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DRAFT FILING MANUAL FOR SECTION 43.62 ANNUAL REPORTS
December 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Heading
Paragraph #
I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 1
II. FILING REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................................... 5
A. Who Must File Section 43.62 Reports?............................................................................................ 6
1. Who Must File a Traffic and Revenue Report? ......................................................................... 7
2. Who Must File a Circuit Capacity Report?.............................................................................. 11
B. Filing Requirements for Merged Entities ....................................................................................... 13
C. Affiliated Corporations File by Legal Entity.................................................................................. 14
D. Filing Dates .................................................................................................................................... 17
E. Reporting Period............................................................................................................................. 19
F. Rounding of Numbers and Negative Numbers .............................................................................. 20
G. Accrual Basis of Accounting .......................................................................................................... 22
H. Estimation....................................................................................................................................... 23
I. Revisions ........................................................................................................................................ 24
J. Record Keeping .............................................................................................................................. 27
K. Compliance..................................................................................................................................... 28
L. Filing Format .................................................................................................................................. 29
M. The Registration Form.................................................................................................................... 30
1. Basic Information about the Filing and Filing Entity .............................................................. 31
2. Certification of Accuracy and Completeness of Reports ......................................................... 32
3. Confidential Treatment of Filed Information........................................................................... 36
III. TRAFFIC AND REVENUE REPORT (Services Checklist and Schedules 1-4) ................................. 38
A. The Services Checklist ................................................................................................................... 41
B. Reporting of International Telecommunications Service and International VoIP
Service Connected to the PSTN ..................................................................................................... 42
1. Reporting of ICS (Schedules 1 and 2) ..................................................................................... 43
a. Classification of Calls as Facilities ICS or ICS Resale ..................................................... 50
(i) Facilities ICS .............................................................................................................. 51
(ii) ICS Resale .................................................................................................................. 53
b. Classification of ICS Calls as U.S.-Billed, Foreign-Billed or Traditional
Transiting ICS ................................................................................................................... 55
c. Reporting of ICS ............................................................................................................... 60
(i) Reporting of Facilities ICS ......................................................................................... 61
(ii) Reporting of ICS Resale ............................................................................................. 66
d. Specialized Calling Arrangements .................................................................................... 68
(i) Traditional Transiting ICS .......................................................................................... 68
(ii) Reoriginated Foreign ICS ........................................................................................... 70
(iii) Spot Market Traffic .................................................................................................... 74
(iv) Country-Beyond and Related Services ....................................................................... 80
(v) Country-Direct and Related Services.......................................................................... 83
2. Reporting of International Private Line Service (Schedule 3) ................................................. 86
3. Reporting of International Miscellaneous Services (Schedule 4) ............................................ 90
C. Reporting by Foreign Point ............................................................................................................ 93
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1. Identification of Foreign Points for ICS Reporting ................................................................. 97
2. Identification of Foreign Points for International Private Line Service ................................. 100
D. International Service Data – Technical Descriptions and Additional Filing
Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 101
1. Customer Revenue ................................................................................................................. 102
a. General Matters ............................................................................................................... 102
b. Allocation Procedures for Customer Revenue ................................................................ 108
2. ICS Data to be Filed (Schedules 1 and 2) .............................................................................. 113
a. Facilities ICS Minutes ..................................................................................................... 113
b. U.S.-Billed ICS Revenues ............................................................................................... 115
(i) Identification of Facilities ICS and ICS Resale Revenue ......................................... 116
(ii) Prepaid Calling Card Services .................................................................................. 117
c. Disaggregation of ICS Minutes and Revenues by Customer Category........................... 118
d. Reporting of Settlement Payouts and Receipts ............................................................... 122
3. International Private Line Service Data to be Filed (Schedule 3).......................................... 127
a. Reporting of International Private Line Service by 64 kilobits per second
Equivalent Circuits .......................................................................................................... 128
b. Reporting of International Private Line Service Revenues ............................................. 130
4. International Miscellaneous Services Data to be Filed (Schedule 4)..................................... 133
IV. ANNUAL CIRCUIT CAPACITY REPORT ..................................................................................... 134
A. Circuit Capacity Report – InternationalTerrestrial and Satellite Circuits .................................... 135
B. Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity ............................................ 136
1. Cable Operators ................................................................................................................... 136
2. Capacity Holders.................................................................................................................... 138
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 1:
Figure 2:
Figure 3:
Filing Guide ............................................................................................................................. 40
Potential Combinations among ICS Categories ....................................................................... 59
64 Kbps Conversion Table..................................................................................................... 129
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A:
APPENDIX B:
APPENDIX C:
APPENDIX D:
APPENDIX E:
Section 43.62 Rules
Definitions
Registration Form
Traffic and Revenue Report (Services Checklist and Schedules 1-4)
Circuit Capacity Report
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
1. Section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 43.62, sets forth annual traffic
and revenue reporting requirements that apply to any person or entity that (1) holds an
authorization from the Commission under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934
(Communications Act), as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 214, to provide International
Telecommunications Service; or (2) is engaged in providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
service connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) between the United States
and any foreign point. 1 Section 43.62 also sets forth annual circuit capacity reporting
requirements that apply to (1) any facilities-based common carrier with active satellite or
terrestrial circuits between the United States and a foreign point; (2) any non-common carrier
satellite licensee with active circuits between the United States and a foreign point; (3) any
licensee of a submarine cable between the United States and a foreign point; or (4) any common
carrier with capacity on a submarine cable between the United States and a foreign point. 2 The
Commission compiles the data filed pursuant to section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules in FCC
statistical reports that it publishes annually.
2. Based on the requirements of section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, this Filing
Manual provides the directions for completing the Traffic and Revenue Report and the Circuit
Capacity Report.3 It sets forth instructions on how to file the section 43.62 reports and
Registration Form. It explains who must file, which of the reports to file, the information that
each report must contain, and the filing procedures. The Filing Manual is organized as follows:
Section I provides a brief introduction and summary of the Filing Manual. Section II describes
who must file the annual reports, how they must file, and related matters applying to all Filing
Entities. Section III sets forth filing instructions for the Traffic and Revenue Report. Section IV
sets forth filing instructions for the Circuit Capacity Report. Also included are the following
appendices: (A) the text of section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules; (B) definitions of terms used
in this Filing Manual; (C) the Registration Form; (D) the Traffic and Revenue Report (the
Services Checklist and Schedules 1-4); and (E) the Circuit Capacity Report.
3. Appendix B of this Filing Manual defines terms used in the manual. These include
the following descriptions of various persons and entities subject to section 43.62 filing
requirements. A U.S. International Authorization Holder is a person or entity that has received
authorization from the FCC under section 214 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 214, to
provide International Telecommunications Service. A U.S. International Carrier is a person or
entity in the United States that provides International Telecommunications Service (i.e.,
telecommunications on a common carrier basis between the United States and a foreign point) or
holds a U.S. section 214 authorization to do so. A U.S. International Service Provider is a U.S.
International Carrier or a person or entity in the United States that provides VoIP service
connected to the PSTN between the United States and any foreign point (International VoIP
Service Connected to the PSTN). Included within the definition of a U.S. International Service
Provider is any person or entity in the United States that provides International Call Completion
Service 4 to or from a foreign point for International Message Telephone Service (IMTS) or
1
See Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services,
Amendment of Part 43 of the Commission’s Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112, Second Report and Order, FCC
13-6, 28 FCC Rcd 575 (2013) (Second Report and Order).
2
Id.
3
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(d).
4
See Appendix B for a definition of International Call Completion Service. This Filing Manual uses the term
“call completion” instead of “call termination” because call completion is a more accurate term for the
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International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN. 5 A Filing Entity is a person or entity that is
required to file information with the FCC pursuant to section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, 47
C.F.R. § 43.62, as described in this Filing Manual. Please consult Appendix B for a complete set
of definitions of terms used in this Filing Manual.
4. The sections of the Filing Manual that deal with reporting of common carrier
services such as private line services and miscellaneous services, or that deal with ownership of
circuit capacity by common carriers, refer to reporting entities as “U.S. International Carriers.”
The sections of the Filing Manual that deal with reporting of International Calling Service
(defined below) – which include common carrier services as well as services that have not been
classified as common carriage by the FCC – refer to reporting entities as “U.S. International
Service Providers.”
II.
FILING REQUIREMENTS
5.
A.
This section contains general requirements applicable to all Filing Entities.
Who Must File Section 43.62 Reports?
6. This section of the Filing Manual describes in detail who must file each of the
section 43.62 reports.
1.
Who Must File a Traffic and Revenue Report?
7. Any U.S. International Authorization Holder, whether or not it provided any
International Telecommunications Service during the preceding calendar year (the reporting
period), must file a Traffic and Revenue Report. 6 Any U.S. International Service Provider that
provided service during the reporting period must file a Traffic and Revenue Report, whether
such provider operated by using its own facilities or by reselling the facilities or services of
another provider. 7
8. The Traffic and Revenue Report consists of a Services Checklist and four schedules
(Schedules 1-4) that each U.S. International Service Provider must use to report data regarding
the minutes, revenues, settlement receipts, settlement payouts, and circuits for international
services that it provided or obtained during the reporting period. U.S. International Service
Providers must use Schedules 1 and 2 to report information for International Calling Service.
International Calling Service (ICS) is defined as International Message Telephone Service
(IMTS) and International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN, including International Call
Completion Service for IMTS or International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN. U.S.
International Carriers must use Schedule 3 to report information for International Private Line
Service and Schedule 4 to report information for International Miscellaneous Services. A U.S.
International Authorization Holder that provided no International Telecommunications Services
or International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN during the reporting period need only file
the Services Checklist.
services that service providers buy and sell to complete calls. Service providers may buy or sell call
completion services that do not entail physical termination of a call. For example, for an international 800 call
from Country A to Country B, the service provider in Country B pays the service provider in Country A for
originating, rather than terminating, the call.
5
See Appendix B for definitions of International Message Telephone Service and International VoIP
Service Connected to the PSTN.
6
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(b)(1).
7
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(b)(2)
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9. A U.S. International Service Provider that billed less than $5 million in ICS Resale
revenue and did not bill any Facilities ICS revenue for the reporting period is not required to
report data for ICS Resale on its Traffic and Revenue Report. If, in addition, such a provider did
not bill any International Private Line Service revenue and did not bill $5 million or more in
revenue for any International Miscellaneous Service provided during the reporting period, then
the provider satisfies the requirements of section 43.62(b) by filing only the Services Checklist.
However, if a U.S. International Service Provider billed less than $5 million in ICS Resale
revenue for the reporting period and also billed Facilities ICS revenue for the reporting period,
then the provider is required to report data for ICS Resale as well as Facilities ICS.
10. A U.S. International Carrier that billed less than $5 million in revenue for an
International Miscellaneous Service provided during the reporting period need not file data for
that service on its Traffic and Revenue Report. Each such carrier must, however, file data for any
International Miscellaneous Service offering for which it billed $5 million or more in revenue for
the reporting period.
2.
Who Must File a Circuit Capacity Report?
11. Any U.S. International Carrier that owned or leased bare capacity on a submarine
cable between the United States and any foreign point on December 31 of the reporting period
and any person or entity that held a submarine cable landing license on December 31 of the
reporting period must file a Circuit Capacity Report to provide information about the submarine
cable capacity it holds. 8 Additionally, cable landing licensees must file information on the
Circuit Capacity Report about the amount of available and planned capacity on the submarine
cable for which they have a license. 9 For submarine cables with more than one licensee, only one
licensee shall file available and planned capacity data for each submarine cable. The licensees
shall determine which licensee will file the capacity data for that submarine cable.
12. Any U.S. International Carrier that owned or leased bare capacity on a terrestrial or
satellite facility as of December 31 of the reporting period shall file a Circuit Capacity Report
showing its active common carrier circuits for the provision of service to an end-user or resale
carrier, including active circuits used by itself or its affiliates.10 Any satellite licensee that is not a
U.S. International Carrier and that owns circuits between the United States and any foreign point
as of December 31 of the reporting period shall file a Circuit Capacity Report showing its active
circuits sold or leased to any customer, including itself or its affiliates, other than a carrier
authorized by the Commission to provide U.S. international common carrier services.11
B.
Filing Requirements for Merged Entities
13. Where two or more Filing Entities have merged into a single legal entity during the
annual reporting period, the successor (i.e., merged) company shall file a single aggregated
section 43.62 report that covers the combined operations of the merged companies during the
reporting period, including operations prior to the date of the merger. If the merger occurs after
the reporting period, but prior to the filing date, the successor company shall file separate section
43.62 reports for each of the Filing Entities.
8
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(2)(ii).
9
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(2)(i).
10
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(1).
11
Id.
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Affiliated Corporations File by Legal Entity
14. Affiliated companies must file separate section 43.62 reports to the extent that they
are considered to be separate legal entities (i.e., they have separate articles of incorporation,
articles of formation, or similar legal documents). This requirement parallels the filing
requirement under the FCC Form 499-A. 12 However, where the Commission has authorized
them to make a consolidated FCC Form 499-A filing, the affiliated companies similarly shall
make a consolidated section 43.62 filing. 13
15. The Commission’s rules require all U.S. Carriers and Interconnected VoIP Service
providers to have a Filer 499 ID. 14 They must include that ID with all their filings under section
43.62 of the Commission’s rules. The legal entity or entities responsible for filing data under
section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules are the same legal entity or entities identified by the Filer
499 ID. There may be some persons or entities subject to section 43.62 of the Commission’s
rules that have not provided any service as a U.S. telecommunications carrier and, therefore, have
never obtained a Filer 499 ID. Such a person or entity shall file its section 43.62 reports at the
legal entity level. Such a person or entity need not obtain a Filer 499 ID for the purpose of filing
its section 43.62 reports. If such a person or entity subsequently begins to provide service as a
U.S. telecommunications carrier, it must obtain a Filer 499 ID for the purpose of filing under
section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
16. The Filer 499 ID is assigned by the Commission’s Data Collection Agent after a
company files its first FCC Form 499-A. Filer 499 IDs for current Filing Entities can be found at
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cib/form499/499a.cfm.
