§ 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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