[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4918-4937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2615]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 43

[DA 95-1248 ]


Reporting Requirements for International Traffic Data

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Revised manual.

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SUMMARY: The Common Carrier Bureau adopted a revised filing manual for 
international traffic data. The new manual has a separate section that 
consolidates the filing requirements for pure resale carriers. While 
the new manual did not change these requirements, the consolidated 
section will make it easier for small businesses which primarily 
provide pure resale service to report. The new manual did change the 
reporting requirements for facilities based traffic, which is primarily 
provided by large businesses. In order to protect U.S. carriers' 
interests, the new manual allows carriers to report some information on 
a proprietary basis. Both facilities-based and pure resale carriers 
must use this manual to report message counts, minute counts, gross 
revenues, international settlements amounts, and retained revenues for 
international communications services. The manual was adopted June 6, 
1995 and approved by OMB.

DATES: Traffic data for the prior calendar year must be filed by July 
31.

ADDRESSES: The original transmittal letter only must be filed with the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. 
Traffic data must be filed with the FCC Common Carrier Bureau, Industry 
Analysis Division, Mail Stop 1600 F, 1919 M Street NW., Washington, 
D.C. 20554 and with the FCC's Contract Copier (Currently International 
Transcription Services, Inc.), Room 246, 1919 M Street NW., Washington 
D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Blake or Jim Lande, Common 
Carrier Bureau, Industry Analysis Division, (202) 418-0940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FCC Report 43.61

    Approved by OMB 3060-0106.
    Expires 08/31/98.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours Per Response: 24 Hours.

Manual for Filing Section 43.61 Data in Accordance With the FCC's Rules 
and Regulations

June 1995.
Notice to Individuals
    Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules requires all carriers 
providing international service to provide traffic and revenue data. 
The collection of Section 43.61 traffic data stems from the 
Commission's authority under the Communications Act of 1934, Sections 
4, 48, 48 Stat. 1066, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154 unless otherwise noted. 
Interpret or apply sections 211, 219, 48 Stat. 1073, 1077, as amended; 
47 U.S.C. 211, 219, 220.
    The foregoing Notice is required by the Privacy Act of 1974, Pub.L. 
93.579, December 31, 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(e)(3), and the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1980. Pub.L. 96-511, section 3504(c)(3).
    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 24 hours per response including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 

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suggestions for reducing the reporting burden to the Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Managing Director, Washington, DC 
20554.

Contents

Introduction

Section 1--Definitions and General Information

A. Carriers that must file International Telecommunications Service 
Data
B. International Points used for Reporting Purposes
C. Service Categories Used for Reporting Data
    1. International Message Telephone Service
    2. International Message Telegraph Service
    3. International Telex Service
    4. International Private Line Service
    5. Miscellaneous or Other International Service
D. Filing Country-by-Country data for Each U.S. Point Served
    1. Filing by U.S. Point
    2. Filing data on a Country-by Country Basis
E. Billing Codes
    1. Definition of Facilities-Based, Facilities Resale, and Pure 
Resale Service
    2. Switched and Miscellaneous or Other Services
    3. Private Line Service
    4. Table of Billing Codes
F. Measurement of Traffic and Revenues
    1. Message Services
    a. Message Service Traffic Measures
    b. Message Service Revenue and Settlement Information
    2. Private Line Services
    a. Number of Leased Circuits and Number of Equivalent Voice 
Grade Circuits
    b. Leased Circuit Revenue
    3. Miscellaneous or Other International Services
    4. Data Requirements Summarized by Service
G. Filing Procedures

Section 2--Diskette Format and Coding Instructions

A. Media and File Name for Traffic Data filed on Diskette
B. Record Formats
C. Filing Carrier Name Field
D. Year of Data Field
E. U.S. Point Served Field
F. International Point or Region Field
G. Service Code Field
H. Footnote Code Field and Comment Records
I. Description Field
J. Billing Code Field
K. Data elements #1 through #5 (Traffic, circuits, revenue and 
settlements information)
L. Example of a 43.61 report for a facilities-based carrier

Section 3--Simplified Instructions for Pure Resale Carriers

A. Definitions and Data to be Filed
B. Filing Procedures
C. Example of a 43.61 Report for Pure Resale Carrier
D. Example Check Sheet for International Points Served

Introduction

    This manual is organized in three sections. Section 1 defines 
international telecommunications service, explains the service 
categories, defines the data requirements, and contains filing 
instructions. Section 2 defines a computerized format, and explains 
specialized codes that facilities-based and facilities resale carriers 
must use for reporting data. Section 3 summarizes reporting 
requirements for pure resale switched services. Most pure resale 
carriers should be able to use Section 3 without reference to other 
parts of the manual.
    Section 43.61(a) of the FCC's Rules requires that each common 
carrier providing international telecommunications service between any 
U.S. point and any non U.S. point must file traffic and revenue 
data.1 This includes foreign carriers that serve a U.S. point as 
well as private carriers and carriers that provide non-tariffed 
international communications services. Section 43.61(b) mandates that 
carriers provide traffic and revenue data for each and every 
international service. Section 43.61(d) specifies that the traffic and 
revenue data must be furnished in accordance with this manual.

    \1\ 47 CFR 43.61.
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    The 43.61 international traffic reports contain traffic and revenue 
information for service between the United States and international 
points. The data are summarized in FCC statistical reports, are used to 
monitor the development and competitiveness of international 
telecommunications markets, and are used in the facilities planning 
process. In addition, the FCC uses this information to develop and 
support United States positions in discussions with foreign governments 
and international standards organizations, such as the International 
Telecommunications Union.
    The manual contains reporting requirements for facilities-based, 
facilities resale and pure resale services.2 Facilities-based 
services are provided by a carrier utilizing international circuits in 
which it has an ownership interest. Facilities Resale services are 
provided by a carrier utilizing non-switched international circuits 
leased from other reporting international carriers. Carriers must 
provide detailed data for both the facilities-based and facilities 
resale services that they provide. Pure resale services are switched 
services that are provided by reselling the international switched 
services of other carriers. Pure resale carriers may own domestic 
switches and circuits, but rely on other carriers to carry switched 
traffic between the United States and foreign points. Carriers must 
separately report facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale 
service. Section 3 contains simplified reporting requirements for pure 
resale carriers. Only pure resale switched service is accorded 
simplified reporting requirements.

    \2\ The definitions herein of facilities-based and facilities 
resale service are solely intended to govern reporting of 
international traffic data, and are not intended for any other 
purpose.
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    The public reporting burden for the revised manual is estimated to 
average 24 hours including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, preparing the report, and reviewing the collection of 
information. The 24 hours is a weighted average response time based on 
80 hours for 30 facilities-based carriers and 10 hours for 120 pure 
resellers. These figures represent the incremental reporting burden and 
do not include the time that carriers spend maintaining data for other 
purposes. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing the reporting burden to the Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Managing Director, Washington, DC 20554.

Section 1--Definitions and General Information

A. Carriers That Must File International Telecommunications Service 
Data

    Section 43.61(a) of the FCC's Rules requires that each common 
carrier providing international telecommunications service between any 
U.S. point and any non U.S. point must file traffic and revenue data. 
This includes foreign carriers that serve a U.S. point as well as 
private carriers and carriers that provide non-tariffed international 
communications services. Section 43.61(b) mandates that carriers 
provide traffic and revenue data for each and every international 
service. Section 43.61(d) specifies that the traffic and revenue data 
must be furnished in accordance with this manual.
    International traffic and revenue data must be reported in 
accordance with Section 43.61 of the Rules. Section 43.61(a) states 
that ``[e]ach common carrier engaged in providing international 
telecommunications service between the area comprising the continental 
United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and off-shore U.S. points and any 
country or point outside that area must file a report with the 
Commission not later than July 31 of each year for 

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service actually provided in the preceding calendar year.'' 
Telecommunications services allow the public to communicate by means of 
electronic signals transmitted by wire, radio, visual or other 
electromagnetic systems and can entail the carriage of traffic or the 
provision of dedicated communications channels. A service channel or 
circuit is a path for electronic transmission of information between 
two or more points. All common carriers must file international traffic 
data, regardless of whether service is offered pursuant to tariff.
    Enhanced services as defined by section 64.702 of the Commission's 
rules are exempt from the section 43.61 filing requirements. Enhanced 
services incorporate code and protocol conversion, information 
provision or information processing as a fundamental part of the 
service purchased by the customer. Simple packet switching, for 
example, is not considered to be an enhanced service despite the fact 
that the network temporarily stores packets. A packet switching service 
that included code and protocol conversion, however, would be 
considered to be enhanced unless packet switching was priced separately 
from code and protocol conversion.
    For the purpose of reporting international traffic data, an 
international carrier is any entity that offers international 
telecommunications service to non-affiliated entities for compensation. 
For example, a cellular carrier that resells the international switched 
service of another carrier must file Section 43.61 traffic data. 
However, a cellular carrier that merely bills international service for 
another carrier whose name is shown on the bill would not be considered 
an international carrier even if the cellular carrier also billed for 
itself the standard air time charges for the international call. The 
carrier actually providing the international service would be required 
to report.