D.
Filing Dates
17. Section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules requires Filing Entities to submit the
Circuit Capacity Report for the preceding calendar year (the reporting period) on or before March
31 of each year 15 and the Traffic and Revenue Report for the preceding calendar year on or before
July 31 of each year. 16 The earliest dates that the Commission will accept filings will be
specified annually by the Bureau Chief, International Bureau, in a Public Notice. Failure to file
the Circuit Capacity Report or the Traffic and Revenue Report on time is a violation of the
Commission’s rules and could result in the imposition of forfeitures or other penalties.
18. Any Filing Entity that cannot file its information by the required deadlines must
request an extension of time to file by submitting a waiver request under provisions of section 1.3
of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3. Make a request for an extension of time to the Chief,
International Bureau. In the request, identify the report to be delayed, explain the reasons for the
delay, and propose an alternate filing date.
12
The filing requirement is explained in Section II.A of the Instructions accompanying Form 499-A. See
Federal Communications Commission, Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499-A), pp.
4-8. Form 499-A and its Instructions are available at http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form499-A/499a2010.pdf.
13
Id., pp. 8-9.
14
Filer 499 ID refers to an identification number assigned by the FCC to entities that file an annual FCC
Form 499-A. Sections 52.17 (b), (c), and 54.708 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 52.17 (b), (c),
§ 54.708, require all telecommunications carriers in the United States, including interconnected VoIP
providers, to file a Form 499-A. When a carrier files its first Form 499-A, the Commission's Data
Collection Agent assigns the carrier a Filer 499 ID. See Form 499-A Instructions, p. 13.
15
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a).
16
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(b).
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Reporting Period
19. The reporting period for each annual section 43.62 filing is the calendar year prior to
the year in which the annual filing is to be made. International traffic and revenue data in
Schedules 1-4 of the Traffic and Revenue Report shall comprise the entire calendar year, except
for private line circuits in Schedule 3, which shall be counted on December 31 of the reporting
period. International circuit-capacity data in the Circuit Capacity Report shall be counted on
December 31 of the reporting period.
F.
Rounding of Numbers and Negative Numbers
20. Rounding. In general, round dollar amounts, minute counts, and circuit counts to
whole numbers. For example, Filing Entities should report $2,271,881.50 as $2,271,882. The
only exceptions are that Filing Entities should report cable capacity on the Circuit Capacity
Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity – Cable Operators in Gbps rounded to one
decimal place and capacity holdings on the Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine
Cable Capacity – Capacity Holders in STM-1 units rounded to one decimal place. 17
21. Negative Numbers. File customer revenue without subtracting any expenses,
allowances for uncollectible accounts or settlement payouts, and without making out-of-period
adjustments. Do not report any negative numbers for customer revenue or other filed data.
G.
Accrual Basis of Accounting
22. Report revenues, expenses, and related amounts (including settlement payouts and
settlement receipts) on an accrual basis of accounting rather than a cash basis, except as otherwise
provided in the Filing Manual. The amounts reported shall correspond to the value of services
provided or obtained during the reporting period, not to the amounts received or paid during the
reporting period. For instance, report as settlement payouts the expenses incurred for ICS call
completion services to foreign points obtained during the reporting period, not the amounts billed
or paid during the reporting period. In cases where a Filing Entity has provided or received
services, and the rate for the services has been retroactively adjusted, Filing Entities shall base the
revenues or expenses that they report on the adjusted rate, provided that the adjustment occurs
prior to the date on which revisions to a Traffic and Revenue Report filing are due (October 31 of
the year in which the filing is due to the Commission). Follow the procedures described in
paragraphs 24-26 for making revisions to data.
H.
Estimation
23. To the maximum extent possible, provide actual counts of minutes, circuits,
customer revenue, settlement receipts, settlement payouts, and other statistics. 18 Where that is
not possible, use statistical sampling methods that are designed to produce a margin of error of
no more than one percent with a confidence interval of 95 percent. Where it is not possible to
use statistical sampling methods, use other estimation methods that would in good faith be
expected to produce accuracy comparable to that specified for statistical methods. Filing
Entities shall retain for a period of three years complete documentation, including sampled
data, for any statistical or other estimation studies on which they have relied and provide a copy
of such documentation to the Commission upon request.
I.
Revisions
24. Data on file as of the deadlines identified above for filing Circuit Capacity Reports
17
See paragraph 138 for a description of STM-1 units.
18
Second Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd at 583, ¶¶ 25-26.
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and Traffic and Revenue Reports must be the most accurate data available as of the deadline. If a
Filing Entity files data in advance of a deadline and discovers inaccuracies in data prior to the
deadline, it must file a corrected report, accompanied by a new Registration Form, on or before
the deadline. No waiver is required to file a corrected report.
25. If a Filing Entity or FCC staff discovers an inaccuracy in a filed statistic in the
Traffic and Revenue Report after the July 31 filing deadline, the Filing Entity shall file a
corrected Traffic and Revenue Report and Registration Form by October 31 of that same year if
the inaccuracy is equal to or greater than one percent of the value of the statistic on file.19 Except
in instances in which a corrected filing is requested by FCC staff, Filing Entities need not file
with the Commission corrections identified after October 31, although it is permissible to do so.
The Circuit Capacity Report is regarded as final as of the March 31 filing deadline. Filing
Entities need not file corrections identified after March 31, although it is permissible to do so.
26. Out-of-Period Adjustments. Do not make out-of-period adjustments to the data that
are filed under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules. For section 43.62 reporting purposes,
the term “out-of-period adjustment” is an adjustment of the data for one reporting period to
reflect corrections to data that a Filing Entity had previously filed for a prior reporting period
(e.g., an adjustment to the data that a Filing Entity files for 2006 to correct over- or underreporting for the year 2005).
J.
Record Keeping
27. Filing Entities shall maintain records and documentation in support of information
reported in section 43.62 reports for three years and shall provide such records and
documentation to the Commission upon request. Filing Entities that acquire operations subject to
section 43.62 reporting requirements through acquisition of property, consolidation, merger, etc.,
must maintain the records of the acquired operation for three years following the acquisition. As
discussed above, Filing Entities that use estimation techniques, including statistical sampling,
must keep these studies for at least three years following the reporting period and provide them to
the Commission upon request. The Commission’s staff or designees may review or audit any
corporate records, including records that the Filing Entity has retained for more than three years,
for any reason.
K.
Compliance
28. Failure to file timely section 43.62 reports may subject Filing Entities to the
enforcement provisions of the Communications Act and any other applicable law and could result
in the imposition of forfeitures or other penalties. Inaccurate or untruthful information contained
in section 43.62 reports may lead to prosecution under section 220(e) of the Communications
Act 20 or the criminal provisions of Title 18 of the United States Code. 21
L.
Filing Format
29. File the section 43.62 reports in electronic format, using electronic spreadsheets
(“worksheets”) designated by the FCC.
M.
The Registration Form
30. Accompany each new or revised section 43.62 report with a Registration Form. 22
19
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(b)(3).
20
47 U.S.C. § 220(e).
21
18 U.S.C. § 1001.
22
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(c)(1).
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The Registration Form elicits basic information about the filing and the Filing Entity; requires
Filing Entities to certify the accuracy and completeness of the filed data; and provides the means
by which Filing Entities may request confidential treatment of their data.
1.
Basic Information about the Filing and Filing Entity
31. Filing Entities should provide the following basic information on the Registration
Form: the date of the filing; the reporting period covered by the filing; the name and address of
the Filing Entity; the FCC Registration Number (FRN) of the Filing Entity; 23 the Filing Entity's
Filer 499 ID, if any; 24 the contact information for the preparer of the filing; identification of the
filed report (whether the report is the Traffic and Revenue Report or the Circuit Capacity Report);
whether the filing is a new report or a revision to an existing report; information about the Filing
Entity’s section 214 authorizations (to be provided with the Traffic and Revenue Report and the
Circuit Capacity Report); 25 and information about the Filing Entity’s satellite licenses and cable
landing licenses (to be provided with the Circuit Capacity Report). 26
2.
Certification of Accuracy and Completeness of Reports
32. Filing Entities must certify on the Registration Form the accuracy and completeness
of the data filed in the accompanying Traffic and Revenue Report or Circuit Capacity Report. An
officer of the Filing Entity must certify the accuracy and completeness of the Filing Entity’s
section 43.62 information. The Commission will not accept a report until the Filing Entity
provides the requisite certification.
33. For the purposes of certification, an officer is a person who occupies a position
specified in the corporate by-laws (or partnership agreement, certificate creating a limited liability
company, or comparable document) and is typically the president, vice president for operations,
vice president for finance, comptroller, treasurer, or someone in a comparable position. If the
Filing Entity is a sole proprietorship, the owner must certify the accuracy and completeness of the
Filing Entity’s section 43.62 information.
34. As indicated on the Registration Form, the certification must contain the signature of
the certifying official; the printed name of the certifying official; the title of the certifying official;
the physical address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the certifying official; and the
Filing Entity’s official contact or attorney of record, including physical address, telephone
number, and e-mail address.
35. A Filing Entity has not met its filing deadline until the Commission has received a
certified filing of the Filing Entity’s section 43.62 report.
23
The FRN is a ten-digit number that the Commission uses to identify a Filing Entity for purposes of the
Commission’s Licensing/Filing systems and its Revenue Accounting Management Information System
(RAMIS). Filing Entities may obtain an FRN through the Commission Registration System (CORES),
which they may access at https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cores/CoresHome.html. Filing Entities should ensure
that their contact information is correct in the CORES system. For assistance in using CORES, Filing
Entities may contact the CORES help desk at (877) 480-3201 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
24
See paragraphs 14-16.
25
A complete list of the Filing Entity’s international section 214 authorizations is required the first time
that the Filing Entity files its section 43.62 Traffic and Revenue Report and Circuit Capacity Report.
Subsequent filings need only contain additions and deletions to the list of section 214 authorizations.
26
A complete list of the Filing Entity’s cable landing licenses and satellite licenses is required the first time
that the Filing Entity files its section 43.62 Circuit Capacity Report. Subsequent filings need only contain
additions and deletions to the list of these licenses.
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Confidential Treatment of Filed Information
36. Filing Entities may request on the Registration Form confidential treatment of the
data filed in their Traffic and Revenue Report or Circuit Capacity Report. 27 Filing Entities may
request confidential treatment of the data filed in the following reports:
•
Traffic and Revenue Report
•
Circuit Capacity Report – International Terrestrial and Satellite Circuits
•
Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity – Cable
Operators
•
Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity – Capacity
Holders
They may do so by checking the appropriate box to request confidential treatment under section
0.459 of the Commission’s rules and certifying that the filed data are privileged and confidential
and that public disclosure of such information would likely cause substantial harm to the
competitive position of the company. This certification must be by the same company official
who certifies the accuracy and completeness of the accompanying report. We encourage cable
operators to continue to make basic data about the cables they operate publicly available so that
the American public may continue to have access to a complete listing of available and planned
cable capacity on the U.S. end of all international submarine cables.
37. Checking the box and certifying the data as warranting confidential treatment
affords a Filing Entity the opportunity to defer the need to provide justification for confidential
treatment until another party requests access to the data. Upon receipt of a request for inspection
of the data, we will notify the Filing Entity of the request and the Filing Entity will be required to
justify continued confidential treatment pursuant to section 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
III.
TRAFFIC AND REVENUE REPORT (Services Checklist and Schedules 1-4)
38. Pursuant to section 43.62(b) of the Commission’s rules, 28 all U.S. International
Authorization Holders and all U.S. International Service Providers that provided ICS during the
reporting period must file the Traffic and Revenue Report.
39. This section describes the reporting requirements for the Traffic and Revenue Report
(Services Checklist and Schedules 1-4). Section III-A of the Filing Manual describes the
Services Checklist. Section III-B deals with the reporting requirements for various categories of
International Telecommunications Service and International VoIP Service Connected to the
PSTN. Section III-C of the Filing Manual discusses reporting of information by foreign point.
Section III-D of the Filing Manual supplements section III-B with technical descriptions of the
international service data to be filed and includes additional filing requirements.
40. Figure 1 summarizes the major types of international services provided by U.S.
International Service Providers and the filing requirements for each. The list is meant as a guide
only, and readers should refer to the text of the Filing Manual for detailed descriptions of services
and filing requirements.
27
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(c)(2).
28
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(b).
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Figure 1
Filing Guide for Traffic and Revenue Report
International Service
U.S.-Billed ICS provided on a Facilities
basis
U.S.-Billed ICS provided on an Resale
basis
Foreign-Billed ICS
Traditional Transiting ICS
Reoriginated Foreign ICS
International Private Line Service
International Miscellaneous Services
A.
Schedules to Be Filed
Less than $5 million $5 million or greater
in revenue
in revenue
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 2
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 3
Schedule 3
Services Checklist
Services Checklist
Schedule 4
The Services Checklist
41. The Services Checklist contains seven main boxes that elicit basic information about
the operations, if any, of Filing Entities during the preceding calendar year. The Commission
uses the Services Checklist to determine which schedules, if any, Filing Entities must file. Filing
Entities should check the boxes that pertain to them.
