS, Inc. reflects their post-restructuring ownership. These restructuring steps are described in more detail in transfer of control applications that will be filed simultaneously for AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings Inc., (Authorization Number ITC-214-20031017-00481), CCPR of the Virgin Islands, Inc. (Authorization Number ITC- 214-20001101-00664), and AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico Inc. (Authorization Numbers ITC-214-19930315-00040 and ITC-214-19940107-00011), which are incorporated herein by reference. -3- BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. 675 W. Peachtree St. NW Room 4319 Atlanta, GA 30375 Citizenship: Georgia Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of BellSouth Mobile Data, Inc. BellSouth Mobile Data, Inc. 675 W. Peachtree St. NW Room 4319 Atlanta, GA 30375 Citizenship: Georgia Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 34% of AT&T Mobility LLC; 100% of New BellSouth Cingular Holdings, Inc.; 100% of AT&T Mobility Corporation, and 4% of AT&T Mobility II LLC New BellSouth Cingular Holdings, Inc. 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 6% of AT&T Mobility LLC and 40% of AT&T NCWS Holdings Inc. AT&T NCWS Holdings Inc.5 1025 Lenox Park Blvd. NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc. New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc. 5601 Legacy Drive, MS: A-3 Plano, TX 75024 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Provision of CMRS Services Direct Ownership Interest: 42% of AT&T Mobility II LLC SBC Alloy Holdings, Inc. 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Delaware 5 Id. -4- Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 9% of AT&T Mobility LLC and 60% of AT&T NCWS Holdings Inc. SBC Long Distance, LLC 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 50% of AT&T Mobility LLC SBC Telecom, Inc. 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Delaware Direct Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of SBC Long Distance, LLC AT&T Inc. 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 Citizenship: Delaware Principal Business: Holding Company Direct Ownership Interest: 100% of AT&T Teleholdings, Inc.; 83% of AT&T Services, Inc.; and 100% of BellSouth Corporation. AT&T is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is widely held by the public with no person or entity holding a ten percent or greater ownership interest in AT&T. No other individual or entity has a ten percent or greater interest in AT&T Mobility Wireless Operations Holdings LLC. Answer to Question 12 – Section 63.18(h): The following persons are officers or directors of AT&T Inc. and are also officers or directors of one or more foreign carriers: Rayford Wilkins, Jr., Chief Executive Officer - AT&T Diversified Businesses of AT&T Inc., is a director of América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”). América Móvil is a carrier or controls carriers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Uruguay.6 Michael J. Viola, Senior Vice President - Finance of AT&T Inc., is a director of both Teléfonos de México, 6 América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V., Report of Foreign Private Issuer (Form 6-K), at 3 (Nov. 5, 2010); América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V., Annual Report (Form 20-F), at 23 (May 25, 2010). AT&T has relied upon América Móvil’s and Telmex’s SEC filings to identify the countries where América Móvil or Telmex is a carrier or controls carriers.
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