[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52641-52642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21091]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 43

[IB Docket No. 04-112 (Terminated); DA 15-711]


Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International 
Telecommunications Services

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; petition for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: In this Order, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) dismisses the petition for reconsideration (Petition) of 
the Second Report and Order filed by Voice on the Net Coalition 
(Petitioner), seeking reconsideration of the Commission's decision to 
extend international traffic

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and revenue reporting requirements to entities providing international 
calling service via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connected to 
the public switched telephone network (PSTN), and requiring submarine 
cable landing licensees to file reports identifying capacity they own 
or lease on each submarine cable. The Petition relies on facts and 
arguments that do not meet the requirements of the Commission's rules 
and the Petition plainly does not warrant consideration by the 
Commission.

DATES: September 1, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Krech, Policy Division, 
International Bureau at 202-418-7443; or Veronica Garcia-Ulloa, Policy 
Division, International Bureau at 202-418-0481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
dismissing the petition for reconsideration, DA 15-711, adopted and 
released on June 17, 2015. Under the Commission's rules, petitions for 
reconsideration that rely on facts or arguments that have not 
previously been presented to the Commission will be considered only 
under certain limited circumstances and may be dismissed by the 
relevant bureau if they do not meet those circumstances. The Petition 
relies on facts and arguments that do not meet the requirements of 
Sec.  1.429(b)(1) through (3) of the Commission's rules. Petitioner 
previously could have presented these facts and arguments to the 
Commission in response to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 
this proceeding, but did not present. Accordingly, pursuant to Sec.  
1.429(l) of the Commission's rules, the Petition plainly does not 
warrant consideration by the Commission. The Order on Reconsideration 
is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
The document is also available for download over the Internet at http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0617/DA-15-711A1.pdf. The Commission will not send a copy of this Order pursuant 
to the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because this 
Order does not have an impact on any rules of particular applicability.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Nese Guendelsberger,
Deputy Chief, International Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2015-21091 Filed 8-31-15; 8:45 am]
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