Box 1 (No International Telecommunications Service or International VoIP Service
Connected to the PSTN). The Filing Entity provided no International
Telecommunications Service or International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN
during the reporting period. Entities that check this box do not file Schedules 1-4.
Box 2 (U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS). The Filing Entity provided U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
during the reporting period. Entities that check this box must file service data on
Schedules 1 and 2.
Box 3 (Foreign-Billed ICS). The Filing Entity provided Foreign-Billed ICS during the
reporting period. Entities that check this box must file service data on Schedule 1.
Box 4 (Traditional Transiting ICS). The Filing Entity provided Traditional Transiting ICS
during the reporting period. Entities that check this box must file service data on Schedule
2.
Box 5 (ICS Resale). The Filing Entity provided ICS Resale during the reporting period.
Entities that check this box must indicate whether they billed customers a total of $5
million or more for ICS Resale provided during the reporting period. Entities that billed
customers a total of $5 million or more for ICS Resale provided during the reporting
period, or that provided Facilities ICS in addition to any dollar amount of ICS Resale, must
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file service data on Schedule 2.
Box 6 (International Private Line Service). The Filing Entity provided International Private
Line Service during the reporting period. Entities that check this box must file service data
on Schedule 3.
Box 7 (International Miscellaneous Services). The Filing Entity provided one or more
International Miscellaneous Services during the reporting period. Entities that check this
box must indicate whether they billed customers a total of $5 million or more for any
International Miscellaneous Service provided during the reporting period. Entities that did
so must file Schedule 4 for each such service.
B.
Reporting of International Telecommunications Service and International
VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN
42. U.S. International Service Providers must report international traffic data for three
categories of services: (1) International Calling Service (ICS); (2) International Private Line
Service; and (3) International Miscellaneous Services. The reporting requirements for these
categories are described in detail below.
1.
Reporting of ICS (Schedules 1 and 2)
43. This section describes the reporting requirements for International Calling Service
(ICS). As described in paragraph 8, International Calling Service (ICS) is defined as
International Message Telephone Service (IMTS) and International VoIP Service Connected to
the PSTN, including International Call Completion Service for IMTS or International VoIP
Service Connected to the PSTN.
44. IMTS is the provision of message telephone service (MTS) between the United
States and a foreign point. The term “message telephone service” refers to the transmission and
reception of speech and low-speed dial-up data over the public switched telephone network
(PSTN). International Call Completion Service for IMTS is included within the definition of
IMTS.
45. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, IMTS includes international services with
dedicated access if the calls are routed through the PSTN in the United States or a foreign point.
Accordingly, IMTS includes international wide-area telephone service (WATS), toll-free service
(e.g., 800 service), pay-for-call service (e.g., 900 service), international custom network services,
integrated services digital network (ISDN) services, conference services, country-direct service,
and country-beyond service. IMTS also includes international service over virtual private
networks (VPNs) that originates or terminates on the PSTN.
46. Historically, IMTS calls were conveyed jointly by a U.S. International Carrier and a
Foreign Carrier interconnecting at the theoretical midpoint of jointly owned international circuits
using circuit-switched technology. 29 Today, service providers may transmit IMTS calls over
29
See Appendix B for a definition of Foreign Carrier. U.S. International Carriers traditionally provided
IMTS through “joint operating agreements” with Foreign Carriers. Under traditional joint operating
agreements, U.S. International Carriers provide IMTS with a “foreign correspondent” carrier through joint
ownership of international circuits between the United States and a foreign point. The joint operating
agreement typically specifies the rights, duties, and legal obligations of each correspondent; establishes
arrangements governing the routing of traffic; and sets the “accounting rate” per unit (usually per minute)
of IMTS traffic. The accounting rate is a negotiated amount per unit that provides the basis for “settling”
traffic balances between the correspondents. The correspondents split the accounting rate to compensate
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circuit-switched networks, Internet Protocol (IP) or other high-speed data networks, or over a
combination of such networks. Under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, U.S.
International Service Providers must report all IMTS calls regardless of the particular
transmission technology used in their networks. 30
47. International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN is a service between the United
States and any foreign point that: (1) enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (2)
requires a broadband connection from the user’s location; (3) requires Internet Protocolcompatible customer premise equipment; and (4) permits users generally to receive calls that
originate on the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or to terminate calls to the PSTN.
Thus, International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN consists of Interconnected VoIP
Service 31 and “one-way” VoIP services, 32 between the United States and any foreign point.
International Call Completion Service for International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN is
included within the definition of International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN.
48. As noted, ICS also includes International Call Completion Service for IMTS or
International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN. Today, call completion services may be
provided using circuit-switched technology or VoIP technology, or a combination of both. 33
Under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, U.S. International Service Providers must report
all International Call Completion Service provided or obtained regardless of the particular
technology used.
49. This Filing Manual requires U.S. International Service Providers to report statistics
for all ICS that they provided during the reporting period, with limited exceptions as provided in
paragraphs 68-85.
a.
Classification of Calls as Facilities ICS or ICS Resale
50. ICS is offered to the public in a variety of technical and commercial arrangements.
Multiple service providers are involved. The definitional structure incorporated in this Filing
Manual is intended to have one service provider file detailed information about each ICS call and
any other service providers involved in providing the call to report only summary information.
For this purpose, the U.S. International Service Provider that will file detailed information is the
entity that has a commercial arrangement for the exchange of ICS traffic with a Foreign Service
each correspondent for its handling of the call. The per-minute expense incurred by one carrier to the other
for IMTS call completion services under this arrangement is termed the “settlement rate” and the amount of
the expense is termed “settlements.” The term “settlements” denotes the expense incurred by a carrier for
call completion services provided by a correspondent, not the net amount paid by one carrier to another
after reciprocal call completion expenses are offset.
30
See Petition for Declaratory Ruling that AT&T’s Phone-to-Phone IP Telephony Services are Exempt
from Access Charges, WC Docket No. 02-361, Order, FCC 04-97, 19 FCC Rcd 7457 (2004).
31
47 C.F.R. § 9.3.
32
One-way VoIP services enable users to terminate calls to the PSTN but do not permit users to receive
calls that originate on the PSTN, or enable users to receive calls from the PSTN but do not permit the user
to make calls terminating to the PSTN.
33
VoIP technology used to complete ICS calls rely on call manager services and PSTN gateways to
convert a telecommunications signal between IP and circuit-switched transmission formats and allow
interaction of VoIP calls with the PSTN. See, e.g., Handley, M., et al., SIP: Session Initiation Protocol,
RFC-2543, The Internet Society, (1999), available at https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2543.txt. Service
providers may receive or deliver ICS traffic in VoIP format over the public Internet or a managed IP
facility.
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Provider. 34 For section 43.62 reporting purposes, this provider reports the call as Facilities ICS
traffic. Other U.S. International Service Providers that resell the call report the call as ICS Resale
traffic. The following paragraphs provide a more detailed explanation of the distinction between
Facilities ICS and ICS Resale.
(i)
Facilities ICS
51. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, Facilities ICS is defined as the provision of
ICS through a commercial arrangement between a U.S. International Service Provider and a
Foreign Service Provider (including a foreign affiliate of the U.S. International Service Provider)
for International Call Completion Service.
52. A U.S. International Service Provider shall report all ICS traffic for which it has a
commercial arrangement for International Call Completion Service with a Foreign Service
Provider as Facilities ICS, with limited exceptions as provided in paragraphs 68-85. A U.S.
International Service Provider shall report as Facilities ICS:
• ICS traffic for which the U.S. International Service Provider obtains call completion
service to a foreign point by means of a commercial arrangement with a Foreign
Service Provider.
• ICS traffic for which the U.S. International Service Provider provides call completion
service to the United States by means of a commercial arrangement with a Foreign
Service Provider.
(ii)
ICS Resale
53. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, ICS Resale is the provision of U.S.-Billed ICS
by a U.S. International Service Provider through the resale of ICS purchased from another U.S.
International Service Provider. The U.S. International Service Provider purchasing U.S.-Billed
ICS and reselling it is termed a “reseller.” 35 The underlying service provider either provides
Facilities ICS or it, in turn, is reselling the ICS of another U.S. International Service Provider. A
U.S. International Service Provider that provides ICS by purchasing International Call
Completion Service from another U.S. International Service Provider is reselling that service
provider’s ICS.
54. A U.S. International Service Provider shall report all ICS traffic that it provides
through the resale of ICS purchased from another U.S. International Service Provider as ICS
Resale.
b.
Classification of ICS Calls as U.S.-Billed, Foreign-Billed or
Traditional Transiting ICS
55. Filing Entities must classify each Facilities ICS call as U.S.-Billed, Foreign-Billed,
or Traditional Transiting. All ICS Resale calls are classified as U.S.-Billed.
56. A U.S.-Billed ICS call is defined as an ICS call that originates or terminates in the
United States 36 and that is billed by a U.S. International Service Provider to an end-user customer
34
See Appendix B for a definition of Foreign Service Provider.
35
A U.S. International Service Provider may resell ICS provided by another U.S. International Service
Provider and provide ICS on a Facilities ICS basis. Thus a single U.S. International Service Provider may
be both an ICS reseller and a provider of Facilities ICS.
36
Examples of U.S.-Billed ICS that terminate in the United States are collect and 800-type toll-free calls
that are placed at telephones outside of the United States and billed to the U.S. telephone that receives the
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or to a U.S. International Service Provider that is taking the service for resale; or a Reoriginated
Foreign ICS 37 call that is billed by a U.S. International Service Provider to a Foreign Service
Provider; or a country-beyond call. 38
57. A Foreign-Billed ICS call is an ICS call that originates or terminates with an enduser in the United States, and that is billed by a Foreign Service Provider. 39 The U.S.
International Service Provider that provides International Call Completion Service to the United
States for a Foreign-Billed ICS call must report the call as Foreign-Billed ICS pursuant to section
43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
58. A Traditional Transiting ICS call is an ICS call from a foreign point that (a) transits
the United States prior to completion at a foreign point and (b) is settled at a rate agreed upon by the
Foreign Service Provider in the origination foreign point and the Foreign Service Provider in the
destination foreign point. The U.S. International Service Provider that provides the transiting
service is reimbursed for its handling and transmission of the traffic by the Foreign Service Provider
in the origination foreign point. Traditional Transiting ICS is discussed in more detail in
paragraphs 68-69.
59. Figure 2 illustrates that U.S.-Billed ICS can be provided as Facilities ICS or as ICS
Resale, while Foreign-Billed and Traditional Transiting ICS always are provided as Facilities
ICS.
Figure 2
Potential Combinations among ICS Categories
Facilities ICS
ICS Resale
U.S.-Billed ICS
Yes
Yes
Foreign-Billed ICS
Yes
No
Traditional Transiting ICS
Yes
No
c.
Reporting of ICS
60. Report ICS data on Schedule 1 (“U.S.-Billed and Foreign-Billed Facilities ICS
Traffic – By Foreign Point”) and Schedule 2 (“World-Total Data for U.S.-Billed and Traditional
Transiting ICS”). Include on Schedule 1 various data for U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS and ForeignBilled ICS by foreign point, as described below and in paragraphs 68-85, 93-99, and 101-126.
Include on Schedule 2 various world-total data for U.S.-Billed ICS and Traditional Transiting
ICS, as described below and in paragraphs 68-85 and 101-121.
(i)
Reporting of Facilities ICS
61. Each U.S. International Service Provider shall report annual section 43.62 statistics,
call by a U.S. International Service Provider and calls that are placed in foreign points using U.S. calling
cards.
37
Reoriginated Foreign ICS is described in paragraphs 70-73.
38
Country-beyond service is described in paragraphs 80-82.
39
Examples of Foreign-Billed ICS calls that originate in the United States are collect and 800-type
subscriber toll-free calls that are placed at telephones in the United States and billed to the foreign
telephone that receives the call by a Foreign Service Provider and calls placed in the United States using
foreign calling cards.
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as described in this Filing Manual, for all U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS calls that it provided during
the reporting period as well as all Foreign-Billed ICS calls for which it provided International
Call Completion Service to the United States. Do not report the U.S. inbound leg of Reoriginated
Foreign ICS. 40
62. For U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS, aggregate the data for customer revenue, minutes
completed on foreign networks, and settlement payouts by foreign point, and report the
aggregated amount on Schedule 1 as indicated on that schedule. For some foreign points, a U.S.
International Service Provider may pay separate settlement rates 41 for call completion services to
fixed-line and mobile networks. In such cases, additionally disaggregate “Total Minutes
Completed on Foreign Networks” (column d) into “Minutes Completed on Foreign Fixed-Line
Networks” (column b) and “Minutes Completed on Foreign Mobile Networks” (column c) and
additionally disaggregate “Total Settlement Payouts” (column g) into “Settlement Payouts for
Call Completion on Foreign Fixed-Line Networks” (column e) and “Settlement Payouts for Call
Completion on Foreign Mobile Networks” (column f).
63. On Schedule 2, report U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes and customer revenue on a
world-total basis on Line 1.A (“Total U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS”) and disaggregate these amounts
for inclusion in the appropriate customer categories on Lines 2.A through 2.D (“U.S.-Billed ICS –
By Customer Category”). There is a slight difference between U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes
reportable on Schedules 1 and 2. See paragraph 113 for more information.