B. International Points Used for Reporting Purposes

    This manual defines three categories of geographic points. Domestic 
U.S. points are the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico. Off-shore U.S. points include U.S. possessions such as American 
Samoa, Guam, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston 
Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Palmyra Atoll, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Wake Island. The 
Domestic U.S. and Off-shore U.S. points are collectively referred to 
herein as the United States or as U.S. points. All other points of the 
world, including ships operating in international waters, are Foreign 
points. Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Mexico, which were not 
encompassed by the older term ``overseas points'', are foreign points.
    United States and foreign points are identified in the Common 
Carrier Bureau Industry Analysis Division report titled International 
Points used for FCC Reporting Purposes (International Points). 
International Points lists world points that originate or receive 
international telecommunications traffic. The report contains the 
country and region codes that must be used to file section 43.61 data. 
The report is published periodically and shows various classification 
schemes for world points. Revisions to International Points will 
reflect changes in political boundaries and the extent and operation of 
international telecommunications networks. Contact the Industry 
Analysis Division (202)418-0940 regarding points not listed in the 
tables.
    The geographic categories Domestic U.S., Off-shore U.S. and Foreign 
shall be used to determine which data must be reported. Service that 
both originates and terminates in Domestic U.S. points is considered to 
be domestic, and should not be reported under section 43.61 of the 
Rules. All other traffic for a United States point must be reported.
    The following table illustrates the classification of traffic for 
various pairs of points:

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     Service originating and                                            
       terminating points             Categorized      Reporting status 
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Alaska to Hawaii................  Domestic U.S. to    Domestic Traffic: 
                                   Domestic U.S.       not reported.    
Alaska to Puerto Rico...........  Domestic U.S. to    Domestic Traffic: 
                                   Domestic U.S.       not reported.    
U.S. Virgin Islands to Puerto     Off-shore U.S. to   U.S. International
 Rico.                             Domestic U.S.       Traffic:         
                                                       Reported.        
Alaska to Guam..................  Domestic U.S. to    U.S. International
                                   Off-shore U.S.      Traffic:         
                                                       Reported.        
Alaska to Japan.................  Domestic U.S. to    U.S. International
                                   Foreign.            Traffic:         
                                                       Reported.        
Guam to Japan...................  Off-shore U.S. to   U.S. International
                                   Foreign.            Traffic:         
                                                       Reported.        
Guam to Wake Island.............  Off-shore U.S. to   U.S. International
                                   Off-shore U.S.      Traffic:         
                                                       Reported.        
Japan to Italy via Hawaii.......  Foreign to Foreign  U.S. International
                                   transiting the      Traffic:         
                                   U.S.                Reported.        
Japan to Italy via Guam.........  Foreign to Foreign  U.S. International
                                   transiting the      Traffic:         
                                   U.S.                Reported.        
Japan to Italy via ``country      Foreign to U.S. to  U.S. International
 beyond'' service of a U.S.        Foreign.            Traffic: Each leg
 carrier.                                              of call reported 
                                                       as U.S. Billed.  
Japan to Italy via pure resale    Foreign to U.S. to  U.S. International
 U.S. Call-back service in         Foreign.            Traffic: Each leg
 Hawaii.                                               of call reported 
                                                       as U.S. Billed.  
Japan to Italy direct...........  Foreign to Foreign  Foreign Traffic:  
                                                       not reported.    
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    The distinction between domestic and international traffic may 
prove burdensome in some instances. For example, there may be instances 
where customers obtain international service while using a domestic 
telecommunications service. A domestic cellular service might be usable 
just outside U.S. territorial waters. The cellular carrier may have no 
way of knowing if its service is being used to complete an 
international call. If the carrier bills such a customer at domestic 
rates, the traffic should be considered incidental to domestic service, 
and need not be included in Section 43.61 reports. The opposite 
situation might occur where a customer uses an international maritime 
service while in U.S. territorial waters. Such a call to a domestic 
point would be a domestic call. It could be difficult for the carrier 
to identify and remove such traffic from its international data 
reports. Such traffic is incidental to international service, and may 
be included in Section 43.61 reports as international traffic. Carriers 
should footnote entries that might contain a significant amount of such 
traffic.

C. Service Categories Used for Reporting Data

    Section 43.61(b) of the FCC's Rules requires carriers to provide 
traffic and revenue information for each and every international common 
carrier service that they provide to the public. Enhanced services as 
defined by Section 64.702 of the Rules are not common carrier services. 
International services may be provided over terrestrial cable, 

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submarine cable, microwave facilities, satellite circuits, etc. 
Distinctions are made based on the service provided to the customer 
rather than the technology employed to provide the service. The 
following service categories and definitions are provided solely to 
govern the reporting of traffic and do not bear on the legality or 
treatment of international services for any other purpose:
1. International Message Telephone Service
    International message telephone service involves the transmission 
and reception of speech over the public switched network for which a 
charge is collected on a minimum charge per call or measured time 
basis. Per call prices are typically calculated based on the number of 
minutes or fractions of minutes. Service features, such as operator 
assistance or credit card billing, may be offered as part of the 
service and may give rise to additional charges. Through use of modems 
and other specialized equipment, the customer can use ordinary 
telephone calls for the transmission of data, video and facsimile 
3 messages.

    \3\ Most people associate the word facsimile with the use of 
terminal equipment that sends and receives images of a page. The 
electronic image is transmitted over the public switched network. 
Carriers should not separate this type of traffic from other types 
of international message telephone traffic. Our rules previously 
required detailed data reporting for several services that are 
obsolete, including one then called facsimile service. The older 
facsimile service was a private line service. The facsimile lines 
accommodated analog equipment that transmitted images at a rate of 3 
to 6 pages per hour. Digital equipment was introduced in the late 
1960's. Customers stopped using dedicated facsimile lines in the 
1970's following the development of facsimile equipment that could 
utilize the public switched telephone network. Any remaining 
dedicated facsimile lines should be reported as private lines using 
the appropriate private line category.
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    International message telephone services are generally tariffed on 
a ``through'' basis from the United States to a particular foreign 
point. This means that a call is charged a tariffed rate for a 
particular point of destination, regardless of whether the call goes 
directly to that country, or transits through some third point. 
Traditionally, service is provided jointly by a U.S. international 
message telephone service carrier and one or more foreign correspondent 
carriers under a ``joint operating agreement''. Such agreements 
typically specify the rights, duties, and legal obligations of each 
correspondent; arrangements such as ``proportionate return'' which 
govern the routing of traffic; and provide the accounting rate per unit 
of international message telephone service traffic. The accounting rate 
provides the basis for ``settling'' traffic balances, i.e. compensating 
one carrier for handling the traffic of the other. However, 
international message telephone service can also be provided by 
facilities resale arrangements which may not entail accounting rate 
agreements.
    Carriers offer many types of switched network services with 
different access and billing arrangements. International message 
telephone service includes services with dedicated access if the calls 
are routed through the public switched network. Accordingly, for 
international reporting purposes, the international message telephone 
service category includes traditional international message telephone 
service, WATS, 800 and 900 type services, custom network services, 
conference services, `country beyond' service, and similar services. 
The international message telephone service category can also include 
switched digital services that utilize ISDN interfaces and switched 
global defined network services. International message telephone 
service is reported with service code 1.
2. International Message Telegraph Service
    International message telegraph service involves the transmission 
and reception of record or textual matter which is not sent directly by 
the sender, and for which a charge is collected on a per word basis. 
International message telegraph service is reported with service code 
2.
    At one time carriers were required to provide separate data for 
message telegraph services offered to the public, to governments, and 
to press entities. Carriers should report 43.61 data that represents 
totals for all types of customers.
3. International Telex Service
    Telex service involves the transmission and reception of record 
matter, including messages, facsimile and data, charged for on a per 
minute or timed basis, for which the transmission is directly 
controlled by the user over an exchange network dedicated to the 
transmission of such records. Messages may be transmitted via carrier 
facilities on either a direct dial or on a store and forward basis. The 
telex network provides for the transmission of communications 
alternately in either direction, but not in both directions 
simultaneously. Such services are also referred to as teleprinter 
exchange services. International telex service is reported with service 
code 3.
    Telegraph and Telex services are occasionally referred to as record 
services.
4. International Private Line Service
    Private line service is the leasing of a dedicated channel of 
communications (leased circuit) for specified periods of time for the 
customer's use. Leased private line circuits are typically priced by 
distance, bandwidth or capacity, and other features such as line 
conditioning. International private line service does not include 
private circuits within the United States unless such circuits are 
dedicated to the provision of international service and are provided 
pursuant to international tariffs.
    The international portion of the service typically begins at a 
point within the United States and terminates at a connection point 
halfway between the United States and the destination country. The 
remaining half of the international private line from the theoretical 
midpoint to the foreign destination is provided by the U.S. carrier's 
foreign correspondent carrier. Each carrier bills the customer 
separately for its half of the service. In actuality, although the 
service is priced on the basis of a theoretical midpoint, the 
international circuitry is usually provided by the U.S. and foreign 
carriers jointly, with each carrier owning an undivided half-interest 
in the circuits.
    Carriers should not report as international private line service 
data for circuits that both originate and terminate within the domestic 
United States, unless those circuits are dedicated for international 
service and are provided pursuant to international tariffs. In 
addition, carriers should not report facilities provided under contract 
to foreign carriers except to the extent that the foreign carrier is 
paying for facilities from the United States to the theoretical 
midpoint.
    There are six categories of private line service for reporting 
purposes:

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 Service                                                                
  code                              Description                         
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4.......  Voice Circuits--provided as individual circuits.              
5.......  Up to 1200 bits per second (bps).                             
6.......  1201 bps to 9600 bps.                                         
7.......  9601 bps to 30 Million bps (Mbps) or .01 Megahertz to 18      
           Megahertz, except for voice circuits.                        
8.......  Greater than 30 Mbps to 120 Mbps or greater than 18 Megahertz 
           to 72 Megahertz.                                             
9.......  Greater than 120 Mbps or greater than 72 Megahertz.           
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    The voice grade category should only contain individual circuits 
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offered to accommodate a single voice circuit. This category does not 
include ISDN circuits or large capacity circuits provided as multiple 
voice grade equivalent channels.
    Switched and virtual private line services should not be included 
in the above categories and instead should be reported separately as 
Miscellaneous or Other International Services. These services are 
considered to be private lines services for some purposes. However, the 
reporting of revenues and circuits for switched and virtual private 
line services cannot easily conform to the format specified for the 
private line categories contained herein.
5. Miscellaneous or Other International Service
    The final service category includes all services that are not 
listed above. The category includes cablephoto service, radiophoto 
service, photo transmission service and addressed press service. The 
category also includes packet switched transmission service, occasional 
use television, switched video, switched and virtual private line 
services and some other forms of switched digital service. The category 
also includes any new service that differs from services listed above. 
Miscellaneous or Other international services are reported with service 
code 99.

