§  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.

   (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).

   [ 78 FR 15623 , Mar. 12, 2013]

   Effective Date Note: At  78 FR 15623 , Mar. 12, 2013, §  43.62 was added.
   This section contains information collection and recordkeeping
   requirements and will not become effective until approval has been
   given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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