64. For Foreign-Billed ICS, aggregate data for minutes and settlement receipts by
foreign point and report the data on Schedule 1 as indicated on that schedule.
65. For Traditional Transiting ICS, report data for minutes and customer revenue on
Schedule 2 only, on a world-total basis, as indicated on that schedule.
(ii)
Reporting of ICS Resale
66. Each U.S. International Service Provider shall report annual section 43.62 statistics,
as described in this Filing Manual, for all ICS Resale calls it provided during the reporting period,
with the following exception. U.S. International Service Providers with revenue from ICS
Resale 42 under $5 million for the reporting period and no revenue from Facilities ICS for the
reporting period are not required to include ICS Resale statistics in their section 43.62 report. All
other U.S. International Service Providers shall report minute and customer revenue statistics for
ICS Resale on a world-total basis on Schedule 2, Line 1.B (“Total ICS Resale”), and shall
disaggregate these amounts for inclusion in the appropriate customer categories on Lines 2.A
through 2.D (“U.S.-Billed ICS – By Customer Category”).
67. A U.S. International Service Provider that provides both Facilities ICS and ICS
40
The inbound leg of Reoriginated Foreign ICS is described in paragraph 71.
41
In recent years, U.S. International Service Providers and Foreign Service Providers have increasingly
provided ICS under a variety of non-traditional interconnection arrangements. For instance, service
providers may carry traffic over wholly-owned international circuits and interconnect with each other at
either U.S. or foreign cable landing stations. Also, service providers may connect VoIP calls to the PSTN
using various protocols. In such cases, service providers enter into payment arrangements for International
Call Completion Service that do not conform to the traditional accounting rate regime. In this Filing
Manual, the terms “settlement rate,” “settlements,” “settlement payouts,” “settlement receipts,” etc. refer to
International Call Completion Service provided under non-traditional arrangements as well as traditional
arrangements.
42
Note that “revenue from ICS Resale” or “ICS Resale revenue” refers to revenue obtained from the resale
of ICS, not revenue from the sale of Facilities ICS to resellers.
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Resale shall report data for Facilities ICS separately from data for ICS Resale, except that it must
aggregate Facilities ICS and ICS Resale data for purposes of filing information by customer
categories on Schedule 2 (U.S.-Billed ICS – By Customer Category).
d.
Specialized Calling Arrangements
(i)
Traditional Transiting ICS
68. There are two different reporting procedures that U.S. International Service
Providers shall use for reporting revenue for Traditional Transiting ICS traffic, 43 depending upon
the type of arrangement under which the U.S. International Service Provider and Foreign Service
Provider settle the traffic: (1) direct payment arrangement; 44 or (2) cascade settlement
arrangement. 45 Under a direct payment arrangement, a U.S. International Service Provider shall
report the transiting fee it receives for transmitting Traditional Transiting ICS as revenue on Line
3.T of Schedule 2. Under a cascade settlement arrangement, a U.S. International Service
Provider shall report the “net settlement receipt” (i.e., the total receipt from the originating
Foreign Service Provider less the amount the U.S. International Service Provider remits to the
terminating Foreign Service Provider) on Line 3.T of Schedule 2. Note that although these
amounts are reported as “revenues” under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, they may be
considered as “settlement receipts,” and not revenues, for other Commission purposes.46
69. Do not include data for Traditional Transiting ICS in any statistics reported on
Schedules 1 or 2 except on Line 3.T of Schedule 2.
(ii)
Reoriginated Foreign ICS
70. Reoriginated Foreign ICS refers to ICS traffic from a foreign point that is
transmitted to the United States for retransmission to a destination foreign point, but that is not
handled as Traditional Transiting ICS. 47 The originating Foreign Service Provider pays the
intermediate U.S. International Service Provider an agreed-upon fee to carry the call to the
destination foreign point, and the U.S. International Service Provider terminates such calls under
the call completion arrangements that it normally uses to terminate calls to the destination foreign
43
Traditional Transiting ICS is described in paragraph 58.
44
A direct payment arrangement refers to Traditional Transiting ICS traffic handled by U.S. International
Service Providers in which the originating Foreign Service Provider remits a payment directly to the
terminating Foreign Service Provider to compensate it for terminating the call, without involving the U.S.
International Service Provider. In such an arrangement, the originating Foreign Service Provider would
also remit separately to the U.S. International Service Provider a transiting fee to compensate the U.S.
International Service Provider for its handling and transmission of the Traditional Transiting ICS traffic.
45
A cascade settlement arrangement refers to an arrangement under which a U.S. International Service
Provider carries a Traditional Transiting ICS call between two foreign points (the foreign point of origin
and the destination foreign point). The originating Foreign Service Provider remits to the U.S.
International Service Provider an amount of money intended to provide both a transiting fee to the U.S.
International Service Provider and the settlement amount that it owes the terminating Foreign Service
Provider. The U.S. International Service Provider retains the transiting fee and remits the settlement
payment to the terminating Foreign Service Provider on behalf of the originating Foreign Service Provider
at the settlement rate agreed between the originating and terminating Foreign Service Providers.
46
See, e.g., Form 499-A Instructions at pp. 20-21.
47
In general, reoriginated ICS may refer to either foreign traffic routed through the United States to a
destination foreign point or U.S. traffic routed through an intermediate foreign point to a destination foreign
point. For the reporting treatment of U.S. traffic routed through an intermediate foreign point to a
destination foreign point, see paragraph 97.
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point. Reoriginated Foreign ICS differs from Traditional Transiting ICS with regard to billing
arrangements, not routing. Reoriginated Foreign ICS has supplanted Traditional Transiting ICS
as the predominant arrangement for traffic transiting through the United States.
71. A Reoriginated Foreign ICS call has two components: an inbound leg from the
originating foreign point to the United States and an outbound leg from the United States to the
destination foreign point. To avoid double-counting the call, report only the outbound leg of the
call.
72. If the U.S. International Service Provider conveys the call out of the United States
on a Facilities ICS basis, it shall classify the outbound leg of the call as U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
and include all relevant statistics in Schedules 1 and 2. Assign the call to the foreign point that is
the ultimate destination of the call. Include all payments received for carrying the call as
customer revenue in column (a) of Schedule 1 and include the minutes associated with the
outbound leg of the call in column (d) of Schedule 1 and columns (b) or (c), as appropriate.
Include the amount paid for call completion services to the destination foreign point as
“Settlement Payouts” in column (g) of Schedule 1 and columns (e) or (f), as appropriate. Include
customer revenue and minutes for the call in world-total statistics on Line 1.A (“Total U.S.-Billed
Facilities ICS”) and Line 2.D (“Reoriginated Foreign Traffic”) of Schedule 2.
73. If the U.S. International Service Provider arranges to convey the call out of the
United States on an ICS Resale basis (i.e., through a second U.S. International Service Provider),
the first U.S. International Service Provider shall classify the outbound leg of the call as ICS
Resale and include it in Schedule 2 statistics, by including the minutes associated with the
outbound leg of the call and all payments it receives for carrying the call on Line 1.B (“Total ICS
Resale”) and Line 2.D (“Reoriginated Foreign Traffic”) of Schedule 2. The second U.S.
International Service Provider shall report the call as U.S.-Billed ICS provided to U.S. Resellers
(Line 2.C), not as Reoriginated Foreign Traffic (Line 2.D), and shall report the call as either
Facilities ICS or ICS Resale, depending on how it arranges to convey the call out of the United
States.
(iii)
Spot Market Traffic
74. A spot market is a market where service providers can buy or sell call completion
services for immediate delivery. A spot market customer, or “contracting service provider,” is a
service provider that enters into a contract to buy or sell call completion services by
interconnecting at a spot market point of presence. A spot market owner is a person or entity that
facilitates the transaction between contracting service providers (who may not know each other’s
identity) by physically interconnecting the customers and acting as their commercial
intermediary. The spot market owner typically owns one or more points of presence that serve as
interconnection points for contracting service providers. The spot market owner may, in some
cases, enter into arrangements with a contracting service provider to convey its traffic between
spot market points of presence, including points of presence outside the United States.
75. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, a contracting service provider treats an ICS
call exchanged at a spot market point of presence in the United States as it would treat an ICS call
exchanged directly with another service provider. A contracting service provider that buys call
completion services to a foreign point by interconnecting at a spot market point of presence in the
United States shall report the call as ICS Resale. A contracting service provider that sells call
completion services to a foreign point by interconnecting at a spot market point of presence
within the United States shall report the call as either U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS or as ICS Resale,
depending on how it arranges to complete the call, and shall report as customer revenue the
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payment that it requires for providing the call completion service. 48
76. A spot market owner that provides intermediary services for an ICS call at a U.S. point
of presence or between U.S. points of presence and does not convey the call outside the United
States is not providing a reportable service under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
77. A spot market owner that transmits an ICS call between a buying contracting service
provider in the United States and a selling contracting service provider in a foreign point shall
report the call as U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS. Report as customer revenue the amount the buying
contracting service provider has agreed to pay for call completion service. Report as settlement
payouts the payment that the selling contracting service provider in a foreign point requires to
provide call completion service for the call.
78. A spot market owner that transmits an ICS call between a buying contracting service
provider in a foreign point and a selling contracting service provider in the United States for
completion to an end-user in the United States shall report the call as Foreign-Billed ICS. Report
as settlement receipts the amount the buying contracting service provider has agreed to pay for
call completion service. The selling contracting service provider is not providing a reportable
service under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
79. A spot market owner that transmits an ICS call between a buying contracting service
provider in a foreign point and a selling contracting service provider in the United States for
ultimate termination in a foreign point shall report the call as Reoriginated Foreign ICS. 49 The
selling contracting service provider shall report the call as ordinary U.S.-Billed ICS. 50 A spot
market owner that transmits an ICS call through the United States, between a buying contracting
service provider in a foreign point and a selling contracting service provider in a foreign point,
shall report the call as Reoriginated Foreign ICS. 51
(iv)
Country-Beyond and Related Services
80. Country-beyond service is ICS provided and billed by a U.S. International Service
Provider to a customer located in a foreign point in which case the customer, using a credit card
or calling card issued by the U.S. International Service Provider, calls a telephone number in
another foreign point. The customer accesses country-beyond service by dialing a local number
48
The selling contracting service provider shall report the call as either Facilities ICS on Schedule 1 and
Line 1.A of Schedule 2 or ICS Resale on Line 1.B of Schedule 2, depending on how it arranges to convey
the call out of the United States. In either case, it shall report the call as provided to U.S. Resellers on Line
2.C of Schedule 2.
49
The spot market owner should not report the inbound leg of the call, and shall report the outbound leg as
ICS Resale on Line 1.B of Schedule 2 and Reoriginated Foreign Traffic on Line 2.D of Schedule 2. The
spot market owner shall report as customer revenue the amount the buying contracting service provider has
agreed to pay for call completion service.
50
The selling contracting service provider shall report the call as either Facilities ICS on Schedule 1 and
Line 1.A of Schedule 2 or ICS Resale on Line 1.B of Schedule 2, depending on how it arranges to convey
the call out of the United States. In either case, it shall report the call as provided to U.S. Resellers on Line
2.C of Schedule 2.
51
The spot market owner should not report the inbound leg of the call, and shall report the outbound leg as
U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS on Schedule 1 and Line 1.A of Schedule 2 and as Reoriginated Foreign Traffic
on Line 2.D of Schedule 2. The spot market owner shall report as customer revenue the amount the buying
contracting service provider has agreed to pay for call completion service and as settlement payout the
payment that the selling contracting service provider in a foreign point requires to provide call completion
service for the call.
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in the foreign point in which the customer is located or a subscriber toll-free number in the United
States and entering a special code that gives the customer a U.S. dial-tone. The customer then
dials the telephone number in the destination foreign point.
81. The call consists of two components: an inbound leg from the customer in the
originating foreign point to the United States and a second, outbound leg from the United States
to the destination foreign point. A U.S. International Service Provider shall report each leg of a
country-beyond service call separately, because the provider makes a settlement payout for each
leg. It shall classify each leg as U.S.-Billed ICS. Classify the inbound leg by the foreign point in
which the call originated, and the outbound leg shall be classified by the foreign point in which
the call terminated. Divide the total customer revenue between the inbound and outbound legs in
a way that is consistent with the cost basis of the total amount billed to the calling party. Report
minutes and settlement payouts for each leg.
82. Call-back service refers to an arrangement in which a customer in a foreign point uses
foreign facilities to dial a pre-assigned telephone number in the United States. The call is not
completed, but the presence of signaling information triggers a call back to the customer, who
receives a dial tone from the U.S. International Service Provider's switch. The customer can then
place a call via the outbound switched service of the U.S. International Service Provider.
Customers also may arrange to make U.S.-Billed ICS calls between foreign points using an
Internet website to set up the call. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, U.S. International
Service Providers shall report all arrangements for U.S.-Billed ICS calls between foreign points
in the same way as described above for country-beyond service.
(v)
Country-Direct and Related Services
83. Country-direct service is ICS provided by a U.S. International Service Provider to a
customer located in a foreign point in which case the customer, using a credit card or calling card
issued by the U.S. International Service Provider, calls a telephone number in the United States.
The customer accesses country-direct service by dialing a local telephone number in the foreign
point in which the customer is located or a toll free number in the United States and entering a
special code that gives the customer a U.S. dial tone. The customer then dials the number of the
called party in the United States.
84. There is only one international leg to a country-direct service call (an inbound leg
from the customer in the originating foreign point to the called party in the United States). The
U.S. International Service Provider shall report the call as U.S.-Billed ICS.
