FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet

2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)
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Annual Filing -- due April 1, 2010

Approval by OMB
3060-0855

During the year, filers must refile Blocks 1, 2 and 6 if there are any changes in Lines 104 or 112. See Instructions.

Block 1: Contributor Identification Information

101 Filer 499 ID [If you don't know your number, contact the administrator at (888) 641-8722.
If you are a new filer, write "new" in this block and a Filer 499 ID will be assigned to you.]
102 Legal name of reporting entity
[Enter 9 digit number]

103 IRS employer identification number
104 Name telecommunications provider is doing business as

105 Telecommunications activities of filer [Select up to 5 boxes that best describe the reporting entity. Enter numbers starting with "1" to show the order of importance -- see directions.]
Audio Bridging (teleconferencing) Provider

CAP/CLEC

Incumbent LEC

Interconnected VoIP

Interexchange Carrier (IXC)

Local Reseller

Operator Service Provider (OSP)

Paging & Messaging

Payphone Service Provider

Shared-Tenant Service Provider / Building LEC
If Other Local, Other Mobile or Other Toll is checked,

Cellular/PCS/SMR (wireless telephony incl. by resale) Coaxial Cable

Prepaid Card

Private Service Provider

Satellite Service Provider

SMR (dispatch)

Toll Reseller

Wireless Data

Other Local

Other Mobile

Other Toll

describe carrier type / services provided:
106.1 Holding company name (All affiliated companies must show the same name on this line.)
106.2 Holding company IRS employer identification number

[Enter 9 digit number]

107 FCC Registration Number (FRN) [ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do ]
[For assistance, contact the CORES help desk at 877-480-3201 or [email protected]]

[Enter 10 digit number]

108 Management company [if filer is managed by another entity]
109 Complete mailing address of reporting entity
corporate headquarters
Note: this address will be used for the ITSP FCC regulatory
fee billings unless the appropriate box is checked on Line 208.
110 Complete business address for customer inquiries and
complaints
check if same address as Line 109

Street1
Street 2
Street 3
City

State

Zip (postal code)

Country if not USA

State

Zip (postal code)

Country if not USA

Street1
Street 2
Street 3
City

111 Telephone number for customer complaints and inquiries [Toll-free number if available]

(

) -

ext -

112 List all trade names used in the past 3 years in providing telecommunications. Include all names by which you are known by customers.
a
b
c
d
e
f

g
h
i
j
k
l
Use an additional sheet if necessary. Each reporting entity must provide all names used for telecommunications activities.

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FCC Form 499-A
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 2-A: Regulatory Contact Information
201 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
202 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
First

203 Person who completed this Worksheet

MI

204 Telephone number of this person

(

) -

205 Fax number of this person

(

) -

Last

ext -

206 Email of this person || Required if available -- not for public release ||
Office
207 Corporate office, attn. name, and mailing
Email ||required if available, not for public release||
address to which future Telecommunications
Street1
Reporting Worksheets should be sent
Street 2
check if same name as Line 203
check if same address as Line 109

Attn First name

MI
Phone

(

Last

) -

ext-

Fax

(

) -

Fax

(

) -

Street 3
City

State

Zip (postal code)

Company

208 Billing address and billing contact person:
[Plan administrators will send bills for contributions to this
address. Please attach a written request for alternative
billing arrangements. ]
check if name and address same as Line 207

Country if not USA

Attn First name

Email ||required if available, not for public release||

MI
Phone

(

Last

) -

ext-

Street1
Street 2
Street 3

check to use Line 208 information for FCC ITSP regulatory fee bill

City

State

Zip (postal code)

Country if not USA

All carriers and providers of interconnected VoIP must complete Lines 209 through 213. During the year, carriers

Block 2-B: Agent for Service of Process

and providers of interconnected VoIP must refile Blocks 1, 2 and 6 if there are any changes in this section. See Instructions.
Company

209 D.C. Agent for Service of Process per 47 U.S.C. § 413

Attn First name

210 Telephone number of D.C. agent

(

) -

211 Fax number of D.C. agent

(

) -

212 Email of D.C. agent

MI

Last

MI

Last

ext -

|| Required if available ||

213 Complete business address of D.C. agent
for hand service of documents
check to use Line 213 information for FCC ITSP regulatory fee bill
[If both Line 208 and Line 213 are checked, Line 208 will be used.}