D. Filing Country-by-Country Data for Each U.S. Point Served

1. Filing by U.S. Point
    Carriers must file separate data for each United States point from 
which they originate and bill facilities-based or facilities resale 
service. Carriers may not consolidate facilities-based or facilities 
resale data for two United States points without obtaining a waiver 
from the FCC. Carriers may consolidate pure resale traffic for domestic 
U.S. points (the Conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto 
Rico). However, carriers may not consolidate pure resale data for an 
off-shore U.S. point and a domestic U.S. point, or for two off-shore 
U.S. points, without obtaining a waiver from the FCC. See 47 CFR 
Section 1.3.
    Carriers should not include in their report U.S. points that they 
do not serve.
2. Filing data on a Country-by-Country Basis
    For each large U.S. point, facilities-based and facilities resale 
carriers must provide country-by-country data on diskette for each 
service that they provide. However, region-by-region data may be 
substituted for miscellaneous services. For small U.S. points, each 
carrier must report world total traffic data on diskette for each 
service that they provide. All carriers, including pure resale 
carriers, must file world total traffic data for each pure resale 
service that they provide. Pure resale traffic need not be provided on 
diskette.

    Reporting Requirements for Facilities-Based and Facilities Resale   
                                 Service                                
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                                               Small U.S. points: File  
Large U.S. points: File country-by-country     world total data \1\ on  
             data on diskette                         diskette          
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Alaska....................................  American Samoa.             
Conterminous U.S..........................  Baker Island.               
Guam......................................  Howland Island.             
Hawaii....................................  Jarvis Island.              
Puerto Rico...............................  Johnston Atoll.             
U.S. Virgin Islands.......................  Kingman Reef.               
                                            Midway Atoll.               
                                            Navassa Island.             
                                            Northern Mariana Islands.   
                                            Palmyra Atoll.              
                                            Wake Island .               
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\1\ Many points on this list are not served by U.S. carriers at this    
  time. Carriers need not file data for points that they do not serve.  

    Where country-by-country reporting is required, carriers must file 
separate data for each of the primary international points listed in 
International Points. However:

    (a) Carriers should omit points that would represent domestic 
traffic. For example, a report for Alaska should not show traffic to 
Hawaii. However, traffic between domestic and off-shore U.S. points 
must be reported. For example, a report for Alaska should include 
traffic to Guam.
    (b) Carriers may consolidate traffic as indicated by the summary 
codes shown in International Points. For example, Scotland has 
country code 280, but also summary code 326. That summary code is 
the country code for the United Kingdom. Traffic between a U.S. 
point and Scotland may be reported as Scotland traffic using country 
code 280 or may be included with other United Kingdom traffic and 
reported using country code 326.
    (c) Carriers should omit countries for which they have no 
traffic.

    There are no miscellaneous country codes. All traffic must be 
reported to a country code associated with one of the points listed in 
International Points. Contact the Industry Analysis Division of the 
Common Carrier Bureau if traffic exists for an international point that 
is not currently listed. The Industry Analysis Division will assign a 
code for that point.
    Where country-by-country reporting is required, carriers should 
also file region and world totals. International Points groups all 
international points into 10 regions. These regions and the reporting 
codes are listed in Section 2-F below. Carriers may omit country-by-
country data for miscellaneous services, but must provide region and 
world totals on diskette.

E. Billing Codes

    Within a service, traffic is categorized according to the ownership 
of facilities used to provide the service, and how the traffic was 
billed. Carriers must use billing codes to associate traffic statistics 
with a particular service type.
1. Definition of Facilities-Based, Facilities Resale, and Pure Resale 
Service
    In reporting data to the FCC, carriers must separate traffic on the 
basis of the ownership of facilities used to provide service. Carriers 
must separately report data for the three ownership categories shown 
below: facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale. The 
following definitions of facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure 
resale traffic are intended solely for reporting international traffic 
data, and may not be appropriate for other purposes.
    Facilities-based services are those services provided using 
international transmission facilities owned in whole or in part by the 
carrier providing service. Facilities-based carriers use one or more 
international channels of communications to provide international 
telecommunications service. An international channel is a wire or radio 
link that facilitates electronic communications between a United States 
point and another world point. A facilities-based carrier either owns 
international channels, has an ownership interest in the channel such 
as an indefeasible right of use (IRU), or leases the channel from an 
entity that does not report traffic, such as Comsat. Carriers must 
provide detailed data for the facilities-based services that they 
provide.
    Facilities Resale services are provided by a carrier utilizing non-
switched international circuits leased from other reporting 
international carriers. A facilities resale service is provided over 
international channels which are subject to Section 43.61 reporting by 
the underlying carrier. Carriers must provide detailed data for the 
facilities resale services that they provide.
    Pure resale services are switched services that are provided by 
reselling the international switched services of other carriers. Pure 
resale services are not provided to the public over the reseller's 
international channels of communications. Pure resale carriers may own 
domestic switches and circuits, but rely on other carriers to 

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carry switched traffic between the United States and foreign points.
2. Switched and Miscellaneous or Other Services
    Carriers are required to categorize and report international 
switched traffic using billing information. The primary categories are: 
U.S. Billed--traffic billed by U.S. carriers which originates or 
terminates in the United States, or which originates from `country 
beyond' type services; Foreign Billed--traffic which originates or 
terminates in the United States and is billed by a foreign or 
correspondent carrier; and, Transiting--traffic that originates outside 
of the United States, transits the United States, and terminates 
outside of the United States, and is billed by a foreign carrier.
    Within the U.S. Billed category, carriers must categorize traffic 
according to whether the call was billed under a `country beyond' 
arrangement, or under some other arrangement. `Country beyond' services 
are provided by U.S. carriers to customers located in foreign points. 
The customer initiates the call to the U.S. carrier and then provides 
the destination number. The U.S. carrier then completes the call. Such 
calls are typically billed using calling cards. Carriers must use 
billing codes to separate `country beyond' traffic from other U.S. 
billed calls. Other U.S. billed calls include international calls that 
are placed in the United States and are billed to the calling number, 
billed to another number in the United States, billed to a calling card 
or billed by some other arrangement. Other U.S. billed calls also 
include calls initiated overseas and billed to an 800 number in the 
United States or billed collect to the called party. Public data may be 
filed combining these call categories. The carriers proprietary filing 
must use billing codes to distinguish `country beyond' traffic data 
from other U.S. billed traffic data.
    Note that data are not reported with sufficient granularity to 
separate traffic solely on the basis of whether it originates or 
terminates in the United States. The same billing code is used for 
calls that are dialed directly from the United States, and for calls 
that originate in a foreign point but are billed collect in the United 
States by the U.S. carrier.
    Not all carriers will provide all possible categories of traffic. 
Carriers should file data only for billing types that they actually 
provided during the year.
    A carrier may aggregate all pure resale international traffic, 
including traffic from call-back service. Call-back service is 
described on page 38, of the manual. Carriers may not aggregate pure 
resale traffic with either facilities-based or facilities resale 
traffic.
    Traffic between some U.S. points will be reported as U.S. billed 
for the point where it is billed, and as foreign billed for the other 
end of the call. For example, a sent paid call from the U.S. Virgin 
Islands to Puerto Rico will be reported as a U.S. billed call by the 
carrier serving the U.S. Virgin Islands, and will also be reported as a 
foreign billed call by the carrier serving Puerto Rico. This would be 
the case even if the same carrier served both points. In fact, the same 
call would be reported three times if it originated in an off-shore 
U.S. point, transited a domestic U.S. point, and terminated in another 
off-shore U.S. point.
    U.S. billed and foreign billed switched traffic is reported by the 
foreign point in which the call originates or terminates, irrespective 
of foreign points through which the call may transit. Transiting 
traffic is reported for the country in which the call originates.
3. Private Line Service
    International private line service typically links a location 
within the United States with a location in a foreign point. The 
service is provided jointly by the U.S. carrier and the foreign 
correspondent carrier, and is usually accounted as if the U.S. carrier 
provides service to the theoretical mid-point of the service. Thus, the 
U.S. carrier tariffs a half circuit for its portion of the service, and 
the foreign correspondent carrier likewise tariffs a half circuit. With 
private line service, the customer billing address may be located in a 
foreign country and the bill may be rendered by the foreign carrier 
that provides the other half of the circuit. Even so, this service is 
classified as U.S. billed because the customer has a United States 
presence and the choice of billing location is arbitrary. The fact that 
a foreign carrier may act as a billing agent is irrelevant. In sum, 
U.S. carriers must report the portion of the service that they tariff.
    Private lines are categorized by the foreign point in which the 
line terminates. Facilities-based private line service should be 
reported using billing code 1. Private line service provided over 
resold facilities should be reported using billing code 11.
4. Table of Billing Codes
    The following table provides the billing codes for switched and 
private line services. Note that carriers must report separately 
facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale traffic.