85. U.S. International Service Providers shall report call-back service that terminates in
the United States, as well as other arrangements in which U.S.-Billed ICS calls to the United
States are arranged from a foreign point, in the same way as described above for country-direct
service.
2.
Reporting of International Private Line Service (Schedule 3)
86. This section describes the reporting requirements for International Private Line
Service. International Private Line Service is defined as private line service between the United
States and a foreign point. Private line service refers to making available to a customer on a
common carrier basis a circuit for a specified period of time for the customer's exclusive use. A
circuit refers to a path for electromagnetic transmission of information between two or more
points, including transmission by submarine or terrestrial cable, satellite, wire, or radio. In
addition to a dedicated channel, a service guarantee for electromagnetic transmission of
information between two or more points at an agreed-upon data speed is considered a circuit for
reporting International Private Line Service under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
International Private Line Service includes the provision on a common carrier basis of dedicated
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circuits using specialized transmission protocols, such as frame relay, asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM), Internet Protocol (IP), or other packet-switching technologies.
87. In traditional arrangements, in which a U.S. International Carrier provides
International Private Line Service over facilities jointly owned with a Foreign Carrier (called a
“foreign correspondent”), the U.S. portion of the international circuit terminates at the
“theoretical midpoint” between the United States and the destination foreign point. The
remaining half of the international private line, from the theoretical midpoint to the foreign point,
is provided by the U.S. International Carrier's foreign correspondent. 52 The U.S. International
Carrier and the Foreign Carrier may bill the customer separately for their half of the service.
Alternately, one of the carriers may bill the customer on behalf of both carriers and share half the
revenue with its correspondent. In non-traditional arrangements, however, a carrier may provide
International Private Line Service over an international circuit that it wholly owns or leases,
interconnecting with a correspondent carrier at a cable landing station or other interconnection
point.
88. Any U.S. International Carrier that provides International Private Line Service
through ownership, indefeasible-right-of-user, or leasehold interest in bare capacity in the U.S.
end of an international facility – regardless of whether the underlying facility is a common carrier
or non-common carrier facility – shall report International Private Line Service statistics for the
reporting period on Schedule 3 as “Service Provided over Facilities Circuits.” A U.S.
International Carrier that provides International Private Line Service through a lease on a
common carrier basis of circuits from a U.S. International Carrier shall report International
Private Line Service statistics for the reporting period on Schedule 3 as “Service Provided over
Resold Circuits.”
89. The level of geographical aggregation for data to be reported for International
Private Line Service is described in paragraphs 93-96 and 100. The service data to be filed for
International Private Line Service is described in paragraphs 101-112 and 127-132.
3.
Reporting of International Miscellaneous Services (Schedule 4)
90. This section describes the reporting requirements for International Miscellaneous
Services provided by U.S. International Carriers. Carriers shall report statistics for each
International Miscellaneous Service that they provided during the reporting period, except as
described below.
91. International Miscellaneous Service refers to any International Telecommunications
Service other than ICS and International Private Line Service. International Miscellaneous Services
include high-speed data network services between the United States and a foreign point that are
provided on a common carrier basis, except for components of such services that are provided to an
individual customer as dedicated U.S. international circuits (and thus classifiable as International
Private Line Service). Examples of high-speed data network services that may be classifiable as an
International Miscellaneous Service are Frame Relay, ATM, IP, and other packet-switched
services that are offered on a common carrier basis between the United States and a foreign point.
Other common carrier services that may be classifiable as an International Miscellaneous Service
include switched video service, occasional television service, and point-to-multipoint satellite
service offered between the United States and a foreign point.
92. U.S. International Carriers must file data for each International Miscellaneous
Service provided during the reporting period on Schedule 4, as indicated on that schedule, except
in the case in which customer revenue for the International Miscellaneous Service was less than
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$5 million for the reporting period. A U.S. International Carrier shall report revenue separately
for each International Miscellaneous Service that it provides. For each International
Miscellaneous Service, revenue for all foreign points shall be aggregated and reported on a
world-total basis. No adjustments to revenue shall be made to reflect payments to other carriers,
whether U.S. or foreign. More information about service data to be filed for International
Miscellaneous Services is provided in paragraphs 101-112 and 133.
C.
Reporting by Foreign Point
93. U.S. International Service Providers that are required to file Schedules 1 or 3 shall
provide information on those Schedules by foreign point. The foreign points for which statistics
shall be aggregated for section 43.62 reporting purposes are listed in Table 3 of the FCC’s
publication International Points Used for FCC Part 43 Reporting Purposes (International
Points). 53 Typically, foreign points listed in Table 3 are foreign countries together with their
territories, although there may be some foreign points that are not countries (e.g., Antarctica) and
there are other exceptions.
94. Table 1 of the International Points contains a comprehensive list of international
points. Table 2 shows the international points that must be consolidated for section 43.62
reporting purposes. For example, in Table 1, Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are listed
separately. Table 2 indicates that statistics for traffic between Dubai and the United States shall
be consolidated with statistics for traffic between the United Arab Emirates and the United States
for section 43.62 reporting purposes.
95. Schedules 1 and 3 of the Traffic and Revenue Report contain entries for each foreign
point identified in Table 3 of International Points. See Appendix D.
96. U.S. International Service Providers shall provide data only for foreign points listed
in Table 3, and shall not show multiple entries for the same foreign point (e.g., by providing
separate statistics for traffic that terminates in different regions of a foreign point). Do not
provide data for foreign points listed in Table 3 not served during the reporting period. Leave
such rows blank on Schedules 1 and 3.
1.
Identification of Foreign Points for ICS Reporting
97. For reporting on Schedule 1, the U.S. International Service Provider shall report
statistics (minutes, customer revenue, and settlement payouts) for all U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
calls by the foreign point to which it agreed to provide ICS to the U.S.-billed party, rather than by
an intermediate foreign point through which it arranges reorigination or transit of the ICS call.
Classify payments made to a service provider in an intermediate point for reorigination or transit
as settlement payouts and report these amounts on Schedule 1 by the destination foreign point,
not the intermediate foreign point.
98. For Foreign-Billed ICS calls, a U.S. International Service Provider will know the
foreign point for which it has agreed to provide call completion services to the United States, but
not necessarily the ultimate foreign point in which the ICS customer is billed. For reporting on
Schedule 1, the U.S. International Service Provider shall report statistics (minutes and settlement
receipts) for all Foreign-Billed ICS calls by the foreign point for which it has agreed to provide
International Call Completion Service to the United States.
99. Neither ICS Resale nor Traditional Transiting ICS is reported by foreign point. Data
for these categories are provided on a world-total basis only, on Schedule 2.
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Identification of Foreign Points for International Private Line
Service
100. The level of geographical aggregation for data to be reported for International
Private Line Service depends on whether the service is provided over a Facilities Circuit or a
Resold Circuit. A Facilities Circuit refers to a circuit that a U.S. International Carrier obtains
through ownership or a non-common carrier lease. A Resold Circuit refers to a circuit that a U.S.
International Carrier obtains as a lease on a common carrier basis. U.S. International Carriers
shall report service data for International Private Line Service that is provided over Facilities
Circuits on Schedule 3 by foreign point. A description of how to assign International Private
Line Service by foreign point in cases in which service is provided to more than one foreign point
is provided in paragraph 132. Report International Private Line Service that is provided over
Resold Circuits on Schedule 3 on a world-total basis.
D.
International Service Data – Technical Descriptions and Additional Filing
Requirements
101. A general description of international service data to be filed is contained in section
III-B (“Reporting of International Telecommunications Service and International VoIP Service
Connected to the PSTN”). This section supplements section III-B with technical descriptions of
the international service data to be filed and includes additional filing requirements.
1.
Customer Revenue
a.
General Matters
102. Customer revenue refers to revenue billed for the provision of U.S.-Billed Facilities
ICS, ICS Resale, Traditional Transiting ICS, International Private Line Service, and International
Miscellaneous Services, including revenues derived from the connection, activation, provision,
and termination of such services, unadjusted for uncollectibles. U.S. International Service
Providers must report customer revenue for the various international services that they provided
during the reporting period, as indicated on Schedules 1 through 4 of the Traffic and Revenue
Report. They must report customer revenue on an accrual basis of accounting rather than a cash
basis, as explained in paragraph 22 above. In addition, they must follow certain other guidelines
in reporting customer revenue.
103. Do not reduce customer revenue to reflect settlement payouts.
104. Include in customer revenue any surcharges on international services recorded as
revenue in the company books of account, including all surcharges associated with the
termination of ICS calls on foreign mobile networks (“mobile surcharges”).
105. Exclude from customer revenue any surcharges on international services that are not
recorded as revenue in the company books of account. Where a U.S. International Service
Provider includes a charge on a customer bill that is recorded on its books as revenues and that it
represents as being for the purpose of recovering or collecting contributions to federal or state
universal service support mechanisms, it shall report such amounts in its section 43.62 reports as
customer revenue. Also, it must include in customer revenue any surcharges that it books as
revenue but remits to a non-government third party under contract.
106. Reflect in customer revenue all discounts that a U.S. International Service Provider
extends to customers, including any discounts that are calculated after individual calls, facilities,
or services are rated, e.g., discounts that are calculated based on the total amount of billed
services or the total amount of billed international services.
107. Do not treat as revenue reductions the costs of promotional items, such as telephone
sets, frequent flyer miles, or merchandise credit. They are marketing expenses. The only
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exception is where a U.S. International Service Provider issues credits or coupons for the
purchase of future telecommunications services as a promotional item. In such a case, the U.S.
International Service Provider must recognize an adjustment to revenue, the value of which is
based on actuarial predictions of actual customer use of the credits, at the time it issues the
coupon or credit.
b.
Allocation Procedures for Customer Revenue
108. In some cases, a U.S. International Service Provider may not be able to directly
identify customer revenue associated with reportable section 43.62 services, as required on
schedules 1 through 4, or with individual foreign points, as required on schedules 1 and 3. For
example, a U.S. International Service Provider may charge a monthly fee for a combined
domestic and international calling plan 54 or for an international calling plan to multiple foreign
points. Customer revenue that is associated with reportable section 43.62 services or with
individual foreign points but that cannot be directly identified is termed Non-Route-Specific
Revenue. All Non-Route-Specific Revenue for U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS shall be fully allocated
among the foreign points listed in Schedule 1, as described below.
109. In all cases in which customer revenue cannot be directly identified, the U.S.
International Service Provider shall make an allocation to customer revenue based on costcausation principles or, if that is not possible, by other reasonable allocation methods, such as the
application of allocation factors based on proportional revenue or usage. For example, if a U.S.
International Service Provider charges a monthly fee for a combined domestic and international
calling plan, it could allocate a portion of the monthly fee to ICS customer revenue based on the
difference between the monthly fee for the combined plan and the monthly fee for a comparable
calling plan that is limited to domestic calling, if such a comparable plan were available to
customers (cost-causation). If a comparable domestic-only plan were not available, it could
allocate a portion of the monthly fee to ICS customer revenue by multiplying the monthly fee by
the ratio of directly identifiable international charges billed under the calling plan to the total
directly identifiable charges billed under the calling plan; or by the ratio of international minutes
used under the plan to the total minutes used under the plan (proportional revenue or usage).
Using the same allocation principles, it could further allocate the monthly fee allocated to ICS
customer revenue between Facilities ICS and ICS Resale and, for Facilities ICS, among the
foreign points.
110. In allocating customer revenue, comply with the standards of accuracy described in
paragraph 23 above and fully document the allocations and their basis and maintain them for
inspection, as described in paragraph 27.
111. Report on Schedule 2, Line 1.NR, the percentage of customer revenue for U.S.Billed ICS that is Non-Route-Specific Revenue. If the percentage is zero, report zero on Line
1.NR. Include Non-Route-Specific Revenue for ICS Resale (i.e., U.S.-Billed ICS terminated
through resale arrangements) in the calculations, even though ICS Resale is not reported by
foreign point under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
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A calling plan refers to an arrangement under which a service provider offers its customers, in return for
the payment of a monthly recurring charge, more favorable terms for making long-distance or international
calls than are available on its standard rate schedule. Calling plans typically cover a one-month period and,
once selected, are in effect indefinitely, so long as the customer continues to pay the recurring charges.
Some international calling plans offer customers reduced per-minute calling rates to one or more foreign
points. Other plans offer the customer a fixed number of minutes of international calling each month or an
unlimited number of minutes of international calling in return for a fixed monthly charge. Some calling
plans offer a mixture of domestic and international calling.
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112. Where CMRS customers pay separately stated toll charges for ICS calls in addition
to airtime and roaming charges, do not report airtime and roaming charges as part of customer
revenues for ICS.
2.
ICS Data to be Filed (Schedules 1 and 2)
a.
Facilities ICS Minutes
113. U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes reportable on Schedules 1 and 2 differ slightly.
On Schedule 1, U.S. International Service Providers are required to report “U.S.-Billed Facilities
ICS – Minutes Completed on Foreign Networks” (columns (b) through (d)). On Schedule 2, U.S.
International Service Providers are required to report “Minutes” for “U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS –
by Routing Arrangement” (Line 1.A) and include these amounts in “U.S.-Billed ICS – by
Customer Category” (Lines 2.A through 2.D). U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes reportable on
Schedule 2 are minutes billed to customers, not minutes completed on foreign networks. Because
of differences in unit billing increments, minutes completed on foreign networks may not exactly
equal customer-billed minutes. Therefore, the amounts of U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes
reported on Schedule 1 may differ slightly from the amounts of Facilities ICS minutes reported
on Schedule 2. In particular, “Total Minutes Completed on Foreign Networks – World Total”
(Schedule 1, column d, bottom row) may differ slightly from “Total U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS” –
“Minutes” (Schedule 2, Line 1.A).
