On May 12, 2011, the Federal
Communications Commission adopted a First Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 11-76) in Reporting
Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications
Services, Amendment of Part 43 of the Commission's Rules, IB Docket
No. 04-112 (rel. May 13, 2011). In the First Report and Order
portion of that document (First Report and Order), the Commission
amended the international reporting requirements in Section 43.61
of the Commission's rules. The Commission retained the annual
traffic and revenue report contained in Section 43.61(a) but
eliminated the quarterly large carrier report in Section 43.61(b)
and the quarterly report of switched resellers affiliated with
foreign telecommunications entities in Section 43.61(c). The
Commission also retained the requirement from the current Section
43.61(a) traffic and revenue report that filing entities report
their international message telephone service (IMTS) and
international private line services on a for each overseas route
they serve. The Commission also retained the current requirement in
Section 43.61(a) that filing entities report their IMTS resale
(i.e., where an entity purchases IMTS calls from another provider
and resells them to its customers) on a world-total basis.
There are program
changes/decreases to the number of respondents of 7, to the annual
number of responses of 7, to the annual burden hours of 4,424 and
to the annual cost burden of 1,800 which are due to the elimination
of Sections 43.61(b) and (c) and revisions to 43.61(a). These
revisions were adopted in FCC 11-76 by the Commission. There are no
adjustments to this information collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.