                                             Table of Billing Codes                                             
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                                                                         Type of service provision              
                                                          ------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Facilities based      Facilities resale      Pure 
                                                          ----------------------------------------------  resale
                                                                                                        --------
                                                           Confidential   Public  Confidential   Public   Public
                                                              filing      filing     filing      filing   filing
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            SWITCHED AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE                                                                  
                                                                                                                
U.S. Billed (Traffic Billed by reporting U.S. carriers):                                                        
    Call originate in U.S. point served:                                                                        
        Billed to the calling number account.............           1          1          11         11       21
        Billed to a calling card or other billing                                                               
         arrangement.....................................           1          1          11         11       21
    Calls Originate outside U.S. point served:                                                                  
        Billed collect to a U.S. customer................           1          1          11         11     n.a.
        Billed to a U.S. 800 service number..............           1          1          11         11     n.a.
        Billed to a calling card or other billing                                                               
         arrangement.....................................           4          1          14         11       21
Foreign Billed (Traffic billed by foreign or                                                                    
 corresponding carrier):                                                                                        
    Calls originate in U.S. point served:                                                                       
        Billed collect to a foreign customer.............           2          2          12         12     n.a.
        Billed to a foreign 800 service number...........           2          2          12         12    n.a. 

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        Billed to a foreign carrier calling card or other                                                       
         arrangement.....................................           2          2          12         12     n.a.
    Calls originate outside U.S. point served and                                                               
     terminate in the U.S. point:                                                                               
        Billed to the calling number account.............           2          2          12         12     n.a.
        Billed to a foreign carrier calling card or other                                                       
         arrangement.....................................           2          2          12         12     n.a.
Transiting (Traffic that originates and terminates                                                              
 outside the U.S point served):                                                                                 
    Traffic billed by foreign or corresponding carrier:..           3          3          13         13     n.a.
                   Private Line Service                                                                         
                                                                                                                
All Circuits.............................................           1          1          11         11     n.a.
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F. Measurement of Traffic and Revenues

    This section provides guidance for measuring traffic and revenues. 
Each service has unique characteristics that create special concerns. 
For example, a customer who places a telephone call to a foreign 
country may not be aware that the call originates in a Local Access 
Transport Area (LATA), crosses a Point of Presence (POP) to the 
interexchange network of an interLATA carrier, is switched through 
international facilities to a foreign carrier, and is then terminated 
in a foreign local exchange. The customer need not consider the various 
arrangements under which several carriers share the revenue from the 
call. The private line customer, on the other hand, leases a specific 
amount of capacity between two specified points. The customer may use a 
variety of arrangements to get traffic to and from the leased circuit 
and may use the circuit for several types of communications. The 
private line customer is concerned with the charges for each specific 
link in its network.
    These and other differences between message and private line 
services lead to differences in the ways that carriers should measure 
traffic and revenues. The following sections cover message and private 
line services. The guidelines should be used for miscellaneous 
international services as appropriate.
1. Message Services
    For each message service (telephone, telegraph, and telex) carriers 
must report data for each billing type--principally U.S. billed, 
foreign billed, and transiting. The data shall consist of a message 
count, the duration of the messages, the billed revenue for the 
messages (when U.S. billed), settlements associated with the messages, 
and the net revenue for the messages.
    Carriers must report traffic data on a calendar year basis. Thus, 
the carrier should report the actual traffic carried during the year. 
Revenues and settlement amounts should be measured on an accrual basis, 
rather than on an actual receipts or actual settlement basis unless 
rates have been adjusted retroactively. The amounts reported should not 
reflect prior year adjustments or corrections. Accordingly, carriers 
cannot legitimately report negative amounts in the message, minute, 
revenue, or settlement data fields.
    Even though there is a significant lag between the end of the 
reporting year and the final data filing in October of the following 
year, carriers may not have complete settlement data for some 
countries. In such instances, carriers should make a good faith effort 
to estimate settlement receipts, and note the fact in the filing. 
Section 2 describes the preparation of footnote records. Carriers 
should not adjust subsequent year reports when out of period data 
becomes available. Instead, these amounts, if significant, should be 
noted in the subsequent year filing.
a. Message Service Traffic Measures
    Carriers must report the number of billed messages for 
international message telephone, international message telegraph and 
international telex services, except that messages may be omitted for 
transiting traffic. Data should be reported for all billed traffic, 
regardless of whether the customer is an end user or another carrier. 
All billed traffic should be reported, even calls that have been billed 
but written off as uncollectible. Unbillable traffic, however, should 
not be reported.4

    \4\ For example, call-back customers place calls to their U.S. 
carriers, but hang up after one ring. The U.S. carrier does not 
answer the call, but rather detects that a call was made, and then 
calls back. Since the initial call was not answered and is not 
billable, it should not be reported by either the underlying 
facilities based carrier or by the call-back carrier. The call back 
to the customer, however, should be reported.
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    Carriers must report the number of minutes for international 
message telephone and telex services. For facilities-based and 
facilities resale service, carriers should report the number of minutes 
upon which correspondent carriers will be compensated. For facilities-
based service, compensation generally is governed by the settlement 
process. Settlement compensation is based on conversation minutes. 
Settlement minutes averaged 5% to 6% less than billed minutes for 
traffic billed in the United States for 1988 through 1990. If the 
correspondent carrier is not compensated for traffic based on call 
length, then the number of minutes should be based on conversation 
minutes.
    U.S. carriers should classify as transiting traffic all foreign 
billed calls that both originate and terminate in foreign points. U.S. 
carriers should classify as U.S. billed ``country beyond'' calls which 
originate in foreign points, are placed through the carrier, and are 
billed by the carrier. The U.S. carrier may owe settlements for two 
legs of a ``country beyond'' call--one settlement amount for the 
country where the call originates, and another for the country where 
the call terminates. In this case, the number of minutes used for 
settlement purposes will equal roughly twice the number of conversation 
minutes.
    Since carriers do not make settlement payments for their pure 
resale traffic, carriers should report the number of minutes billed to 
customers, which can be based on billing information received from the 
underlying carrier.
    Word counts must be reported for international message telegraph 
service. 

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Carriers should report the number of words used for settlement 
purposes.
    All message data must be reported on a message or end-to-end basis. 
This means that calls should be reported based on the billing location 
and the ultimate points of origin or terminus.5 Transiting minutes 
should be reported by the country in which the call is initiated.

    \5\ At one time carriers were required to report traffic on two 
schedules. The circuit traffic (CT) schedule showed all U.S. traffic 
that went to or from a particular country, including traffic that 
transited through that country to a third country. The message 
traffic (MT) schedule showed all traffic that originated or 
terminated in a particular country, including traffic that had 
transited through a third country. The current requirements are more 
similar to the MT schedule.
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b. Message Service Revenue and Settlement Information
    For each service that it provides, each carrier must report 
separately billed revenues, settlement receipts due (on services billed 
by correspondent carriers), settlement payments owed (on services 
billed by the carrier), and the revenues they retain net of all 
settlements. In the proprietary filing, carriers must use the specified 
billing codes to separate traffic that it carriers over its own 
facilities from traffic it carriers over facilities leased from other 
reporting carriers.
    Billed revenues are equal to the amounts that carriers billed to 
customers for service at tariffed rates. Billed revenues should reflect 
all discounts given to customers. Reported revenues should reflect 
amounts actually billed to customers, including discounts that are 
calculated after individual calls are rated. For example, discounts 
which are calculated based on the total bill amount should be allocated 
proportionally to international calls on a country-by-country basis. 
However, if a discount is only calculated based on domestic billings, 
then discounts should not be allocated to international service.
    The cost of promotional items such as telephone sets, frequent 
flyer miles, or merchandize credits, are marketing expenses and should 
not be treated as revenue reductions. Credits or coupons for the 
purchase of future communications services should be treated, when 
earned or issued, the same as direct discounts credited to the 
customer, with no allowance for the percentage of coupons which will 
not be used, and no adjustments for costs of administering the 
promotion.
    Billed revenues should not be reduced to reflect uncollectibles or 
transit fee expenses. Transit fees are owed when a call transits a 
foreign carrier's facilities in one international point before 
terminating in a second international point. Settlement amounts and 
transit fees owed to the transiting carrier should be included with 
settlements owed.
    Billed revenues should not include tax amounts that are itemized on 
the customer bill and remitted directly to taxing authorities, and 
should only include amounts that are recorded as revenues in the 
company books of account.
    U.S. carriers have contractual relationships with foreign carriers 
so that telephone calls can be made between local exchanges in the 
United States and local exchanges in foreign countries. The foreign 
carrier in the relationship is usually called the foreign 
correspondent. Accounting rate agreements specify the amounts that 
carriers pay to their foreign correspondents on a per minute or similar 
basis for facilities based service. When the U.S. carrier bills an 
international call, it owes a settlement amount to the foreign 
correspondent. When the foreign correspondent bills an international 
call, the U.S. carrier is owed a settlement amount. The carriers 
usually balance the amounts due and make net payments. The amounts due 
to U.S. carriers, including separate transit fees, if any, are referred 
to herein as settlement receipts. The amounts owed by U.S. carriers to 
foreign corespondents, including separate transit fees, if any, are 
referred to herein as settlement payments. Settlement payments do not 
include the amounts that pure-resale carriers pay to underlying U.S. 
carriers. Settlement payments do not include the access charge amounts 
that U.S. carriers pay to U.S. local exchange carriers for originating 
or terminating calls. The U.S. carrier retained revenue is equal to 
billed revenue plus settlement receipts minus settlement payments.
    There are instances where carriers in two international points do 
not charge each other settlements. This might be the case where the 
carriers are affiliates, or where facilities resale service is being 
provided. In such cases, carriers should report as settlements owed any 
amounts owed to foreign carriers that would be analogous to settlement 
amounts, including charges for originating or terminating traffic in 
the foreign carrier's toll network or local exchange. However, carriers 
should not include as settlements any costs of the underlying 
facilities being used to provide service. Also, payments to U.S. 
carriers for originating or terminating calls in U.S. toll networks or 
local exchanges should not be reported. Where zero amounts are entered 
as settlement payments for U.S. billed service, carriers should 
footnote the reason. See Section 2 for instructions on including 
footnotes in the data files.
    In a report for a U.S. point, U.S. carriers should not have billed 
revenue for foreign billed traffic. Similarly, U.S. carriers should not 
have settlement receipts for U.S. billed traffic.
    Accounting agreements may be denominated in dollars, foreign 
currency units, or other monetary measures. All revenue and settlement 
payment information must be stated in U.S. dollars regardless of the 
terms of the accounting agreements or industry practices. Carriers 
should apply the currency conversion rates that prevailed at the time 
actual settlements were made.
    Some international calls are initiated in foreign points by 
customers using ``country beyond'' services of a U.S. carrier. These 
calls may terminate in the United States or in other foreign points. 
Billed revenue for such a call should be reported for the country in 
which the call originated. Reported settlements should include amounts 
owed to carriers in both the originating country, and the terminating 
country, in the case of calls that terminate in foreign points.
2. Private Line Services
    This section provides guidance for reporting private line circuit 
counts and revenues on a country-by-country basis. Carriers must report 
separately circuits that they own from circuits that they provide on a 
resale basis. As detailed in section 1-E-1 above, international 
circuits should be reported as resold only if they have been leased 
from a carrier subject to Section 43.61 reporting requirements and only 
if the circuits are leased to customers or other carriers in the form 
of private line service. If the carrier has combined some owned and 
some leased international circuits in order to provide a through 
circuit, then the circuit should be reported as facilities based.
a. Number of Leased Circuits and Number of Equivalent Voice Grade 
Circuits
    A leased circuit is a single leased channel of communications that 
links two specific points. Leased circuits should be categorized 
according to the six private line categories shown on page 12 of the 
manual. Circuits are not categorized according to how the customer 
actually uses them. Counts of leased circuits should be provided as of 
December 31 of the year for which data are being reported. Carriers 
should not attempt to convert part day leases into equivalent full day 
circuits, but a circuit 

