Reminder: Quarterly FCC International Reports Due June 30, 2017

Kelley Drye Client Advisory

Please be reminded of the upcoming due dates for the Reports listed below:

FCC Quarterly Section 63.10(c)(2) International Traffic and Revenue Report

All carriers authorized to provide international communications service and classified as dominant must file a quarterly report detailing traffic and revenue data for the services and routes on which the carrier is classified as dominant.  The quarterly report must be submitted in the same format as the annual Section 43.62(b) International Traffic and Revenue Report.  Accordingly, filers should use the Section 43.62(b) report templates when preparing the quarterly Section 63.10(c)(2) report.

The traffic and revenue data for the quarterly report must be divided between service billed by U.S. service providers and by foreign service providers.  Filers also must report data for minutes and revenues associated with fixed line or mobile networks and settlement payouts and receipts.  This international calling service data must be reported in the same format as Schedule 1 of the annual Section 43.62(b) report and revenue data for international private line service must be reported consistent with Schedule 3 of the annual Section 43.62(b) report.

The report must cover the calendar quarter period of January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 and must be filed with the FCC by June 30, 2017.

FCC Quarterly Section 63.10(c)(3) Quality of Service Report

All carriers authorized to provide international communications service and classified as dominant must provide information regarding the provisioning and maintenance of all basic network facilities and services procured from the carrier’s foreign carrier affiliate or allied foreign carrier for those routes on which the carrier is classified as dominant.

These reports should contain the following data: ​“the types of circuits and services provided; the average time intervals between order and delivery; the number of outages and intervals between fault report and service restoration; and for circuits used to provide international switched service, the percentage of ​‘peak hour’ calls that failed to complete.”

The report must cover the calendar quarter period of January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 and must be filed with the FCC by June 30, 2017.

FCC Quarterly Section 63.10(c)(4) International Circuit Status Report

Facilities-based carriers authorized to provide international communications service and classified as dominant must report on the status of all circuits used to provide international service on those routes on which the carrier is classified as dominant.  Information regarding activated or idle 64kbps or equivalent circuits must be reported on a facility-by-facility basis.  Carriers should identify the terrestrial, satellite and submarine cable transmission facilities used, i.e., U.S. - United Kingdom cable system, etc. for each route and identify the number of channels or circuits for each system if more than one system is used.

The report must cover calendar quarter period of January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 and must be filed with the FCC by June 30, 2017.

FCC Quarterly Section 1.767(l) Submarine Cable Licensee Circuit Status and Provisioning and Maintenance Reports

Section 1.767(l) reports must be filed by submarine cable licensees that (i) are, or are affiliated with, carriers with market power in any of the submarine cable’s WTO Member destination countries; and (ii) that have sought streamlined processing of a cable landing license, pursuant to section 1.767 of the Commission’s rules.

Filers must submit the following Provisioning and Maintenance and Circuit Status Reports:

  • Section 1.767 Provisioning and Maintenance Report - The provisioning and maintenance report summarizes the provisioning and maintenance of all network facilities and services procured from the filer’s foreign carrier affiliate, in the destination market. The report must contain the following information: the types and volume or quantity of provisioned services and facilities; the time interval between order and delivery; and the number of outages and intervals between fault report and facility or service restoration.
  • Section 1.767 Circuit Status Report - The circuit status report must include the status of all active and idle 64 kbps or equivalent circuits used to provide international service in the destination markets.  Circuits must be reported by facility (terrestrial, satellite and submarine cable).

The section 1.767 provisioning and maintenance reports and circuit status reports are due within 90 days from the end of each calendar quarter.  The report must cover the calendar quarter period of January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 and must be filed with the FCC by June 30, 2017.
Please be advised that attorneys in Kelley Drye & Warren’s Communications Practice Group are experienced in addressing international reporting issues and are able to assist clients in filing the international carrier reports.

For further information on any of these filings, please contact your usual Kelley Drye attorney.