Street1
Street 2
Street 3
City

State

Company

214 Local/alternate Agent for Service of Process (optional)

Attn First name

215 Telephone number of local/alternate agent

(

) -

216 Fax number of local/alternate agent

(

) -

217 Email of local/alternate agent

Zip

DC

ext -

|| Required if available ||

218 Complete business address of local/alternate
agent for hand service of documents
check to use Line 218 information for FCC ITSP regulatory fee bill
[If both Line 208 and Line 218 are checked, Line 208 will be used.}

Street1
Street 2
Street 3
City

State

Zip (postal code)

Country if not USA

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FCC Form 499-A
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)
Block 2-C: FCC Registration and Contact Information

Page 3

Filers must refile Blocks 1, 2 and 6
if there are any changes in this section. See Instructions.

219 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
220 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
221 Chief Executive Officer (or, highest ranking company officer
if the filing entity does not have a chief executive officer)

First

222 Business address of individual named on Line 221

Street1

MI

Last

Street 2

check if same as Line 109

Street 3
City

223 Second ranking company officer, such as Chairman
(Must be someone other than the individual listed on Line 221)
224 Business address of individual named on Line 223

State

First

Zip (postal code)
MI

Country if not USA

Last

Street1
Street 2

check if same as Line 109

Street 3
City

225 Third ranking company officer, such as President or Secretary
(Must be someone other than individuals listed on
Lines 221 or 223)

First

226 Business address of individual named on Line 225

Street1

State

Zip (postal code)
MI

Country if not USA

Last

Street 2

check if same as Line 109

Street 3
City

State

Zip (postal code)

Country if not USA

227 Indicate jurisdictions in which the filing entity provides service. Include jurisdictions in which service was provided in the past 15 months
and jurisdictions in which service is likely to be provided in the next 12 months.
Alabama

Guam

Massachusetts

New York

Tennessee

Alaska

Hawaii

Michigan

North Carolina

Texas

American Samoa

Idaho

Midway Atoll

North Dakota

Utah

Arizona

Illinois

Minnesota

Northern Mariana Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands

Arkansas

Indiana

Mississippi

Ohio

Vermont

California

Iowa

Missouri

Oklahoma

Virginia

Colorado

Johnston Atoll

Montana

Oregon

Wake Island

Connecticut

Kansas

Nebraska

Pennsylvania

Washington

Delaware

Kentucky

Nevada

Puerto Rico

West Virginia

District of Columbia

Louisiana

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Wisconsin

Florida

Maine

New Jersey

South Carolina

Wyoming

Georgia

Maryland

New Mexico

South Dakota

228 Year and month filer first provided (or expects to provide) telecommunications in the U.S.

Check if prior to 1/1/1999, otherwise Year

Month

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FCC Form 499-A
February 2010

2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 3: Carrier's Carrier Revenue Information
301 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
302 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
Report billed revenues for January 1 through December 31, 2009.
Do not report any negative numbers. Dollar amounts may be rounded to
the nearest thousand dollars. However, report all amounts as whole dollars.

Total
Revenues

See instructions regarding percent interstate & international.
Revenues from Services Provided for Resale as Telecommunications

(a)

If breakouts are not book
amounts, enter whole
percentage estimates
Interstate International

(b)

(c)

Breakouts
Interstate
Revenues
(d)

International
Revenues
(e)

by Other Contributors to Federal Universal Service Support Mechanisms

Fixed local service
Monthly service, local calling, connection charges, vertical features,
and other local exchange service including subscriber line and
PICC charges to IXCs
303.1
Provided as unbundled network elements (UNEs)
303.2
Provided under other arrangements
Per-minute charges for originating or terminating calls
304.1
Provided under state or federal access tariff
304.2
Provided as unbundled network elements or other contract arrangement
Local private line & special access service
305.1