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leased by different customers for different hours on December 31 should 
be reported as a single circuit.
    Companies should not report non-tariff circuits provided to 
affiliates. Those circuits should be treated as the affiliate's 
circuits if they are used to provide a reportable international 
service. If the company had an ownership interest in the international 
circuits, then the affiliated carrier would be providing facilities-
based service. If the company had obtained the international circuits 
by lease, then the affiliated carrier could be providing facilities 
resale service.
    Carriers are also required to provide the number of voice 
equivalent circuits for the leased circuits provided as of December 31 
of the year for which data are being reported. Voice equivalent 
circuits should be estimated by converting the total bandwidth of 
circuits leased to an international point. The standard conversion is 
based on 64 kilo bits per second for one voice equivalent channel. The 
figure should be rounded to the nearest whole number. An 18 megahertz 
video channel should be reported as 240 voice equivalent channels, a 24 
megahertz video channel should be reported as 288 voice equivalent 
channels, and a 36 megahertz video channel should be reported as 630 
voice equivalent channels. The number of voice equivalent circuits 
should be consistent with the data used to calculate regulatory fees as 
well as amounts filed in FCC circuit reports.
b. Leased Circuit Revenue
    Private line and leased circuit service revenues should include 
only revenue from service provided under international tariffs. Private 
line and leased circuit service revenue should not include revenue for 
circuits that originate and terminate within the United States unless 
those circuits are provided under an international tariff. Private line 
revenues should include any service set up, installation, and 
termination charges. Private line revenues do not include billings made 
on behalf of domestic or foreign carriers for service provided by those 
carriers. Private line revenues should include revenue billed by a 
foreign carrier on behalf of the U.S. carrier for service provided by 
the U.S. carrier, even if the revenue has not yet been remitted to the 
U.S. carrier. Carriers must report the total private line revenues due 
for the calendar year, regardless of whether a lease was in effect at 
year end. Where lease or bill periods overlap the calendar year, billed 
amounts should be apportioned between years based on the number of days 
of service in each year. Private line revenues should not include taxes 
included on the customer bill.
    Billed revenues should reflect all discounts given to customers. 
Reported revenues should reflect amounts actually billed to customers, 
including discounts that are calculated based on total charges for all 
services. Discounts which are calculated based on the total bill amount 
should be allocated proportionally to international circuits. The cost 
of promotional items such as telephone sets, frequent flyer miles, or 
merchandize credits, are marketing expenses and should not be treated 
as revenue reductions. Credits or coupons for the purchase of future 
communications services should be treated the same as direct discounts, 
with no allowance for the percentage of coupons which will not be used, 
and no adjustments for costs of administering the promotion.
3. Miscellaneous or Other International Services
    The category miscellaneous or other international services 
potentially includes a wide variety of services. For the most part, 
carriers must select and report the most relevant traffic measures. 
However, providers of packet switched services should report the number 
of kilo segments transmitted during the year; providers of occasional 
use television service should report the number of hours of service 
provided; and switched video service providers should report the number 
of sessions and the number of minutes of service. See the chart on page 
34 of the manual.
4. Data Requirements Summarized by Service
    The following table summarizes the Section 43.61 data filing 
requirements by service category:

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                              Facilities-based and                      
                                facilities resale    Pure resale service
                                     service                  *         
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International message         By country and        Countries served.   
 telephone service.            billing type:         World totals by    
                               messages, minutes,    billing type:      
                               carrier revenues,     messages, minutes, 
                               settlement            and carrier        
                               payments, retained    revenues.          
                               revenue.                                 
International message         By country and         World totals by    
 telegraph service.            billing type:         billing type:      
                               messages, words,      messages, words,   
                               carrier revenues,     and carrier        
                               settlement            revenues.          
                               payments, retained                       
                               revenue.                                 
International telex service.  By country and        World total by      
                               billing type:         billing type:      
                               messages, words,      messages, words,   
                               carrier revenues,     and carrier        
                               settlement            revenues.          
                               payments, retained                       
                               revenue.                                 
Private line................  By country and        * *                 
                               service category:                        
                               leased circuits,                         
                               voice equivalent                         
                               circuits, revenues.                      
Other international services  Region totals by      World total by      
                               billing type:         billing type:      
                               messages, minutes,    messages, minutes, 
                               words, leased         words, kilo        
                               circuits, voice       segments, sessions,
                               equivalent            contracts, and     
                               circuits, kilo        carrier revenues as
                               segments, sessions,   appropriate.       
                               contracts, carrier                       
                               revenues,                                
                               settlement                               
                               payments, retained                       
                               revenue as                               
                               appropriate.                             
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* Pure resale carriers normally will not have settlement payments.      
  Payments to underlying U.S. carriers should not be reported as        
  settlements.                                                          
** Resale of private lines (either as private line service or as        
  switched service) is classified as facilities resale service, not pure
  resale service.                                                       

G. Filing Procedures

    Section 43.61(a) directs carriers to file reports by July 31, 
reporting service actually provided in the preceding calendar year. 
Section 43.61(c) provides that carriers shall submit a revised report 
by October 31 identifying and correcting errors in the July 31 filing. 
Carriers do not need to file revised data where figures change due to 
corrections that normally occur in the billing and settlement cycles if 
the corrected figures are within five percent of the figures filed in 
the July 31 filing. Carriers must refile a corrected version of each 
data record on which one or more data elements was found to be in error 
by more than five percent. The five percent guideline covers 
fluctuations in traffic or revenue totals due to corrections and true-
ups that occur during the billing 

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and settlement process. Carriers must file corrections for all 
instances where they have filed erroneous data due to procedural 
mistakes made while compiling or reporting data.
    The following schedule details the number of copies required and 
the location to which those copies should be delivered. This schedule 
applies to the July 31 and October 31 filings. Carriers that provide 
only pure resale international services are not required to file data 
on diskette.