114. In some cases, a U.S. International Service Provider may complete U.S.-Billed
Facilities ICS calls on foreign networks free of charge or may provide call completion services
for Foreign-Billed ICS calls free of charge. In such cases, include U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
minutes for calls completed free of charge in the amounts on Schedule 1 for minutes completed
on foreign networks (columns (b) through (d)). Also, report U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS minutes
for calls completed free of charge on a world-total basis as “Uncompensated Call Completion
Services – U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS” on Schedule 1 (cell (j)). Include Foreign-Billed ICS
minutes for calls completed free of charge in the amounts on Schedule 1 for Foreign-Billed ICS
minutes (column (h)). Also, report Foreign-Billed ICS minutes for calls completed free of charge
on a world-total basis as “Uncompensated Call Completion Services – Foreign-Billed ICS” on
Schedule 1 (cell (k)).
b.
U.S.-Billed ICS Revenues
115. The amount of customer revenue for “Total U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS” on Schedule
2 (Line 1.A) must match the amount of customer revenue for U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS (column
(a)) for “World Total” on Schedule 1.
(i)
Identification of Facilities ICS and ICS Resale
Revenue
116. If a U.S. International Service Provider provides ICS to a foreign point using a
combination of Facilities ICS and ICS Resale, it may be unable to identify customer revenue,
which is derived from customer billing records, as either Facilities ICS or ICS Resale, which are
routing arrangements. In such a case, allocate customer revenue for each foreign point between
Facilities ICS and ICS Resale based on the relative proportion of minutes completed to the
foreign point under each routing arrangement. 55
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For Facilities ICS routing arrangements to each foreign point, service providers should use “Total
Minutes Completed on Foreign Networks” (column (d)) on Schedule 1. For ICS Resale routing
arrangements to each foreign point, service providers should use their own internal records. (Minutes
terminated to individual foreign points under ICS Resale routing arrangements are not reportable items
under section 43.62 and do not appear on any section 43.62 schedule.)
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Prepaid Calling Card Services
117. A prepaid calling card service is a card, device, or arrangement that provides
consumers the ability to place long-distance calls without presubscribing to an interexchange
carrier or using a credit card by allowing users to pay in advance for a specified amount of
calling. 56 In order to ensure that unused or forfeited balances on prepaid calling card services are
reflected in the calculation of customer revenue, prepaid calling card service providers 57 of ICS
shall calculate customer revenue from prepaid calling card services by applying an adjustment
factor to revenue from prepaid calling card services provided during the reporting period. They
must calculate the adjustment factor by dividing total revenue from the sale of prepaid calling
card services during the reporting period by the total revenue billed for prepaid calling card
services provided during the reporting period. They must treat the amount of the adjustment as
Non-Route-Specific Revenue and fully allocate it among the foreign points listed in Schedule 1.
c.
Disaggregation of ICS Minutes and Revenues by Customer
Category
118. On Schedule 2, U.S. International Service Providers providing U.S.-Billed ICS shall
disaggregate U.S.-Billed ICS minutes and revenues by the following categories of customers:
residential and mass market customers (Line 2.A); business and government customers (Line
2.B); U.S. resellers (Line 2.C); and Reoriginated Foreign Traffic (Line 2.D). Report on Line 2.T
the total minutes and revenues for all categories of customers (Lines 2.A + 2.B + 2.C + 2.D).
119. To the extent that a U.S. International Service Provider treats small businesses or
other non-residential entities as residential customers (e.g., by charging them the same rates for
service as residential customers), or finds it difficult to distinguish them from residential
customers, it may include them in the category “residential and mass market customers” for the
purpose of this disaggregation. The term “business and government customers” refers to all
customers that are not residential and mass market customers and are not service providers.
120. A U.S. International Service Provider providing Facilities ICS to other U.S.
International Service Providers for resale shall include data for such service in statistics for
Facilities ICS in Schedules 1 and 2. On Schedule 2, a U.S. International Service Provider
providing Facilities ICS to other U.S. International Service Providers for resale shall include data
for such service in “Total U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS” (Line 1.A) and “U.S. Resellers” (Line 2.C).
121. Note that minutes and revenues for “Total U.S.-Billed ICS – By Routing
Arrangement” (Line 1.T on Schedule 2) must equal minutes and revenues, respectively, for
“Total U.S.-Billed ICS – By Customer Category” (Line 2.T on Schedule 2).
56
Additional features, functions, or capabilities available in conjunction with the calling card service are
not included in the definition of prepaid calling card service.
57
A prepaid calling card service provider refers to any person or entity that provides telecommunications
service to consumers through the use of a prepaid calling card service. The prepaid calling card service
provider is the entity that manages the personal identification numbers (PINs) and controls the number of
minutes for which the service can be used. The Form 499-A Instructions define a prepaid calling card
service provider as providing “prepaid calling card services by selling prepaid calling cards to the public, to
distributors or to retailers. Prepaid calling card providers provide consumers the ability to place longdistance calls without presubscribing to an interexchange carrier or using a credit card. Prepaid calling card
providers typically resell the toll service of other carriers and determine the price of the service by setting
the price of the card, assigning personal identification numbers (PINs) and controlling the number of
minutes that the card can be used for.” See Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A, p.
14, at http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form499-A/499a-2010.pdf.
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Reporting of Settlement Payouts and Receipts
122. A settlement payout is the expense (including any transiting fees) that a U.S.
International Service Provider incurs for International Call Completion Service to a foreign point
obtained from a Foreign Service Provider. A settlement receipt is the revenue that a U.S.
International Service Provider bills for International Call Completion Service to the United States
provided to a Foreign Service Provider.
123. In reporting settlement payouts or settlement receipts, do not net expenses incurred
for call completion services against revenue billed for call completion services, even if payments
to or from foreign correspondents for call completion services are made based on a netting of
these amounts.
124. Settlement agreements may be denominated in dollars, foreign currency units, or
other monetary measures. For section 43.62 reporting purposes, however, U.S. International
Service Providers must state settlement payouts and settlement receipts on Schedule 1 in U.S.
dollars, regardless of the terms of the settlement agreements or industry practices. In making
such conversions, they must apply the currency conversion rates that prevailed at the time of
settlement with their foreign correspondents.
125. Include as settlement payouts any fees, taxes, or other charges (including any
surcharges associated with the completion of calls on foreign mobile networks) incurred for
International Call Completion Service to a foreign point provided by a Foreign Service Provider.
126. Do not include as settlement payouts the cost of any international or foreign
facilities owned or leased to facilitate call completion of ICS traffic.
3.
International Private Line Service Data to be Filed (Schedule 3)
127. U.S. International Carriers providing International Private Line Service must report
customer revenue and circuit data for the U.S. end of all International Private Line Service provided
during the reporting period, as indicated on Schedule 3.
a.
Reporting of International Private Line Service by 64
kilobits per second Equivalent Circuits
128. U.S. International Carriers must report the total capacity of the circuits used for
International Private Line Service that they provided to customers on December 31 of the
reporting period. Report the total capacity as the number of 64 kilobits per second (kbps) circuits
that are equivalent to the total capacity of the circuits used to provide service. Do not report the
number of leases, contracts or actual number of lines. Also, do not attempt to convert part-day
leases into equivalent full-day circuits, but report a circuit leased by a customer for specific hours
on December 31 as a single circuit.
129. U.S. International Carriers shall calculate the number of equivalent 64 kbps circuits
for each foreign point by converting the total bandwidth of circuits it had leased to customers for
each foreign point using a conversion factor for the facility transmission standard associated with
each circuit. The conversion factor for various facility transmission standards is based on 64 kbps
for one voice-equivalent channel and is listed below in Figure 3. Assign equivalent 64 kbps
circuits for International Private Line Service connecting a U.S. point to several foreign points,
e.g., over an international data network, to each foreign point based on the proportion of
equivalent 64 kbps circuit connection points in each of the foreign points.
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Figure 3
64 Kbps Conversion Table
Facility Transmission Standard
Voice Grade or DS0
T1 or DS1
E1
DS3
18 MHz
24 MHz
36 MHz
OC-1
OC-3
OC-12
OC-24
OC-48
OC-192
STM -1
STM-4
STM-16
1 Gbps
2.5 Gbps
5 Gbps
10 Gbps
b.
64 Kbps equivalents
1
24
30
630
315
420
630
630
1,890
7,560
15,120
30,240
120,960
1,890
7,560
30,240
12,096
30,240
60,480
120,960
Reporting of International Private Line Service Revenues
130. For International Private Line Service provided under a joint operating agreement
with a Foreign Carrier, U.S. International Carriers shall report as customer revenue the amount of
billed revenue associated with the U.S. half of International Private Line Service, including any
revenue billed by a Foreign Carrier on behalf of the U.S. International Carrier (e.g., if the
customer is located in a foreign point). Do not include in revenues for International Private Line
Service any billings made on behalf of Foreign Carriers for service associated with the foreign
half of the International Private Line Service. In cases where a U.S. International Carrier
provides an International Private Line Service over a wholly owned or leased circuit, it shall
report one-half of the revenue associated with the international portion of the International Private
Line Service as customer revenue.
131. Carriers shall exclude revenue associated with the U.S. local access and longdistance portion of International Private Line Service, regardless of whether these services are
provided by it or another carrier, or billed by it on behalf of another carrier.
132. Report as revenue the total revenues for International Private Line Service rendered
during the preceding calendar year, even if no lease was in effect at the end of the year and the
circuit was not included in the December 31 line count. Where lease or billing periods overlap
the calendar year, apportion the billed amounts between years based on the number of days of
service in each year. Assign revenue for International Private Line Service connecting a U.S.
point to several foreign points, e.g., over an international data network, to each of the foreign
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points based on the relative proportion of equivalent 64 kbps circuit connection points in each of
the foreign points.
4.
International Miscellaneous Services Data to be Filed (Schedule 4)
133. On Schedule 4, U.S. International Carriers shall report the name of each
International Miscellaneous Service with customer revenue of at least $5 million that they
provided during the reporting period, describe each service, and report the world-total customer
revenue for each service. As released with this Filing Manual, Schedule 4 is formatted to accept
filing information for six separate International Miscellaneous Services. U.S. International
Carriers with additional International Miscellaneous Services shall report the required
information for each additional service using the same format as Schedule 4.
IV.
ANNUAL CIRCUIT CAPACITY REPORT
134. Section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules requires common carriers, non-common
carrier satellite licensees, and submarine cable landing licensees to file certain information about
international circuits that they own or, in some cases, lease. 58 There are separate filing
requirements for:
•
International terrestrial and satellite circuits.
•
International submarine cable capacity – cable operators.
•
International submarine cable capacity – capacity holders.
Each Filing Entity must file the required circuit data as indicated on the Circuit Capacity Report.
A.
Circuit Capacity Report – International Terrestrial and Satellite Circuits
135. Each facilities-based common carrier shall report a world-total count of active (used
or leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31 of the reporting period in any terrestrial
or satellite transmission facility for the provision of service to an end-user or resale carrier, which
includes active circuits to itself or to its affiliates. 59 A facilities-based common carrier is defined
as a common carrier that holds an ownership, indefeasible-right-of-user, or leasehold interest in
bare capacity in the U.S. end of an international facility regardless of whether the underlying
facility is a common carrier or non-common carrier facility. 60 The world-total count shall be
provided separately for terrestrial and satellite transmission facilities. In addition, non-common
carrier satellite operators shall report a world-total count of circuits sold or leased to any customer
as of December 31 of the reporting period, including themselves or their affiliates, other than an
international common carrier authorized by the Commission to provide U.S. international
common carrier services. “Active circuits” for these purposes include backup and redundant
circuits. Whether circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not relevant in determining
that they are active circuits. All circuits are to be reported as 64 kbps equivalent circuits, as
described in Figure 3 of the Filing Manual.
58
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a).
59
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(1). See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.1156(b).
60
47 C.F.R. § 63.09(a).
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Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity
1.
Cable Operators
61
136. Licensees of a submarine cable extending between the United States and a foreign
point 62 as of December 31 of the reporting period shall report the available capacity and planned
capacity of the cable, except as noted below. 63 Available capacity is all of the capacity currently
available on the cable using equipment currently used on the cable, where “currently” means
December 31 of the reporting period. Planned capacity is the entire intended capacity of the
cable two years out from the reporting date (December 31 of the reporting period plus two years)
based on the plans for upgrades to the technology used on the cable. The available capacity shall
be reported in column (a) of the Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable
Capacity – Cable Operators and the planned capacity shall be reported in column (b). The
capacity data shall be reported in Gbps rounded to one decimal place.
137. Where there are multiple licensees for a cable, only one cable landing licensee may
file the capacity data for that cable. The licensees shall determine which licensee will file the
capacity data for that submarine cable. For simplicity, the licensee that files data on available and
planned capacity is identified as the “Cable Operator” in the Circuit Capacity Report –
International Submarine Cable Capacity – Cable Operators, although the reporting licensee need
not be the actual cable operator.
2.
Capacity Holders
138. Each cable landing licensee and common carrier that holds capacity on the U.S. end
of a submarine cable extending between the United States and a foreign point as of December 31
of the reporting period (“capacity holders”) shall report its available capacity on the U.S. end of
every submarine cable between the United States and any foreign point on which it holds capacity
as of that date. 64 A holding of capacity is an interest in the U.S. end of an international submarine
cable through cable ownership, an indefeasible right of use (IRU), or an inter-carrier lease (ICL).