Provided to other contributors for resale as telecommunications

305.2

Provided to other contributors for resale as interconnected VoIP

306 Payphone compensation from toll carriers
307 Other local telecommunications service revenues
308 Universal service support revenues received from Federal or state sources
Mobile services (including wireless telephony, paging & messaging, and other mobile services)
309 Monthly, activation, and message charges except toll
Toll services
310 Operator and toll calls with alternative billing arrangements (credit
card, collect, international call-back, etc.)
311 Ordinary long distance (direct-dialed MTS, customer toll-free (800/888
etc.) service, "10-10" calls, associated monthly account maintenance,
PICC pass-through, and other switched services not reported above)
312 Long distance private line services
313 Satellite services
314 All other long distance services
315

Total revenues provided for resale [Lines 303 through 314]
Note: As stated in the instructions, for all revenues reported on this page, you must retain the Filer 499 ID and contact information for the associated
customers. You must verify that each of these customers was a direct contributor to the federal universal service support mechanism for calendar year 2009
and that the customer is purchasing service for resale as telecommunications. These records must be made available to the administrator or
the FCC upon request. The FCC website contains information on federal universal service contributors. (See instructions.)
PERSONS MAKING WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS IN THE WORKSHEET CAN BE PUNISHED BY FINE OR IMPRISONMENT UNDER TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, 18 U.S.C. § 1001

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FCC Form 499-A
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 4-A: End-User and Non-Telecommunications Revenue Information
401 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
402 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
Report billed revenues for January 1 through December 31, 2009.
Do not report any negative numbers. Dollar amounts may be rounded to
the nearest thousand dollars. However, report all amounts as whole dollars.
See instructions regarding percent interstate & international.

Total
Revenues
(a)

If breakouts are not book
amounts, enter whole
percentage estimates
Interstate International

(b)

(c)

Breakouts
Interstate
Revenues
(d)

International
Revenues
(e)

Revenues from All Other Sources (end-user telecom. & non-telecom.)
403 Surcharges or other amounts on bills identified as recovering
State or Federal universal service contributions
Fixed local services
Monthly service, local calling, connection charges, vertical features,
and other local exchange service charges except for federally
tariffed subscriber line charges and PICC charges
traditional circuit switched
404.1
Provided at a flat rate including interstate toll service -- local portion
404.2
Provided at a flat rate including interstate toll service -- toll portion
404.3

Provided without interstate toll included (see instructions)
interconnected VoIP
404.4
Offered in conjunction with a broadband connection
404.5
Offered independent of a broadband connection
405

Tariffed subscriber line charges and PICC charges levied by a local
exchange carrier on a no-PIC customer

406

Local private line & special access service [Includes the transmission
portion of wireline broadband Internet access provided on a common
carrier basis.]

407

Payphone coin revenues (local and long distance)

408

Other local telecommunications service revenues

Mobile services (including wireless telephony, paging & messaging, and other mobile services)
409

Monthly and activation charges

410

Message charges including roaming and air-time charges for toll
calls, but excluding separately stated toll charges
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 4-A: Continued
Total
Revenues
(a)
Toll services
411 Prepaid calling card (including card sales to customers
and non-carrier distributors) reported at face value of cards
412 International calls that both originate and terminate in foreign points
413

0%

Breakouts
Interstate
Revenues
(d)

International
Revenues
(e)

100%

Operator and toll calls with alternative billing arrangements (credit
card, collect, international call-back, etc.) other than revenues
reported on Line 412
Ordinary long distance (direct-dialed MTS, customer toll-free (800/888
etc.) service , "10-10" calls, associated monthly account maintenance,
PICC pass-through, and other switched services not reported above)

414.1

All, other than interconnected VoIP, including, but not limited to,
itemized toll on wireline and wireless bills

414.2

All interconnected VoIP long distance, including, but not limited to,
itemized toll

415
416
417

If breakouts are not book
amounts, enter whole
percentage estimates
Interstate International

Long distance private line services
Satellite services
All other long distance services
Revenues other than U.S. telecommunications revenues, including information services,
inside wiring maintenance, billing and collection customer premises equipment, published
directory, dark fiber, Internet access, cable TV program transmission, foreign carrier
operations, and non-telecommunications revenues (See instructions.)

