§ 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]

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