For section 43.62 reporting purposes, an ICL is a lease of bare capacity between one capacity
holder and another. Each capacity holder shall calculate its available capacity as the sum of (1)
cable ownership; (2) the net of IRUs leased from other capacity holders less IRUs leased to other
capacity holders; and (3) the net of ICLs leased from other capacity holders less ICLs leased to
other capacity holders. Capacity holders shall report cable ownership in column (a); net IRUs in
column (b); net ICLs in column (c); and the sum of columns (a) through (c) as net capacity held,
in column (d) of the Circuit Capacity Report – International Submarine Cable Capacity –
Capacity Holders. All capacity data shall be reported in STM-1 (Synchronous Transport Module
61
The following entities are required to be licensees on a cable landing license: (1) any entity that owns or
controls a cable landing station in the United States; and (2) all other entities owning or controlling a five
percent (5%) or greater interest in the cable system and using the U.S. points of the cable system. 47
C.F.R. § 1.767(h).
62
The international submarine cables subject to this requirement are those that connect the United States
with foreign points. Capacity on domestic submarine cables – submarine cables that only connect points
within the United States, such as cable connecting the Hawaiian Islands or Alaska to the conterminous
United States – does not need to be reported. Second Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd at 604-605, ¶ 100
n.173.
63
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(2)(i).
64
47 C.F.R. § 43.62(a)(2)(ii).
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level-1) 65 units, the standard commercial unit for the sale and leasing of capacity, rounded to one
decimal place.
139. Capacity holders shall also categorize net capacity held, i.e., column (d), on each
cable as either activated or non-activated capacity. Activated capacity consists of capacity used
for providing services or facilities to customers (on either a common carrier or non-common
carrier basis); 66 capacity reserved for internal company use; capacity reserved for restoration
services; and unused capacity that is available for immediate use. Non-activated capacity is
unused capacity that is not available for immediate use. Capacity holders shall report activated
capacity in column (e) and non-activated capacity in column (f).
65
The STM-1 (Synchronous Transport Module level-1) is the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) ITU
Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) fiber optic network transmission standard, which has a
bit rate of 155.52 Mbps.
66
Capacity used for customers includes capacity used for ICS, international private lines, Internet service
provider and Internet backbone services, and other data or high-speed services.
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Appendix A: Section 43.62 Rules
§ 43.62 Reporting requirements for holders of international Section 214 authorizations and
providers of international services.
(a) Circuit Capacity Reports. Not later than March 31 of each year:
(1) Satellite and Terrestrial Circuits. Each facilities-based common carrier shall file a report
showing its active common carrier circuits between the United States and any foreign point as of
December 31 of the preceding calendar year in any terrestrial or satellite facility for the provision
of service to an end user or resale carrier, which includes active circuits used by themselves or
their affiliates. Each non-common carrier satellite licensee shall file a report showing its active
circuits between the United States and any foreign point as of December 31 of the preceding
calendar sold or leased to any customer, including themselves or their affiliates, other than a
carrier authorized by the Commission to provide U.S. international common carrier services.
(2) International Submarine Cable Capacity.
(i) The licensee(s) of a submarine cable between the United States and any foreign point shall
file a report showing the capacity of the submarine cable as of December 31 of the preceding
calendar year. The licensee(s) shall also file a report showing the planned capacity of the
submarine cable (the intended capacity of the submarine cable two years from December 31 of
the preceding calendar year). Only one cable landing licensee shall file the capacity data for each
submarine cable. For cables with more than one licensee, the licensees shall determine which
licensee will file the reports.
(ii) Each cable landing licensee and common carrier shall file a report showing its capacity on
submarine cables between the United States and any foreign point as of December 31 of the
preceding calendar year.
(b) Traffic and revenue reports.
(1) Not later than July 31 of each year, each person or entity that holds an authorization pursuant
to section 214 to provide international telecommunications service shall report whether it
provided international telecommunications services during the preceding calendar year.
(2) Not later than July 31 of each year, each common carrier engaged in providing international
telecommunications service, and each person or entity engaged in providing Voice over Internet
Protocol service connected to the public switched telephone network, between the United States
and any foreign point shall file a report with the Commission showing revenues, payouts, and
traffic for such international telecommunications service and Voice over Internet Protocol service
connected to the public switched telephone network provided during the preceding calendar year.
(3) Entities filing such reports shall submit a revised report by October 31 identifying and
correcting any inaccuracies included in the annual report exceeding one percent of the reported
figure.
NOTE TO PARAGRAPHS (a) and (b): United States is defined in section 3 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 153.
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(c) (1) A Registration Form, containing information about the filer, such as address, phone
number, email address, etc., shall be filed with each report filed pursuant to paragraphs (a) and
(b).
(2) The Registration Form shall include a certification enabling the filer to check a box to indicate
that the filer requests that its circuit capacity data or traffic and revenue data be treated as
confidential. If a filer checks that box, the Commission shall treat the data contained in the
accompanying report as confidential. Upon receipt of a request for inspection of such
information, the Commission shall notify the filer; at that point, the filer must justify continued
confidentiality of the information consistent with section 0.459(b) of the Commission’s rules.
(d) Filing Manual. Authority is delegated to the Chief, International Bureau to prepare
instructions and reporting requirements for the filing of these reports prepared and published as a
Filing Manual. The information required under this section shall be furnished in conformance
with the instructions and reporting requirements in the Filing Manual.
NOTE TO PARAGRAPH (d): The instructions and reporting requirements prepared by the Chief,
International Bureau, shall be consistent with the terms of Reporting Requirements for U.S.
Providers of International Telecommunications Services; Amendment of Part 43 of the
Commission’s Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112, Second Report and Order, FCC 13-6 (rel. January
15, 2013).
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Appendix B: Definitions
Capacity Holder refers to a cable landing licensee or common carrier that holds capacity on the
U.S. end of an international submarine cable as of December 31 of the reporting period. A
holding of capacity is an interest in the U.S. end of an international submarine cable through
cable ownership, an indefeasible right of use (IRU), or an inter-carrier lease (ICL).
Circuit refers to a path for electromagnetic transmission of information between two or more
points, including transmission by submarine or terrestrial cable, satellite, wire, or radio. In
addition to a dedicated channel, a service guarantee for electromagnetic transmission of
information between two or more points at an agreed-upon data speed is considered a circuit for
reporting International Private Line Service under section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules.
Country-Beyond Service is ICS provided and billed by a U.S. International Service Provider to a
customer located in a foreign point in which case the customer, using a credit card or calling card
issued by the U.S. International Service Provider, calls a telephone number in another foreign
point.
Country-Direct Service is ICS provided by a U.S. International Service Provider to a customer
located in a foreign point in which case the customer, using a credit card or calling card issued by
the U.S. International Service Provider, calls a telephone number in the United States.
Customer Revenue refers to revenue billed for the provision of U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS, ICS
Resale, Traditional Transiting ICS, International Private Line Service, and International
Miscellaneous Services, including revenues derived from the connection, activation, provision,
and termination of such services, unadjusted for uncollectibles.
End-User refers to a calling party or called party.
Facilities ICS refers to the provision of ICS through a commercial arrangement between a U.S.
International Service Provider and a Foreign Service Provider (including a foreign affiliate of the
U.S. International Service Provider) for International Call Completion Service.
Facilities-Based Common Carrier refers to a common carrier that holds an ownership,
indefeasible-right-of-user, or leasehold interest in bare capacity in the U.S. end of an international
facility, regardless of whether the underlying facility is a common carrier or non-common carrier
facility. 47 C.F.R. § 63.09 (a).
Filing Entity refers to a person or entity that is required to file information with the FCC
pursuant to section 43.62 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 43.62.
Foreign-Billed ICS refers to International Calling Service (ICS) that originates or terminates
with an end-user in the United States, and that is billed by a Foreign Service Provider.
Foreign Carrier refers to any entity that is authorized within a foreign country to engage in the
provision of international telecommunications services offered to the public in that country within
the meaning of the International Telecommunication Regulations, see Final Acts of the World
Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference, Melbourne, 1988 (WATTC-88), Art. 1,
which includes entities authorized to engage in the provision of domestic telecommunications
services if such carriers have the ability to originate or terminate telecommunications services to
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or from points outside their country. 47 C.F.R. § 63.09 (a). The term “Foreign Carrier” does not
refer to the nationality of the employees or owners of a communications entity. An affiliate of a
Foreign Carrier that operates in the United States as a common carrier is a U.S. Carrier.
Foreign Point refers to a foreign country or other geographic location outside the United States.
Foreign Service Provider refers to a Foreign Carrier; or any person or entity in a foreign point that
provides VoIP service connected to the PSTN in a foreign point or between a foreign point and the
United States; or any person or entity in a foreign point that provides International Call Completion
Service to a U.S. International Service Provider or obtains International Call Completion Service
from a U.S. International Service Provider.
ICS. See “International Calling Service.”
ICS Resale refers to the provision of U.S.-Billed ICS by a U.S. International Service Provider
through the resale of ICS purchased from another U.S. International Service Provider.
IMTS. See “International Message Telephone Service.”
Inter-Carrier Lease (ICL), for section 43.62 reporting purposes, refers to a lease of bare
capacity between one capacity holder and another.
Interconnected VoIP Service refers to a service that: (1) enables real-time, two-way voice
communications; (2) requires a broadband connection from the user’s location; (3) requires Internet
Protocol-compatible customer premise equipment; and (4) permits users generally to receive calls
that originate on the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and to terminate calls to the PSTN.
47 C.F.R. § 9.3.
International Call Completion Service refers to a service provided through commercial
arrangement between two service providers in which a service provider in Country A pays
another service provider to complete an International Calling Service (ICS) call to an end-user in
Country B. The service provider selling the service may be in Country A, Country B, or another
Country C. In some instances, International Call Completion Service may be provided or
obtained free of charge.
International Calling Service (ICS) refers to International Message Telephone Service (IMTS)
and International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN, including International Call Completion
Service for IMTS or International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN.
International Message Telephone Service (IMTS) refers to the provision of message telephone
service (MTS) between the United States and a foreign point. The term “message telephone
service” refers to the transmission and reception of speech and low-speed dial-up data over the
public switched telephone network (PSTN). For section 43.62 reporting purposes, IMTS includes
international services with dedicated access if the calls are routed through the PSTN in the United
States or a foreign point. International Call Completion Service for IMTS is included within the
definition of IMTS.
International Miscellaneous Service refers to any International Telecommunications Service other
than ICS and International Private Line Service.
International Private Line Service refers to private line service between the United States and a
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foreign point. Private line service refers to making available to a customer on a common carrier
basis a circuit for a specified period of time for the customer's exclusive use.
International Telecommunications Service refers to telecommunications service between the
United States and a foreign point. Section 3(46) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
47 U.S.C. § 153(46), defines telecommunications service as “the offering of telecommunications for
a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the
public, regardless of the facilities used” (i.e., the provision of telecommunications on a common
carriage basis).
International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN refers to service between the United States
and any foreign point that: (1) enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (2) requires a
broadband connection from the user’s location; (3) requires Internet Protocol-compatible customer
premise equipment; and (4) permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public
switched telephone network (PSTN) or to terminate calls to the PSTN. International VoIP Service
Connected to the PSTN consists of Interconnected VoIP Service and “one-way” VoIP services,
between the United States and any foreign point. (One-way VoIP services enable users to
terminate calls to the PSTN but do not permit users to receive calls that originate on the PSTN, or
enable users to receive calls from the PSTN but do not permit the user to make calls terminating
to the PSTN.) International Call Completion Service for International VoIP Service Connected to
the PSTN is included within the definition of International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN.
IRU. See “Indefeasible Right of Use.”
Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) refers to an indefeasible right to use facilities for a certain
period of time that is commensurate with the remaining useful life of the asset and that confers on
the grantee the vestiges of ownership.
Non-Route-Specific Revenue refers to customer revenue that is associated with reportable
section 43.62 services or with individual foreign points but that cannot be directly identified.
Reoriginated Foreign ICS refers to ICS traffic from a foreign point that is transmitted to the
United States for retransmission to a destination foreign point, but that is not handled as
Traditional Transiting ICS.
Settlement Payout refers to the expense (including any transiting fees) that a U.S. International
Service Provider incurs for International Call Completion Service to a foreign point obtained
from a Foreign Service Provider.
Settlement Receipt refers to the revenue that a U.S. International Service Provider bills for
International Call Completion Service to the United States provided to a Foreign Service
Provider.
Spot Market refers to a market where service providers can buy or sell call completion services for
immediate delivery.
Spot Market Customer refers to a service provider that enters into a contract to buy or sell call
completion services by interconnecting at a spot market point of presence.
Spot Market Owner refers to a person or entity that facilitates the transaction between Spot
Market Customers (who may not know each other’s identity) by physically interconnecting the
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customers and acting as their commercial intermediary.
Traditional Transiting ICS refers to ICS from a foreign point that (a) transits the United States
prior to completion at a foreign point and (b) is settled at a rate agreed upon by the Foreign Service
Provider in the origination foreign point and the Foreign Service Provider in the destination foreign
point. The U.S. International Service Provider that provides the transiting service is reimbursed for
its handling and transmission of the traffic by the Foreign Service Provider in the origination
foreign point.
United States refers to the several States and Territories, the District of Columbia, and the
possessions of the United States, but does not include the Canal Zone. 47 U.S.C. § 153.
