§ 64.1195   Registration requirement.

   (a) Applicability. A telecommunications carrier that will provide interstate
   telecommunications service shall file the registration information described
   in paragraph (b) of this section in accordance with the procedures described
   in paragraphs (c) and (g) of this section. Any telecommunications carrier
   already providing interstate telecommunications service on the effective
   date of these rules shall submit the relevant portion of its FCC Form 499-A
   in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.

   (b) Information required for purposes of part 64. A telecommunications
   carrier  that  is  subject to the registration requirement pursuant to
   paragraph (a) of this section shall provide the following information:

   (1) The carrier's business name(s) and primary address;

   (2)  The names and business addresses of the carrier's chief executive
   officer, chairman, and president, or, in the event that a company does not
   have such executives, three similarly senior-level officials of the company;

   (3) The carrier's regulatory contact and/or designated agent;

   (4) All names that the carrier has used in the past; and

   (5) The state(s) in which the carrier provides telecommunications service.

   (c)  Submission  of  registration.  A  carrier  that is subject to the
   registration requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall
   submit  the  information described in paragraph (b) of this section in
   accordance with the Instructions to FCC Form 499-A. FCC Form 499-A must be
   submitted under oath and penalty of perjury.

   (d)  Rejection of registration. The Commission may reject or suspend a
   carrier's registration for any of the reasons identified in paragraphs (e)
   or (f) of this section.

   (e)  Revocation or suspension of operating authority. After notice and
   opportunity  to  respond,  the  Commission  may  revoke or suspend the
   authorization  of a carrier to provide service if the carrier provides
   materially  false  or  incomplete information in its FCC Form 499-A or
   otherwise fails to comply with paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.

   (f)  Imposition  of fine. After notice and opportunity to respond, the
   Commission  may  impose  a  fine  on  a carrier that is subject to the
   registration requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section if that
   carrier fails to submit an FCC Form 499-A in accordance with paragraphs (a),
   (b), and (c) of this section.

   (g) Changes in information. A carrier must notify the Commission of any
   changes  to the information provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
   section within no more than one week of the change. Carriers may satisfy
   this  requirement  by filing the relevant portion of FCC Form 499-A in
   accordance with the Instructions to such form.

   (h) Duty to confirm registration of other carriers. The Commission shall
   make available to the public a comprehensive listing of registrants and the
   information  that they have provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
   section. A telecommunications carrier providing telecommunications service
   for resale shall have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether a potential
   carrier-customer  (i.e., reseller) that is subject to the registration
   requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section has filed an FCC Form
   499-A   with   the  Commission  prior  to  offering  service  to  that
   carrier-customer. After notice and opportunity to respond, the Commission
   may impose a fine on a carrier for failure to confirm the registration
   status   of   a   potential  carrier-customer  before  providing  that
   carrier-customer with service.

   [ 66 FR 12894 , Mar. 1, 2001]

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