§ 63.17   Special provisions for U.S. international common carriers.

   (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by the terms of its Section 214
   certificate, a U.S. common carrier authorized under this part to
   provide international private line service, whether as a reseller or
   facilities-based carrier, may interconnect its authorized private lines
   to the public switched network on behalf of an end user customer for
   the end user customer's own use.

   (b) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, a U.S.
   common carrier, whether a reseller or facilities-based carrier, may
   engage in "switched hubbing" to countries provided the carrier complies
   with the following conditions:

   (1) U.S.-outbound switched traffic shall be routed over the carrier's
   authorized U.S. international circuits extending between the United
   States and a country that is exempt from the international settlements
   policy (i.e., the "hub" country), and then forwarded to the third
   country only by taking at published rates and reselling the
   international message telephone service (IMTS) of a carrier in the hub
   country;

   (2) U.S.-inbound switched traffic shall be carried to a country that is
   exempt from the international settlements policy (i.e., the "hub"
   country) as part of the IMTS traffic flow from a third country and then
   terminated in the United States over the carrier's authorized U.S.
   international circuits extending between the United States and the hub
   country.

   Note to paragraph (b): The Commission's list of international routes
   exempted from the international settlements policy is available on the
   International Bureau's World Wide Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/ib.

   (3) Authorized carriers filing tariffs pursuant to § § 61.19 or 61.28
   of this chapter that route U.S.-billed traffic via switched hubbing
   shall tariff their service on a "through" basis between the United
   States and the ultimate point of origination or termination;

   (4) No U.S. common carrier may engage in switched hubbing to or from a
   third country where it has an affiliation with a foreign carrier unless
   and until it has received authority to serve that country under
   § 63.18(e)(1), (e)(2), or (e)(3).

   [ 60 FR 67339 , Dec. 29, 1995, as amended at  61 FR 15728 , Apr. 9, 1996;
    63 FR 64754 , Dec. 9, 1997;  64 FR 19064 , Apr. 19, 1999;  66 FR 16881 ,
   Mar. 28, 2001;  67 FR 45390 , July 9, 2002;  69 FR 23154 , Apr. 28, 2004;
    78 FR 11112 , Feb. 15, 2013]

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