DA-05-2513

Friday September 23, 2005

**U.S.-CAMBODIA ROUTE EXEMPTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
POLICY**

**IB Docket Nos. 02-324, 96-261**

By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau:

. The U.S.-Cambodia route is hereby exempted from the International
Settlements Policy (ISP) pursuant to the *ISP Reform First Report and
Order* and sections 0.51 and 0.261 of the Commission's rules.[^1]

On March 11, 2004 the Federal Communications Commission adopted the *ISP
Reform Order* that revised its policy and rules to remove the
International Settlements Policy from benchmark-compliant routes. In
that Order, the Commission identified ninety-six routes that clearly
qualified for exemption from the ISP pursuant to the new rules.[^2]
Through a series of public notices, the Commission subsequently lifted
the ISP from a number of additional routes once it was satisfied that
U.S. carriers had negotiated benchmark compliant rates on those
routes.[^3]

With respect to the remaining routes, the ISP remains on a route until a
U.S. carrier files an effective accounting rate modification pursuant to
section 64.1001 of the Commission's rules, demonstrating benchmark
compliance, as required by the *ISP Reform Order.*[^4] On April 20, 2005
and May 2, 2005, we received accounting rate modifications, filed
pursuant to section 64.1001, indicating that AT&T had negotiated
benchmark-compliant rates on the U.S.-Cambodia route for January 1, 2003
through December 31, 2004.[^5] On June 16, 2005, we released a public
notice, announcing our intention to remove the ISP from that route.[^6]
No comments were filed. Accordingly, we lift the ISP from the
U.S.-Cambodia route. A complete list of routes that now are exempt from
the ISP is set forth in Attachment A.

Copies of this Public Notice, Order, and pleadings are available
electronically on the Commission's web site at
[www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/).

Petitions for reconsideration under section 1.106 or applications for
review under section 1.115 of the Commission's rules may be filed within
thirty days of this Public Notice (see section 1.4(b)(2)).[^7]

For further information, please contact Claudia Fox, Policy Division,
International Bureau, (202) 418-1460, or James Ball, Chief, Policy
Division, International Bureau, (202) 418-1460.

-FCC-

> **Attachment A**

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  **Complete                                               
  List Of                                                  
  Routes                                                   
  Currently                                                
  Exempt From                                              
  the ISP**                                                
  ------------ -- --------------------------- --------- -- ----------------------------
  **No.**         **Country**                 **No.**      **Country**

  1               Albania                     83           Jordan

  2               Algeria                     84           Kazakhstan

  3               Angola                      85           Korea, South

  4               Anguilla                    86           Kuwait

  5               Armenia                     87           Latvia

  6               Antigua and Barbuda         88           Lebanon

  7               Argentina                   89           Liberia

  8               Aruba                       90           Libya

  9               Australia                   91           Liechtenstein

  10              Austria                     92           Lithuania

  11              Azerbaijan                  93           Luxembourg

  12              Bahamas                     94           Macau

  13              Bahrain                     95           Macedonia FDR (included in
                                                           Serbia)

  14              Bangladesh                  96           Malawi

  15              Barbados                    97           Malaysia

  16              Belarus                     98           Mali

  17              Belgium                     99           Malta

  18              Belize                      100          Mauritius

  19              Benin                       101          Mayotte

  20              Bermuda                     102          Mexico

  21              Bolivia                     103          Moldova

  22              Bosnia and Herzegovina      104          Monaco (included in France)

  23              Botswana                    105          Mongolia

  24              Brazil                      106          Montserrat

  25              Brunei                      107          Morocco

  26              Bulgaria                    108          Mozambique

  27              Burkina                     109          Nambia

  28              Cambodia                    110          Nepal

  29              Cameroon                    111          Netherlands

  30              Canada                      112          Netherlands Antilles

  31              Cape Verde                  113          New Caledonia

  32              Cayman Islands              114          New Zealand

  33              Chile                       115          Nicaragua

  34              China                       116          Nigeria

  35              Colombia                    117          Norway

  36              Congo                       118          Oman

  37              Costa Rica                  119          Pakistan

  38              Cote d'Ivoire               120          Panama

  39              Croatia                     121          Paraguay

  40              Cyprus                      122          Peru

  41              Czech Republic              123          Philippines

  42              Denmark                     124          Poland

  43              Dominica                    125          Portugal

  44              Dominican Republic          126          Qatar

  45              Ecuador                     127          Reunion

  46              Egypt                       128          Romania

  47              El Salvador                 129          Russia

  48              Equatorial Guinea           130          Saint Kitts and Nevis

  49              Eritrea (included in        131          Saint Lucia
                  Ethiopia)                                

  50              Estonia                     132          Saint Vincent and the
                                                           Grenadines

  51              Ethiopia                    133          Saudi Arabia

  52              Faroe Islands (included in  134          Senegal
                  Denmark)                                 

  53              Fiji                        135          Serbia

  54              Finland                     136          Singapore

  55              France                      137          Slovakia

  56              French Guiana               138          Slovenia

  57              French Overseas Dept.       139          South Africa
                  (Martinique)                             

  58              French Polynesia            140          Spain

  59              Gabon                       141          Sri Lanka

  60              Gambia, The                 142          Sudan

  61              Georgia                     143          Suriname

  62              Germany                     144          Swaziland

  63              Ghana                       145          Sweden

  64              Greece                      146          Switzerland

  65              Grenada                     147          Taiwan

  66              Guadeloupe                  148          Tanzania

  67              Guatemala                   149          Thailand

  68              Guinea                      150          Tonga

  69              Guyana                      151          Trinidad and Tobago

  70              Haiti                       152          Tunisia

  71              Honduras                    153          Turkey

  72              Hong Kong                   154          Turks and Caicos Islands

  73              Hungary                     155          Uganda

  74              Iceland                     156          Ukraine

  75              India                       157          United Arab Emirates

  76              Indonesia                   158          United Kingdom

  77              Iran                        159          Uruguay

  78              Ireland                     160          Uzbekistan

  79              Israel                      161          Venezuela

  80              Italy                       162          Virgin Islands, British

  81              Jamaica                     163          Yemen

  82              Japan                       164          Zambia

                                              165          Zimbabwe

                                                           
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[^1]: *See International Settlements Policy Reform: International
    Settlement Rates,* First Report and Order, FCC 04-53, 19 FCC Rcd
    5709 (2004) (*ISP Reform Order*); 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.51, 0.261.

[^2]: *See ISP Reform* Order at Appendix D.

[^3]: *See ISP Reform Order,* 19 FCC Rcd 5772, Appendix E. *See also*
    *Additional U.S.-International Routes Exempted from the
    International Settlements Policy*, Public Notice*,* DA 04-3518 (rel.
    Nov. 4, 2004); *U.S. Angola Route Exempted from the International
    Settlements Policy*, Public Notice, DA 04-3905 (rel. Dec. 14, 2004).

[^4]: *See ISP Reform Order* 19 FCC Rcd at 5724, ¶ 30. *See also
    Additional U.S.-International Routes Exempted from the International
    Settlements Policy*, Public Notice, DA 04-3518 (rel. Nov. 4, 2004).

[^5]: Modification of Existing Accounting Rate, ARC-MOD-2005420-0002
    (filed Apr. 20, 2005); ARC-MOD-20050420-00003 (filed Apr. 20, 2005);
    ARC-MOD-20050502-0004 (filed May 2, 2005).

[^6]: *U.S.-Cambodia Route to be Exempted From the International
    Settlements Policy*, Public Notice, DA 05-1679 (rel. Jun. 16, 2005).

[^7]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106, 1.115, 1.4(b)(2).