[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20976-20986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9026]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WC Docket No. 06-122; DA 11-400]


Wireline Competition Bureau Releases 2011 Annual 
Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499-A) and 
Accompanying Instructions

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau released the 
revised annual Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499-A) 
and accompanying instructions. Filers may now submit their FCC Form 
499-A to the Universal Service Administrative Company.

DATES: Filers must submit the FCC Form 499-A reporting 2010 revenues by 
April 1, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Degani, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, Competition Policy Division, at (202) 418-7400 or via the 
Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau revised the Form and instructions 
to make the process of preparing Form 499-A more user-friendly for 
filers. Many changes are intended to replace technical language with 
plain language to aid the filer. These non-substantive revisions 
include:
    (1) Revising the formatting throughout for consistency of 
presentation and readability. (2) Consolidating the contact information 
and how-to-file information into single sections. (3) Moving the table 
used to determine whether a filer is de minimis for universal service 
purposes to Appendix A and adjusting the factors used therein to 
estimate whether a filer will be de

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minimis in 2011. (4) Moving the list of Line 105 categories (describing 
a filer's principal telecommunications activities) into Appendix B. (5) 
Noting that email addresses are generally required so that the 
Commission and the administrators may contact filers electronically. 
Filers must now use Line 208.1 of the Form to specify a contact email 
address for ITSP regulatory fee purposes. (6) Reorganizing the sections 
discussing reporting revenues in Blocks 3 and 4 so that it parallels 
the steps that filers typically take when filing out the form to report 
revenues. (7) Consolidating the discussion of specific line revenues 
for ease of reference. (8) Referring to filers consistently as 
``filers'' rather than as ``contributors'' or ``reporting entities'' in 
some places. (9) Deleting information of historical value but 
unnecessary for reporting purposes. (10) Updating references to 
precedent as appropriate to better track the language in relevant 
Commission precedent.
    In compliance with 47 CFR 1.47, 52.17(b), 52.32(b), 54.711(a), and 
64.604(c)(5)(iii)(B), attached to this notice is a copy of the FCC Form 
499-A for 2011 and the FCC Form 499-A instructions can be found at: 
http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form499-A/499a-2011.pdf.

Federal Communications Commission.
Vickie Robinson,
Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division.
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[FR Doc. 2011-9026 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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