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                                                                       Certification and                        
           Mailing address                 Transmittal letter        paper copy of report     Data on diskette* 
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FCC Secretary, Mail Stop 1170, 1919   Original....................  ......................  ....................
 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.                                                                               
 20554.                                                                                                         
FCC Common Carrier Bureau Industry    2 copies....................  Original and 1 copy of  1 set.              
 Analysis Division, Mail Stop 1600                                   both public and                            
 F, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington,                                 confidential versions.                     
 D.C. 20554.                                                                                                    
The FCC's Contract Copier **, Room    1 copy......................  1 copy public version   1 set.              
 246, 1919 M Street, N.W.,                                           only.                                      
 Washington, D.C. 20037.                                                                                        
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* Pure resale traffic, and summary data for smaller U.S. points need not be filed on diskette. See page 14 of   
  the manual.                                                                                                   
** Currently International Transcription Services, Inc.                                                         

    Paper copies must contain data that are identical to the data filed 
on diskette. Page headings must clearly indicate the filing entity, the 
United States point covered, and the service being reported. Column 
headings must describe the data contained in each column.
    The carrier must include footnote text to explain the specific 
circumstances of any data for the current period which differs 
materially from that for the previous period if the difference is not 
self-explanatory but was caused by unusual circumstances not explained 
in a previous report. The paper copies of the 43.61 data must include 
the text of any footnotes. A data field is provided in the diskette 
record format to indicate that a footnote has been included in a 
separate data file record as well as in the paper copies. The paper 
copies and comment records in the data files should also contain any 
additional data or information that the carrier deems relevant or 
necessary to understanding the data it is required to file.
    The transmittal letter should identify the name of the carrier, the 
date of the filing, and should state that Section 43.61 data has been 
filed with the Common Carrier Bureau's Industry Analysis Division and 
the Commission's current contract copier. The original of the 
transmittal letter should be filed with the Secretary of the FCC. 
Copies of the transmittal letter should be filed with the Industry 
Analysis Division and the Commission's current contract copier.
    Carriers must certify the accuracy of the data submitted in FCC 
Report 43.61 by including a signed certification statement as the last 
page of the paper report. The statement must be signed by an officer of 
the reporting carrier. An officer is a person who occupies a position 
specified in the articles of incorporation (or partnership agreement), 
and would typically be president, vice president for operations, vice-
president for finance, comptroller, treasurer or a comparable position. 
If the carrier is a sole proprietorship the owner must sign the 
certification. The original and one copy of the certification statement 
should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division. One copy of the 
certification should be filed with the Commission's current contract 
copier.
    For additional information, comments or suggestions, contact the 
Common Carrier Bureau's, Industry Analysis Division (202) 418-0940.
    The text of the certification statement is included below:

Certification

    I certify that I am an officer of ____________________; that I 
have examined the foregoing report and that to the best of my 
knowledge, information and belief, all statements of fact contained 
in this report are true and that said report is an accurate 
statement of the affairs of the above named respondent in respect to 
the data set forth herein for the period from __________ to 
__________.

Printed Name-----------------------------------------------------------

Position---------------------------------------------------------------

Signature--------------------------------------------------------------

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Section 2  Diskette Format and Coding Instructions

A. Media and File Name for Traffic Data Filed on Diskette

    Data should be provided on 3\1/2\'' floppy diskettes formatted for 
IBM or IBM compatible personal computers. Carriers serving more than 
one United States point should provide one file for each point served. 
All files may be included on the same diskette. The record files should 
be named according to the following convention:

aaaaaaYY.436

where:

aaaaaa are 3 to 6 alpha characters that identify the filing entity 
and U.S. point.
YY is the last two digits of the calendar year for which data are 
being filed.
.436 is the file extension, (short for 43.61).

For example:

ATTVI91.436 might signify AT&T's Virgin Islands data for 1991
GRPHNT91.436 might signify Graphnet's complete filing for 1991

    Carriers may file data in more than one file. All files may be 
placed on the same diskette. Carriers filing multiple files should give 
each file a unique name.

B. Record Formats

    The data files may contain comment records and data records. A 
comment record has a blank space (ASCII character 32 or `` '') in the 
first position in the line, contains less than 132 characters, and ends 
with a carriage return. Comment records can be used to provide 
headings, formatting, and footnotes in the data file. A listing of the 
data file can be used as the paper copy of the data for filing 
purposes.
    All data records must be provided using the record format set forth 
herein. Each record shall consist of a string of ASCII characters. 
Fields with ``character'' content should be left justified within the 
stated field boundary and may contain the ASCII characters ``A'' 
through ``Z'', ``a'' through ``z'', ``,'', ``.'', ``-'', ``+'', ``/'', 
``&'', ``#'', ``*'', ``!'', ``:'', ``;'', ``0'' through ``9'', and 
blank spaces (ASCII character 32). Fields with ``number'' content 
should be right justified within the field boundary, and may contain 
the ASCII characters
``-'', ``0'' through ``9'' and leading blank spaces, but no commas, 
decimal points, or other characters. The character ``-'' signifies a 
negative value and should appear in the field to the left of the value. 
Negative values are only possible for retained revenue, where the 
settlement payout owed exceeded the billed revenue for a switched 
service.
    Each data record should contain the following fields: 

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                                                                  Justification within      Field       Record  
                Field                      Field contents                 field              size     positions 
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 1. Filing Carrier Name.............  characters                left                             15        1-15 
 2. Year of data....................  numbers                   right                             2       16-17 
 3. U.S. Point served...............  numbers                   right                             5       18-22 
 4. International Point or region...  numbers                   right                             5       23-27 
 5. Service code....................  numbers                   right                             3       28-30 
 6. Footnote indicator..............  characters                right                             3       31-33 
 7. Description.....................  characters                left                             36       34-69 
 8. Billing Code....................  numbers                   right                             2       70-71 
 9. Data field #1...................  numbers                   right                            12       72-83 
10. Data field #2...................  numbers                   right                            12       84-95 
11. Data field #3...................  numbers                   right                            12       96-107
12. Data field #4...................  numbers                   right                            12      108-119
13. Data field #5...................  numbers                   right                            12      120-131
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    The data fields are further described in Section 2-K below.
    Data files can be created using standard editors, word processors 
spreadsheet programs, data base programs and custom programs. For 
example, to create a data file using a spreadsheet:

--Set the column widths to equal the field size shown above. Thus, the 
first column would be 15 characters wide.
--Enter fields as using a ``label'' format, rather than using a 
``numeric value'' format. Be careful not to include extra spaces at the 
end of the line.
--Specify a generic or character oriented printer (the lotus 3.1 
sequence would be  rint rinter ptions dvanced evice 
ame)

    Note: the print file will be useless if you specify a graphics 
printer or if you try to print in WYSIWYG mode.

--Set the left, top, and bottom margins to 0, set the right margin to 
132. Set the page length to 1000 lines.
--Set the print range.
--Print to a ile, rather than to the actual hardware device, and 
then o. Rename the resulting file using the naming conventions shown 
above.

C. Filing Carrier Name Field

    The filing carrier name should be between 3 and 15 characters. The 
name field should appear on all data records filed by the carrier, and 
should be identical for all records filed by the carrier.

D. Year of Data Field

    This field should contain the last two digits of the year for which 
data are being filed. For example, the July 31, 1992 filing will 
contain data for 1991. Therefore, the year of data field would be 
``91''. This would appear on every data record in the file.

E. U.S. Point Served Field

    The U.S. Point served country code is used to indicate which United 
States point is covered by the data record. The codes for United States 
points are in the range 1001 to 1999, and are the country codes shown 
in International Points. Contact the Industry Analysis Division if an 
Off-shore U.S. point is not listed in the report. The Industry Analysis 
Division will assign a country code for such points. All records in a 
file must have the same U.S. point code.

F. International Point or Region Field

    Where records contain data for traffic between a U.S. point and a 
specific international point, the code for that international point 
should be taken from International Points and entered in the 
International Point field. For example, the code 1 in the international 
point field would indicate that the record reports traffic between a 
United States point and Abu Dhabi.
    There is no miscellaneous or ``all other'' country code. All 
traffic must be reported to a specific point. Country-by-country 
traffic and revenue data for points in a region should total to the 
amount reported for that region using region codes. Settlement and 
traffic adjustments which cannot be tied to specific points should be 
allocated to all appropriate points.
    Data records will be rejected if the U.S point and international 
point are both domestic points.
    The international point code for region subtotal and world total 
summary records should be as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           For services 1 through 9,    
  International point code (record      description field (record field 
              field #4)                               #7)               
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9001................................  Western Europe.                   
9002................................  Africa.                           
9003................................  Middle East.                      
9004................................  Caribbean.                        
9005................................  North and Central America.        
9006................................  South America.                    
9007................................  Asia.                             
9008................................  Oceania.                          
9009................................  Eastern Europe.                   
9010................................  Other Regions.                    
9999................................  World Total.                      
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Note: Code 9010--Other Regions, covers Antarctica and Maritime 
traffic.

    Section 1-D of this manual explains which data must be filed on a 
country-by-country basis, and which data need only be filed on a 
summary basis. Facilities-based carriers must file regional and world 
total traffic and revenue subtotals for each service that they provide. 
However, country-by-country and region totals are not required for 
smaller international points. See page 13 of the manual. In addition, 
carriers must file separate world total traffic and revenue by U.S. 
point for the pure resale traffic that they provide for the domestic 
United States (Alaska, Hawaii, the conterminous U.S. and Puerto Rico) 
and for each other U.S. point that they serve.
    The international point code 9999 should be used if the record 
contains world total data for a service. International point code 9999 
is not a miscellaneous or ``all other'' code. This code represents a 
total for all international traffic between a United States point and 
the rest of the world. Where country-by-country data are filed, records 
with international point code 9999 contain the totals of records with 
the same U.S. region, service, and billing codes, and with 
international point codes between 1 and 1999.

G. Service Code Field

    The following service codes should be used:

 1 International message telephone service
 2 International message telegraph service
 3 Telex Service
 4 Private Line--Voice 

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 5 Private Line--up to 1200 bits per second (bps)
 6 Private Line--1201 bps to 9600 bps
 7 Private Line--9601 bps to 30 Million bps (Mbps) or .01 Megahertz 
to 18 Megahertz
 8 Private Line--greater than 30 Mbps to 120 Mbps or greater than 18 
Megahertz to 72 Megahertz
 9 Private Line--greater than 120 Mbps or greater than 72 megahertz
 99 New, Miscellaneous and Other Services

H. Footnote Code Field and Comment Records

    The footnote code field should be used to indicate that the paper 
copies of the 43.61 data, as well as comment records contained in the 
data file, contain a footnote concerning the data record. The carrier 
must include footnote text to explain the specific circumstances if any 
data for the current period differs materially from that filed for the 
previous period and the difference is not self-explanatory but was 
caused by unusual circumstances not explained in a previous report. The 
paper copies of the 43.61 data must include the text of the footnote. 
These footnotes should be labeled sequentially from 1 to 999, and the 
footnote should be included in the footnote code field in the data 
record. Alpha numeric codes may be used only if the carrier needs to 
provide more than 999 footnotes in the report.
    Footnotes and other comments should be included in the data file as 
comment records. Any record with a blank space (`` ``) in the first 
position will be treated as a comment record. Please note that some 
word processors and spreadsheet programs will insert leading spaces 
when files are printed to diskette. If this occurs, you will need to 
use an editor to manually delete the spaces.

