[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3137]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 0, 43, 63 and 64

[IB Docket Nos. 02-324, 96-261; DA 03-312]


International Settlements Policy Reform and International 
Settlement Rates

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 25, 2002, the Federal Communications Commission 
published a proposed rule document initiating a proceeding to re-
examine the Commission's International Settlements Policy. The 
Commission received comments from a substantial number of foreign 
carriers or associations based in foreign countries. To ensure proper 
translations as well as the need for timely access to the initial 
comments, the Commission decided to extend the reply comment period by 
12 days.

DATES: Reply comments are due on or before February 18, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. See Supplementary 
Information for filing instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  James Ball, Chief, or Lisa Choi, 
Senior Legal Advisor, Policy Division, International Bureau, (202) 418-
1460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. On October 11, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment from the public regarding 
possible reform of its International Settlements Policy, International 
Simple Resale and benchmarks policies, and the issue of foreign mobile 
termination rates. (See 67 FR 65527, October 25, 2002.)
    2. On January 14, 2003, the Commission received comments from 
twenty parties on the issues under consideration in the NPRM. A 
substantial number of initial commenters are either foreign carriers or 
associations based in foreign countries. Therefore, recognizing the 
potential need of some of these commenters for additional time to 
ensure proper translations as well as the need for timely access to the 
initial comments through the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS), we extend the comment due date for replies regarding the 
NPRM, FCC 02-285, IB Docket Nos. 02-324 & 96-261, by 12 days to 
February 18, 2003 in order to afford all members of the public a full 
opportunity to comment on the issues raised in the initial comments. We 
find that the public interest will be served by this brief extension of 
the reply dates to allow for a more complete record in this proceeding.
    3. Accordingly, pursuant to Sec.  1.1 of the Commission's rules, 47 
CFR 1.1, the new reply comment due date is February 18, 2003. 
Instructions for filing pleadings in this proceeding are set forth in 
the NPRM, available on the Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.


Federal Communications Commission:
James Ball,
Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-3137 Filed 2-7-03; 8:45 am]
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