U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS refers to U.S.-Billed ICS that a U.S. International Service Provider
provides as Facilities ICS.
U.S.-Billed ICS refers to an ICS call that originates or terminates in the United States and that is
billed by a U.S. International Service Provider to an end-user customer or to a U.S. International
Service Provider that is taking the service for resale; or a Reoriginated Foreign ICS call that is
billed by a U.S. International Service Provider to a Foreign Service Provider; or a country-beyond
call.
U.S. Carrier refers to a person or entity in the United States that provides telecommunications
services (i.e., telecommunications on a common carrier basis) in the United States or between the
United States and a foreign point or holds a U.S. section 214 license to do so. The term “U.S.
Carrier” does not refer to the nationality of the employees or owners of a communications entity.
An affiliate of a U.S. Carrier that operates in a foreign point as a common carrier is a Foreign
Carrier.
U.S. International Authorization Holder refers to a person or entity that has received
authorization from the FCC under section 214 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 214, to
provide International Telecommunications Service.
U.S. International Carrier refers to a person or entity in the United States that provides
International Telecommunications Service (i.e., telecommunications on a common carrier basis
between the United States and a foreign point) or holds a U.S. section 214 authorization to do so.
U.S. International Service Provider refers to a U.S. International Carrier or a person or entity in
the United States that provides VoIP service connected to the PSTN between the United States
and any foreign point (International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN). Included within the
definition of a U.S. International Service Provider is any person or entity in the United States that
provides International Call Completion Service to or from a foreign point for International
Message Telephone Service or International VoIP Service Connected to the PSTN.
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Appendix C: Registration Form
2014
Federal Communications Commission
Registration Form
1
Filing Date:
2
Reporting Period:
(enter calendar year)
3
Name and address of Filing Entity:
4
FCC Registration Number (FRN):
5
Filing Entity's Filer 499 ID, if any:
6
Preparer's name and contact Information
7
Check One:
Traffic and Revenue Report?
Circuit Capacity Report?
8
Check One:
New Report?
Revision to Existing Report?
Registration Form
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Registration Form
9
International Section 214 Authorizations
For first-time filers of the Traffic and Revenue Report or Circuit Capacity Report under section 43.62 of the
Commission's rules, list all international section 214 authorizations:
Initial List
For subsequent filings, list all additions and deletions to international section 214
authorizations during the reporting period:
Additions
Deletions
10
Satellite Licenses
For first-time filers of the Circuit Capacity Report under section 43.62 of the Commission's rules, list all
satellite licenses.
Initial List
For subsequent filings, list all additions and deletions to satellite licenses during the reporting period.
Additions
Deletions
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Registration Form
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Submarine Cable Landing Licenses
For first-time filers of the Circuit Capacity Report under section 43.62 of the Commission's rules, list all
submarine cable landing licenses:
Initial List
For subsequent filings, list all additions and deletions to submarine cable landing licenses during the
reporting period:
Additions
Deletions
12
Confidentiality
I certify that the data contained in the accompanying report 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 information contained in the report pursuant to section 0.459 of the
Commission's Rules.
Check if applicable:
Traffic and Revenue Report
Circuit Capacity Report
International Terrestrial & Satellite Circuits
International Submarine Cable Capacity
- Cable Operators
International Submarine Cable Capacity
- Capacity Holders
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Registration Form
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Certification
I certify that I am an officer of the above-named filing entity, that I have examined the accompanying report
and to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, all statements of fact contained in the report
are true and that the report is an accurate statement of the affairs of the above-named company for the
reporting period indicated above.
14
Signature
15
Printed name of officer or company official
16
Title of the certifying official:
17
Physical address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the certifying official:
18
Filing Entity’s official contact or attorney of record, including physical address,
telephone number and e-mail address:
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Appendix D: Traffic and Revenue Report (Services Checklist and
Schedules 1-4)
2014
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Traffic and Revenue Report
Services Checklist
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
(enter calendar year)
Check all of the following boxes that apply for the reporting period:
1
Provided no International Telecommunications Service or International VoIP Service connected to the PSTN;
If checked, do not file Schedules 1 through 4.
2
Provided U.S.-Billed Facilities International Calling Services (ICS).
If checked, include Schedule 1 and Schedule 2.
3
Provided Foreign-Billed Facilities ICS.
If checked, include Schedule 1.
4
Provided Traditional Transiting ICS to foreign carriers. If checked, include Schedule 2.
5.T
Provided ICS Resale.
5.A
Billed $5,000,000 or more in revenue for such service.
If checked, include Schedule 2.
5.B
Billed less than $5,000,000 in revenue for such service.
If checked, and Items 2, 3, and 4 are not checked, do not include Schedule 2.
If checked, and one or more of Items 2, 3, and 4 are checked, include Schedule 2.
6
Provided International Private Line Service.
If checked, include Schedule 3.
7.T
Provided International Miscellaneous Services.
7.A
Billed $5,000,000 or more in revenue for at least one such service.
If checked, include Schedule 4 for each such service.
7.B
Billed less than $5,000,000 in revenue for each such service.
If checked, do not include Schedule 4.
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Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 1
U.S.-Billed and Foreign-Billed Facilities ICS Traffic - By Foreign Point
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Foreign Point
Algeria
Angola
Ascension Island
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canary Island
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 1
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Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Foreign Point
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Africa
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Foreign Point
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
Chagos Archipelago
China
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Asia
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Foreign Point
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
French Antilles (except Guadeloupe)
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Netherlands Caribbean Special Municipalities
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Caribbean
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Foreign Point
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Georgia
Hungary
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Foreign Point
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Middle East
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
North and Central America
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Foreign Point
Australia
Christmas Island
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Samoa (Independent State of)
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Oceania
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
South America
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Foreign Point
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Holy See
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 1
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Foreign-Billed ICS
U.S.-Billed ICS
Region
Summary Region
Code
Code
0
0
1
1
Foreign Point
Antarctica
International Mobile Satellite Systems
Other Regions
11 World Total
Customer
Revenue
(a)
Settlement
Settlement
Payouts for
Payouts for
Call
Call
Minutes
Minutes
Total Minutes
Completed on Completed on Completed on Completion on Completion on
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Foreign
Foreign Fixed- Foreign Mobile
Networks
Networks
Line Networks
Networks
Line Networks
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
10
10
10
Uncompensated Call Completion Services
World-Total
Minutes
(j) U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
- Minutes completed on foreign networks for which there is no settlement payout:
(k) Foreign-Billed ICS
- Minutes for which there is no settlement receipt:
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Total
Settlement
Payouts
(g)
Minutes
(h)
Settlement
Receipts
(i)
Federal Communications Commission
2014
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 2
World-Total Data for U.S.-Billed and Traditional Transiting ICS
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
World-Totals
Minutes
1
2
3
Customer
Revenue
U.S.-Billed ICS – By Routing Arrangement
1.A
Total U.S.-Billed Facilities ICS
1.B
Total ICS Resale
1.T
Total U.S.-Billed ICS [ = 1.A + 1.B ]
1.NR
Percentage of Customer Revenue in Line 1.T
that is Non-Route-Specific Revenue
U.S.-Billed ICS – By Customer Category
2.A
Residential and Mass Market
2.B
Business and Government
2.C
U.S. Resellers
2.D
Reoriginated Foreign Traffic
2.T
Total U.S.-Billed ICS [ = 2.A + 2.B + 2.C + 2.D ]
Traditional Transiting ICS
3.T
Total
Note: Entries on Line 1.T should equal entries on Line 2.T.
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%
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Region
Code
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Algeria
Angola
Ascension Island
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canary Island
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 3
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Africa
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
Chagos Archipelago
China
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Asia
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Foreign Point
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
French Antilles (except Guadeloupe)
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Netherlands Caribbean Special Municipalities
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Caribbean
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Georgia
Hungary
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Middle East
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
North and Central America
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 3
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Australia
Christmas Island
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Samoa (Independent State of)
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Oceania
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
South America
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 3
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Region
Code
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Holy See
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 3
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2014
Federal Communications Commission
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 3
International Private Line Service
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Region
Summary
Code
Region
Code
International Private Line Services
Service Provided Over
Service Provided Over
Facilities Circuits
Resold Circuits
64 Kbps
64 Kbps
Customer
Equivalent
Customer
Equivalent
Revenue
Circuits
Revenue
Circuits
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Foreign Point
0
0
1
10 Antarctica
10 International Mobile Satellite Systems
10 Other Regions
1
11
World Total
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 3
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2014
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 4
International Miscellaneous Services
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
World-Total
Customer
Revenue
Miscellaneous Service # 1
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Miscellaneous Service # 2
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 4
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 4
International Miscellaneous Services
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
World-Total
Customer
Revenue
Miscellaneous Service # 3
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Miscellaneous Service # 4
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 4
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Traffic and Revenue Report
Schedule 4
International Miscellaneous Services
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
World-Total
Customer
Revenue
Miscellaneous Service # 5
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Miscellaneous Service # 6
1
Name of Miscellaneous Service
2
Description of Miscellaneous Service
3
Revenue for reporting period
Total Miscellaneous Service Revenue
Traffic and Revenue Report - Schedule 4
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Appendix E: Circuit Capacity Report
2014
Federal Communications Commission
Circuit Capacity Report
International Terrestrial and Satellite Circuits
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Terrestrial and Satellite World Total Active Circuits
64 Kbps
Equivalent Circuits
Terrestrial Common Carrier Active Circuits
Satellite Common Carrier Active Circuits
Satellite Non-Common Carrier Active Circuits
Total Circuits
Circuit Capacity Report
International Terrestrial and Satellite Circuits
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2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Cable Operators
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Cable Capacity
(a)
(b)
(Gpbs)
Available
Capacity
Planned
Capacity
Atlantic Region
Atlantic Crossing (AC-1)
Columbus III
Level 3
AC-2
TAT-14
FLAG Atlantic-1
Hibernia Atlantic
TGN-Atlantic
Apollo Cable
Emerald Express Cable System
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Atlantic Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Cable Operators
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Cable Operators
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Cable Capacity
(a)
(b)
(Gpbs)
Available
Capacity
Planned
Capacity
America Region
Taino-Carb
Antillas 1
BAHAMAS II
Pan American Cable System
AmeriCan-1
Americas II
PAC
Maya-1
GlobeNet
SAC
ARCOS-1
SAm-1
Bahamas Internet Cable Network (BICS)
SMPR-1
Global Caribbean Network (GCN)
Antilles Crossing
CFX-1 Cable System
Gemini Bermuda System
CB-1
America Movil Submarine Cable System (AMX1)
Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS)
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Americas Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Cable Operators
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Cable Operators
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Cable Capacity
(a)
(b)
(Gpbs)
Available
Capacity
Planned
Capacity
Pacific Region
PC-1
China-U.S. Cable Network
Southern Cross
Japan-U.S. Cable Network
Australia-Japan Cable (Guam)
TGN-Pacific
Trans-Pacific Express Cable System (TPE)
Telstra Endeavor
Asia America Gateway (AAG)
PPC 1
American Samoa Hawaii Cable
HANTRU1
Unity Cable System
Honotua Cable System
GOKI
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Pacific Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Cable Operators
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Capacity Holders
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Capacity Holdings
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Net Capacity Held
(d) = (a)+(b)+(c)
(d) = (e)+(f)
Activated
Capacity
Non-Activated
Capacity
(STM-1 Units)
Cable
Ownership
Net IRUs
Net Inter-Carrier
Leaseholds
Atlantic Region
Atlantic Crossing (AC-1)
Columbus III
Level 3
AC-2
TAT-14
FLAG Atlantic-1
Hibernia Atlantic
TGN-Atlantic
Apollo Cable
Emerald Express Cable System
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Atlantic Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Capacity Holders
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Capacity Holders
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Capacity Holdings
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Net Capacity Held
(d) = (a)+(b)+(c)
(d) = (e)+(f)
Activated
Capacity
Non-Activated
Capacity
(STM-1 Units)
Cable
Ownership
Net IRUs
Net Inter-Carrier
Leaseholds
America Region
Taino-Carb
Antillas 1
BAHAMAS II
Pan American Cable System
AmeriCan-1
Americas II
PAC
Maya-1
GlobeNet
SAC
ARCOS-1
SAm-1
Bahamas Internet Cable Network (BICS)
SMPR-1
Global Caribbean Network (GCN)
Antilles Crossing
CFX-1 Cable System
Gemini Bermuda System
CB-1
America Movil Submarine Cable System (AMX1)
Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS)
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Americas Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Capacity Holders
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Federal Communications Commission
2014
Circuit Capacity Report
International Submarine Cable Capacity
Capacity Holders
As of December 31 of the Reporting Period
Name of Filing Entity:
Filing Date:
Reporting Period:
Capacity Holdings
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Net Capacity Held
(d) = (a)+(b)+(c)
(d) = (e)+(f)
Activated
Capacity
Non-Activated
Capacity
(STM-1 Units)
Cable
Ownership
Net IRUs
Net Inter-Carrier
Leaseholds
Pacific Region
PC-1
China-U.S. Cable Network
Southern Cross
Japan-U.S. Cable Network
Australia-Japan Cable (Guam)
TGN-Pacific
Trans-Pacific Express Cable System (TPE)
Telstra Endeavor
Asia America Gateway (AAG)
PPC 1
American Samoa Hawaii Cable
HANTRU1
Unity Cable System
Honotua Cable System
GOKI
Other Cable (Enter Name)
Total Pacific Region
Circuit Capacity Report - International Submarine Cable Capacity - Capacity Holders
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