I. Description Field

    For service codes 1 through 9, this field should contain the name 
of the international point or world region. The name should be 
identical to the international point name published in International 
Points. Region names are shown in section 2-F above.
    For service code 99, this field should be used to identify the 
service provided. This field is critical because the carrier may use 
service code 99 for several different types of service. Records with 
service code 99 will not be accepted unless there are at least 10 
characters other than blank spaces in the service description field. 
The service should be fully described in the paper copy of the section 
43.61 filing and in comment fields.
    All records pertaining to the same Other International Service 
should have identical service descriptions in this field. The following 
standardized names should be employed to report other international 
services.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Service                      Service name (include in field #7)                Traffic measures     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Packet switching service......  Packet Switching....................................  (1) Kilo segments.        
Occasional use television--     Occasional Television...............................  (1) Hours.                
 short term arrangements to                                                                                     
 facilitate transmission of                                                                                     
 television signals.                                                                                            
Switched Video................  Switched Video......................................  (1) Sessions.             
                                                                                      (2) Minutes.              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

J. Billing Code Field

    The billing code indicates whether the record contains facilities-
based, facilities resale, or pure resale data. Facilities based codes 
are from 1 to 4, facilities resale codes are from 11 to 14, and the 
pure resale code is 21. The billing code indicates whether the traffic 
and revenue information are for U.S billed, foreign billed, or 
transiting service. Billing codes are shown on page 18 of the manual. 
Facilities-based private line service will be reported with bill code 
1. Facilities resale private line service will be reported with billing 
code 11.

K. Data elements #1 Through #5

    There are five data element fields, each of which is 12 characters 
wide. These fields should contain right justified integer values with 
no commas, periods, or other punctuation marks. Revenue should be 
rounded to the nearest dollar. The contents of the data field will vary 
depending on the type of service. Section 1-F describes the precise 
types of information that must be provided. The following figure 
summarizes the requirements:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Service code     Data field #1       Data field #2       Data field #3       Data field #4      Data field #5  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1............  Messages*.........  Minutes...........  Billed &            Settlement          Retained Revenue.
                                                        Settlement          Payments.                           
                                                        Revenue**.                                              
2............  Messages*.........  Words.............  Billed &            Settlement          Retained Revenue.
                                                        Settlement          Payments.                           
                                                        Revenue**.                                              
3............  Messages*.........  Minutes...........  Billed &            Settlement          Retained Revenue.
                                                        Settlement          Payments.                           
                                                        Revenue**.                                              
4-9..........  Leased Circuits...  Voice Equivalent    Revenue...........  (no data).........  (no data).       
                                    Circuits.                                                                   
10...........  Messages*.........  Minutes...........  Billed Revenue....  Settlement          Retained Revenue.
                                                                            Payments.                           
99...........  Volume Measure***.  Volume Measure***.  Billed &            Settlement          Retained Revenue.
                                                        Settlement          Payments if                         
                                                        Revenue**.          appropriate.                        
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Messages can be omitted for transiting traffic. Minutes can be omitted for transiting traffic in the public   
  filing.                                                                                                       
** Records for U.S. Billed traffic will contain billed revenue. Records for Foreign Billed traffic will contain 
  settlement amounts due from foreign corespondents. Transiting records may combine both billed revenue and     
  settlement amounts due.                                                                                       
*** Volume measures have been specified for some Other International Services. See section 1-C-5 and the table  
  on page 34 of the manual. For other services reported with Service Code 99, use the volume and revenue        
  measures that are most appropriate. See Section 1-F-3. Comment records in the file must indicate the volume   
  and revenue measures provided.                                                                                
                                                                                                                

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Section 3  Simplified Instructions for Pure Resale Carriers

    This section details the filing requirements for pure resale 
traffic and is intended to be a stand alone manual for pure resellers 
of switched services. Pure resale services are not provided to the 
public over the reseller's international channels of communications, 
but instead are provided by reselling switched communications service 
of other international carriers. Pure resellers may own switching 
equipment as well as domestic circuits.

A. Definitions and Data To Be Filed

    Each pure reseller must file world total traffic and revenue data 
for each service that it provides. Pure resellers may consolidate pure 
resale traffic for domestic U.S. points (the Conterminous United 
States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico). Pure resellers must file 
separate data for each additional U.S. point served, i.e. American 
Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston 
Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana 
Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    International Message Telephone, International Message Telegraph, 
Telex, and Miscellaneous or Other services can be offered on a pure 
resale basis. International Message Telephone Service includes call-
back service, hot line service, and other resale services where the 
point of origin for the call differs from the billing location.
    ``Call-back'' refers to an arrangement in which a customer in a 
foreign country uses foreign facilities to dial a preassigned telephone 
number in the United States. The call is not completed, but the 
presence of signaling information triggers a call back to the customer, 
who receives a dial tone from the U.S. carrier's switch. The customer 
can then place a call via outbound switched service of the U.S. 
carrier. Three separate calls have been placed: an unanswered call 
placed by the customer; a call back to the customer placed by the 
carrier; and a call to number then requested by the customer. The final 
call either terminates at a U.S. telephone or physically transits the 
United States. The customer that initiates the call-back is billed by 
the U.S. carrier. Typically, the call-back carrier provides the service 
by reselling the international services of other U.S. carriers. The 
underlying carrier will bill the call-back carrier for the call that 
goes from the call-back carrier switch to the customer, and for the 
call that goes from the call-back carrier to the ultimate call 
destination. The Commission has granted a 214 application to provide 
this service. VIA USA, Ltd et al. 9 FCC Rcd 2288 (1994).
    In offering a ``hot line'' arrangement, the U.S. carrier 
continuously places calls to the telephone of a subscriber located 
outside the United States. The called party's telephone has a 
disconnected ringer. When the called party wants to access a U.S. dial 
tone to place an international call, he or she simply picks up the 
receiver and ``answers'' one of several thousand continuous calls made 
to that particular phone during the day and receives a dial tone at the 
U.S. carrier's location. The U.S. carrier completes and bills the call.
    Traffic and revenue totals should not include traffic between 
domestic U.S. points. Traffic and revenue totals should be based on 
amounts billed to customers with no allowance for uncollectibles. 
However, unbillable traffic should not be included. Revenue amounts 
should reflect all discounts attributable to international service. 
Traffic and revenue totals should be based on service actually provided 
during the reporting year, regardless of when the traffic was actually 
billed. Revenue should not include taxes shown on customer bills.
    Pure resellers providing message telephone service must also 
provide a list of the countries where calls terminated during the 
reporting year. Table 5 of International Points used for FCC Reporting 
Purposes is a check list that can be used for this purpose. Carriers 
serving a domestic U.S. point should not check off other domestic U.S. 
points, since the traffic totals should exclude traffic between 
domestic U.S. points. The report should also contain any additional 
data or information that the carrier deems relevant or necessary to 
understanding the data it is required to file. In addition to providing 
the points served, pure resale carriers must file the following data 
for each service that they provide.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Service                           Traffic data        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
International message telephone service...  World totals by billing     
                                             type: messages, minutes,   
                                             and carrier revenues.      
International message telegraph service...  World totals by billing     
                                             type: messages, words, and 
                                             carrier revenues.          
International telex service...............  World total by billing type:
                                             messages, words, and       
                                             carrier revenues.          
Each other international services.........  World total by billing type:
                                             messages, minutes, words,  
                                             kilo segments, sessions,   
                                             contracts, and carrier     
                                             revenues as appropriate.   
------------------------------------------------------------------------

B. Filing Procedures

    Section 43.61(a) directs carriers to file reports by July 31, 
reporting service actually provided in the preceding calendar year. 
Section 43.61(c) provides that carriers shall submit a revised report 
by October 31 identifying and correcting errors in the July 31 filing. 
Carriers do not need to file revised data where corrected figures are 
within five percent of the figures filed in the July 31 filing. The 
five percent guideline covers fluctuations in traffic or revenue totals 
due to corrections and true-ups that occur during the billing and 
settlement process. This exception is not intended to cover instances 
where carriers discover that they have filed erroneous data due to 
procedural mistakes made while preparing section 43.61 reports.
    The following schedule details the number of copies required and 
the location to which those copies should be delivered. This schedule 
applies to the July 31 and October 31 filings.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Certification and
         Mailing address           Transmittal letter       report*     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCC Secretary, Mail Stop 1170,     Original..........  .................
 1919 M Street, NW., Washington,                                        
 DC 20554.                                                              
FCC Common Carrier Bureau          2 copies..........  Original and 1   
 Industry Analysis Division, Mail                       copy.           
 Stop 1600 F, 1919 M Street, NW.,                                       
 Washington, DC 20554.                                                  
The FCC's Contract Copier**, Room  1 copy............  1 copy.          
 246, 1919 M Street, NW.,                                               
 Washington, DC 20037.                                                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Pure resale traffic need not be filed on diskette.                     
**Currently International Transcription Services, Inc.                  