418.1
418.2
418.3

bundled with circuit switched local exchange service
bundled with interconnected VoIP local exchange service
other

Block 4-B: Total Revenue and Uncollectible Revenue Information
419
420
421
422
423

Gross billed revenues from all sources (incl. reseller & non-telecom.)
[Lines 303 through 314 plus Lines 403 through 418]
Gross universal service contribution base amounts [Lines 403
through 411 Lines 413 through 417] See Figure 4 in instructions.
Uncollectible revenue/bad debt expense associated with gross
billed revenues amounts shown on Line 419 [See Instructions Page 26]
Uncollectible revenue/bad debt expense associated with universal
service contribution base amounts shown on Line 420
Net universal service contribution base revenues
[Line 420 minus line 422]
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FCC Form 499-A
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 5: Additional Revenue Breakouts
501 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
502 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
Filers that report revenues in Block 3 and Block 4 must provide the percentages requested in Lines 503 through 510.
See page 27 of instructions for limited exceptions.
Percentage of revenues reported in Block 3 and Block 4 billed in each region of the country. Round or
estimate to nearest whole percentage. Enter 0 if no service was provided in the region.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Midway Atoll,
Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake Island.
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
West Virginia
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
[Percentages must add to 0 or 100.]

Block 3
Carrier's
Carrier
(a)

Block 4
End-User
Telecom.
(b)

503

Southeast:

%

%

504

Western:

%

%

505

West Coast:

%

%

506

Mid-Atlantic:

%

%

507
508
509
510

Mid-West:
Northeast:
Southwest:
Total

%
%
%
%

%
%
%
%

511

Revenues from resellers that do not contribute to Universal Service support mechanisms are included in Block 4-B, Line 420 but may be excluded from a
filer's TRS, NANPA, LNP, and FCC interstate telephone service provider regulatory fee contribution bases. To have these amounts excluded, the filer has the
option of identifying such revenues below. As stated in the instructions, you must have in your records the FCC Filer 499 ID for each customer
whose revenues are included on Line 511. (See instructions.)
(a)
(b)
Total Revenues
Interstate and International
Revenues from resellers that do not contribute to Universal Service
$
$
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FCC Form 499-A
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2010 FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (Reporting Calendar 2009 Revenues)

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Block 6: CERTIFICATION: to be signed by an officer of the filer
601 Filer 499 ID [from Line 101]
602 Legal name of reporting entity [from Line 102]
Section IV of the instructions provides information on which types of reporting entities are required to file for which purposes. Any entity claiming
to be exempt from one or more contribution requirements should so certify below and attach an explanation. [The Universal Service Administrator
will determine which entities meet the de minimis threshold based on information provided in Block 4, even if you fail to so certify, below.]
603 I certify that the reporting entity is exempt from contributing to:

Universal Service

TRS

NANPA

LNP Administration

Provide explanation below:

604 Please indicate whether the reporting entity is

State or Local Government Entity

I.R.C. § 501 or State Tax Exempt (see instructions)

605 I certify that the revenue data contained herein are privileged and confidential and that public disclosure of such information would likely cause substantial harm to the competitive
position of the company. I request nondisclosure of the revenue information contained herein pursuant to Sections 0.459, 52.17, 54.711 and 64.604 of the Commission's Rules.
I certify that I am an officer of the above-named reporting entity as defined on page 33 of the instructions, that I have examined the foregoing report and,
to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, all statements of fact contained in this Worksheet are true and that said Worksheet is an accurate
statement of the affairs of the above-named company for the previous calendar year. In addition, I swear, under penalty of perjury, that all
requested identification registration information has been provided and is accurate. If the above-named reporting entity is filing on a
consolidated basis, I certify that this filing incorporates all of the revenues for the consolidated entities for the entire year and that
the filer adhered to and continues to meet the conditions set forth in Section II-B of the instructions.

606 Signature
First

607 Printed name of officer

MI

Last

608 Position with reporting entity
609 Business telephone number of officer
610 Email of officer

(

) -

ext -

|| Required if available -- not for public release ||

611 Date
612 Check those that apply:

Original April 1 filing for year

New filer, registration only

Revised filing with updated registration

Revised filing with updated revenue data

Do not mail checks with this form. Send this form to: Form 499 Data Collection Agent c/o USAC 2000 L Street, N.W. Suite 200 Washington DC, 20036
For additional information regarding this worksheet contact: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet information: (888) 641-8722 or via email: [email protected]
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FCC Form 499-A
February 2010