Katel Ltd. Liability Co. v. AT & T CORP.

DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

In 1993 or 1994 (the date is disputed), AT & T Corporation (“AT & T”) entered into an International Telecommunications Services Agreement (“Agreement”) with KATEL Limited Liability Company (“KA-TEL”), an international telecommunications carrier, to govern the exchange of phone calls between AT & T in the United States and KATEL in Kyrgyzstan. The essence of the Agreement was that KA-TEL would build the necessary infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan, and AT & T would use that infrastructure for a fee. The parties began exchanging telecommunications traffic shortly afterward.…