    The transmittal letter should identify the name of the carrier, the 
date of the filing, and should state that Section 43.61 data has been 
filed with the Common Carrier Bureau Industry Analysis Division and the 
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current contract copier. The original of the transmittal letter should 
be filed with the Secretary of the FCC. Copies of the transmittal 
letter should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division and the 
Commission's current contract copier.
    Carriers must certify the accuracy of the data submitted in FCC 
Report 43.61 by including a signed certification statement as the last 
page of the paper report. The statement must be signed by an officer of 
the reporting carrier. An officer is a person who occupies a position 
specified in the articles of incorporation (or partnership agreement), 
and would typically be president, vice president for operations, vice-
president for finance, comptroller, treasurer or a comparable position. 
If the carrier is a sole proprietorship the owner must sign the 
certification. The original and one copy of the certification statement 
should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division. One copy of the 
certification should be filed with the Commission's current contract 
copier.
    For additional information, comments or suggestions, contact the 
Common Carrier Bureau's, Industry Analysis Division (202) 418-0940.
    The certification statement is included below:

Certification

    I certify that I am an officer of ____________________; that I 
have examined the foregoing report and that to the best of my 
knowledge, information and belief, all statements of fact contained 
in this report are true and that said report is an accurate 
statement of the affairs of the above named respondent in respect to 
the data set forth herein for the period from __________ to 
__________.
Printed Name-----------------------------------------------------------

Position---------------------------------------------------------------

Signature--------------------------------------------------------------

Date-------------------------------------------------------------------

C. Sample 43.61  Report for a Pure Resale Company

IAD International
International Traffic and Revenue Report for 1994 Filed Pursuant to 
Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules
    International Message Telephone Service provided on a pure resale 
basis, including Call-back type service.
    I. Traffic originated from U.S. Domestic Points [does not include 
traffic between U.S. domestic points].
    A. Served: Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Conterminous United 
States.
    B. International points served are attached.
    C. Traffic Data consolidated for Domestic U.S. points: Messages, 
21,000,258; Minutes, 28,208,890; and Billed Revenue, $16,003,920.
    II. Traffic originated from U.S. Virgin Islands.
    A. International points served are attached.
    B. Traffic Data: Messages, 258; Minutes, 890; and Billed Revenue, 
$920.

D. Example Check Sheet for International Points Served

    This Check Sheet was taken from Table 5 of ``International Points 
Used for FCC Reporting (Check Alaska, Conterminous U.S., Hawaii, or 
Puerto Rico ONLY if you are reporting service for non-domestic U.S. 
points.)

                                                                                                                                                        
 3...  Afghanistan                                    384  Czech Republic                                158  Kiribati                                  
1005.  Alaska                                          81  Denmark                                       159  Korea, North                              
6....  Albania                                         82  Djibouti                                      160  Korea, South                              
 8...  Algeria                                         83  Dominica                                      161  Kuwait                                    
1009.  American Samoa                                  84  Dominican Republic                            162  Kyrgyzstan                                
10...  Andorra                                         87  Ecuador                                       163  Laos                                      
12...  Angola                                          88  Egypt                                         164  Latvia                                    
13...  Anguilla                                        89  El Salvador                                   165  Lebanon                                   
14...  Antarctica                                      91  Equatorial Guinea                             166  Lesotho                                   
15...  Antigua and Barbuda                             93  Estonia                                       167  Liberia                                   
16...  Argentina                                       94  Ethiopia                                      168  Libya                                     
17...  Armenia                                         98  Fiji                                          169  Liechtenstein                             
8....  Aruba                                           99  Finland                                       171  Lithuania                                 
20...  Australia                                      101  France                                        173  Luxembourg                                
21...  Austria                                        103  French Guiana                                 174  Macau                                     
22...  Azerbaijan                                     102  French Overseas Departm                       176  Madagascar                                
24...  Bahamas, The                                   104  French Polynesia                              179  Malawi                                    
25...  Bahrain                                        354  French Southern and Ant                       180  Malaysia                                  
1026.  Baker Island                                   106  Gabon                                         181  Maldives                                  
28...  Bangladesh                                     108  Gambia, The                                   182  Mali                                      
29...  Barbados                                       111  Georgia                                       183  Malta                                     
50...  Belarus                                        112  Germany                                       185  Maritime--Atlantic                        
31...  Belgium                                        114  Ghana                                         186  Maritime-other oceans                     
32...  Belize                                         115  Gibraltar                                     187  Maritime--Pacific                         
33...  Benin                                          118  Greece                                        188  Marshall Islands                          
35...  Bermuda                                        120  Greenland                                     190  Mauritania                                
36...  Bhutan                                         121  Grenada                                       191  Mauritius                                 
37...  Bolivia                                        123  Guadeloupe                                    194  Mexico                                    
40...  Bosnia and Herzegovina                        1124  Guam                                          195  Micronesia                                
41...  Botswana                                       127  Guatemala                                    1196  Midway Atoll                              
43...  Brazil                                         129  Guinea                                        197  Moldova                                   
44...  Brunei                                         130  Guinea-Bissau                                 199  Mongolia                                  
46...  Bulgaria                                       131  Guyana                                        202  Montserrat                                
47...  Burkina                                        132  Haiti                                         203  Morocco                                   
48...  Burma                                         1133  Hawaii                                        205  Mozambique                                
49...  Burundi                                        136  Honduras                                      207  Namibia                                   

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52...  Cambodia                                       137  Hong Kong                                     208  Nauru                                     
53...  Cameroon                                      1138  Howland Island                               1374  Navassa Island                            
54...  Canada                                         139  Hungary                                       209  Nepal                                     
55...  Canary Island                                  140  Iceland                                       210  Netherlands                               
56...  Cape Verde                                     141  India                                         211  Netherlands Antilles                      
58...  Cayman Islands                                 142  Indonesia                                     213  Caledonia                                 
59...  Central African Republi                        143  Iran                                          217  New Zealand                               
61...  Chad                                           144  Iraq                                          219  Nicaragua                                 
350..  Chagos Archipelago                             145  Ireland                                       220  Niger                                     
63...  Chile                                          148  Israel                                        221  Nigeria                                   
64...  China                                          149  Italy                                         222  Niue                                      
68...  Colombia                                       150  Jamaica                                       223  Norfolk Island                            
69...  Comoros                                        151  Japan                                        1363  Northern Mariana Island                   
70...  Congo                                         1369  Jarvis Island                                 226  Norway                                    
71...  Cook Islands                                  1153  Johnston Atoll                                230  Oman                                      
74...  Costa Rica                                     154  Jordan                                        231  Pacific Islands (Palau)                   
75...  Cote d'Ivoire                                   52  Kampuchea                                     232  Pakistan                                  
76...  Croatia                                        156  Kazakhstan                                   1234  Palmyra Atoll                             
77...  Cuba                                           157  Kenya                                         235  Panama                                    
79...  Cyprus                                        1371  Kingman Reef                                  237  Papua New Guinea                          
238..  Paraguay                                       332  Vanuatu                                                                                      
239..  Peru                                           334  Venezuela                                                                                    
241..  Philippines                                    335  Vietnam                                                                                      
244..  Poland                                         337  Virgin Islands, British                                                                      
245..  Portugal                                      1338  Wake Island                                                                                  
1247.  Puerto Rico                                    340  Wallis and Futuna                                                                            
248..  Qatar                                          343  Western Sahara                                                                               
253..  Reunion                                        344  Western Samoa                                                                                
254..  Romania                                        345  Yemen                                                                                        
257..  Russia                                         347  Zaire                                                                                        
258..  Rwanda                                         348  Zambia                                                                                       
264..  Saint Helena                                   349  Zimbabwe                                                                                     
265..  Saint Kitts and Nevis                                                                                                                            
266..  Saint Lucia                                                                                                                                      
269..  Saint Pierre and Miquel                                                                                                                          
270..  Saint Vincent and the G                                                                                                                          
277..  Sao Tome and Principe                                                                                                                            
279..  Saudi Arabia                                                                                                                                     
281..  Senegal                                                                                                                                          
282..  Serbia                                                                                                                                           
283..  Seychelles                                                                                                                                       
286..  Sierra Leone                                                                                                                                     
287..  Singapore                                                                                                                                        
385..  Slovakia                                                                                                                                         
289..  Slovenia                                                                                                                                         
290..  Solomon Islands                                                                                                                                  
291..  Somalia                                                                                                                                          
292..  South Africa                                                                                                                                     
293..  Spain                                                                                                                                            
294..  Sri Lanka                                                                                                                                        
295..  Sudan                                                                                                                                            
296..  Suriname                                                                                                                                         
298..  Swaziland                                                                                                                                        
299..  Sweden                                                                                                                                           
300..  Switzerland                                                                                                                                      
301..  Syria                                                                                                                                            
303..  Taiwan                                                                                                                                           
304..  Tajikistan                                                                                                                                       
305..  Tanzania                                                                                                                                         
307..  Thailand                                                                                                                                         
310..  Togo                                                                                                                                             
312..  Tonga                                                                                                                                            
315..  Trinidad and Tobago                                                                                                                              
316..  Tunisia                                                                                                                                          
317..  Turkey                                                                                                                                           
318..  Turkmenistan                                                                                                                                     
319..  Turks and Caicos Island                                                                                                                          
320..  Tuvalu                                                                                                                                           
321..  Uganda                                                                                                                                           
322..  Ukraine                                                                                                                                          
325..  United Arab Emirates                                                                                                                             
326..  United Kingdom                                                                                                                                   
1327.  United States (contermi)                                                                                                                         

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328..  Uruguay                                                                                                                                          
330..  Uzbekistan                                                                                                                                       
1331.  U.S. Virgin Islands                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        



Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
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