According to a presentation delivered by the well-known lawyer Mr. Kent Bressie, who is specializing in telecommunications, foreign investment, and national security regulation, the table below lists the processing times for the FCC submarine cable landing license for some typical cables landing in the US.

 

System

Date FCC
Application Filed

Date Security
Agreemet Signed

Date License
Granted
Total Licensing
Time
American Samoa Hawaii 2008-8-13 2009-1-9 2009-1-15 15 days
Honotua 2008-9-26 2010-12-3 2010-12-6 803 days
Unity 2008-5-16 2009-9-21 2009-10-5 508 days
PPC 1 2008-2-11 2008-9-4 2008-9-10 212 days
AAG 2008-8-23 2008-6-10 2008-7-2 304 days
Telstra Endeavour 2007-6-19 2008-4-16 2008-5-8 322 days
TPE 2007-2-22 2007-12-20 2008-1-10 322 days