DA 04-1584

May 28, 2004

**The International Bureau Revises and Reissues the Commission's**

**List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are Presumed to
Possess Market Power**

**in Foreign Telecommunications Markets**

By this Public Notice, the International Bureau revises and reissues the
Commission's "List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are
Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets."
This Public Notice also summarizes the relevant rule sections that
incorporate this list by reference.

The revised list adds foreign carriers in 13 countries or non-sovereign
points not previously specified in the list.[^1] It also updates the
names of carriers in seven geographical markets that were already
included in the list. [^2] This list shall continue to apply for
purposes of implementing the following Commission rules: Sections
1.767(g)(5) (involving the prohibition on cable landing licensees
agreeing to accept special concessions); 43.51(b) (involving reporting
contracts and concessions); 63.14 (involving the prohibition on
telecommunications carriers agreeing to accept special concessions); and
63.23(d) (involving the provision of switched basic services over
authorized resold private lines). This list shall also apply for
purposes of implementing Section 64.1002 (involving the international
settlements policy), which the Commission adopted in the *2004* *ISP
Reform Order.*[^3] In that Order, the Commission revised its rules
relating to the international settlements policy (ISP).

The Commission first adopted its list of foreign carriers that are
presumed to possess market power in the *1999 ISP Reform Order*.[^4] In
that proceeding, the Commission modified its rules to remove the
requirement that agreements between U.S. telecommunications carriers and
foreign carriers that lack market power in the foreign
telecommunications market conform to the Commission\'s ISP. The
Commission\'s rules include a presumption that a foreign carrier does
not possess market power on the foreign end of a U.S. international
route if it possesses less than 50 percent market share in each of three
relevant foreign product markets: international transport facilities,
including cable landing station access and backhaul facilities;
intercity facilities and services; and local access facilities and
services on the foreign end.

The Commission stated that it would issue a list of carriers that do not
qualify for this presumption. U.S. international carriers would be
precluded from exchanging traffic outside of the ISP with carriers on
the list unless otherwise allowed. [^5] U.S.-authorized carriers would
also be precluded from agreeing to accept special concessions (as
defined in Section 63.14 of the Commission\'s rules) from carriers on
the list unless otherwise allowed under the Commission\'s rules. The
Commission found that this approach would best advance the policy of
allowing U.S. carriers to enter into arrangements with foreign carriers
that lack market power with a minimum of regulatory oversight, while
maintaining the ISP for certain arrangements with foreign carriers that
possess market power in the foreign market. In the *2004 ISP Reform
Order*, the Commission further reformed its rules to remove the ISP from
U.S. international routes for which U.S. carriers have negotiated
settlement rates at or below the benchmark level established by the
Commission.

The following list specifies particular foreign carriers that do not
qualify for the presumption that a foreign carrier lacks market power on
the foreign end of a U.S. international route if it possesses less than
50 percent market share in each of the three relevant foreign product
markets identified above. The list is based on publicly available
information, compiled from official sources, including the International
Telecommunication Union. The list of "Dominant Operators" does not
specifically identify all incumbent local exchange carriers that may
operate in the destination markets listed below. However, all incumbent
local exchange carriers that may operate in the markets are incorporated
by reference on the list.[^6]

Interested persons may challenge the inclusion or exclusion of any
carrier on the list by submitting a petition for declaratory ruling and
the appropriate supporting documentation to demonstrate that a carrier
included on the list lacks market power or that a carrier not included
does not lack market power.[^7] This list applies only for purposes of
implementing those rules which incorporate this list by reference. It
does not apply for purposes of market power determination under Section
63.10 (Regulatory classification of international carriers) or Section
63.18 (Contents of applications for international common carriers). The
list below will be posted on the International Bureau\'s World Wide Web
site (http://www.fcc.gov/ib).

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

Afghanistan Ministry of Communications

Albania Albania Telecom

Algeria Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications (MPT)

Angola Angola Telecom

Anguilla Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

Antigua and Barbuda Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

Argentina Telcom Argentina S.A., Telefónica de Argentina S.A.

Armenia Armentel

Ascension Island Cable & Wireless plc Branch

Australia Telstra Corporation

Austria Post and Telekom Austria AG (PTA)

Azerbaijan Ministry of Communication

Bahamas Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (Batelco)

Bahrain Bahrain Telecommunications Company (BATELCO)

Bangladesh Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board

Barbados Barbados External Telecommunications Ltd. (BET)

Belarus Belarus Telecom

Belgium Belgacom

Belize Belize Telecommunications Ltd.

Benin Office des postes et télécommunications (OPT)

Bermuda Cable & Wireless Bermuda

Bhutan Bhutan Telecom

Bolivia Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Telecom SRPSKE

Telekom Republike Srpske

Botswana Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC)

Brazil Embratel

British Virgin Islands Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

Brunei Jabatan Telecom Brunei Darussalam (JTB)

Bulgaria Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC)

Burkino Faso Office National des Télécommunications (ONATEL)

Burma Myanmar Posts & Telecommunications

Burundi Office National des Télécommunications (ONATEL)

Cambodia Directorate of Posts and Telecommunications (DPTK)

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

Cameroon Société des Télécommunications Internationales du Cameroun

(INTELCAM)

Canada Aliant Inc., Bell Canada, Manitoba Telecom Services,

SaskTel, Telus Communications

Cape Verde Cabo Verde Telecom Sarl

Cayman Islands Cable & Wireless (Cayman Islands) Limited

Central African Rep. Sciété Centrafricaine des Télécommunications

(SOCATEL)

Chad Société des Télécommunications Internationales du Tchad

(TIT)

Chile CTC

China China Telecom, China Netcom

Colombia Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones

Comoros Société Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications (SNPT)

Congo Office National des Postes et des Télécommunications (ONPT)

Costa Rica Instituto Costariccense de Electricidad (ICE)

Côte d\'Ivoire Société Côte d\'Ivoire-TELECOM (CI-TELECOM)

Croatia Croatia Telecom (HT)

Cuba Empresa Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA)

Cyprus Cyprus Telecommunications Company

Czech Rep. SPT Telecom

Dem. Rep. of Congo Office Congolais des Postes et des Télécommunications

(OCPT)

Denmark Tele Danmark A/S

Diego Garcia Cable and Wireless plc Branch

Djibouti Société Telecom International (STID)

Dominica Cable & Wireless Dominica Limited

Dominican Republic Compañía Dominicana de Teléfonos (CODETEL)

Ecuador Emetel

Andinatel

Pacifictel

Egypt Egypt Telecom

El Salvador Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea La Sociedad Anonima de Telecomunicaciones de la
Republica de Guinea Guinea Ecuatorial (GETESA)

Eritrea Telecommunications Services of Eritrea (TSE)

Estonia Estonian Telephone Company

Ethiopia Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC)

Falkland Islands Cable and Wireless plc Branch

Finland TeliaSonera

Fiji Telecom Fiji Limited

France France Télécom

Gabon Télécommunications Internationales Gabonaises (TIG)

Gambia Gambia Telecommunications Company, Ltd. (GAMTEL)

Georgia Georgia Telecom (GTC)

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

Germany Deutsche Telekom AG

Ghana Ghana Telecommunications Company

Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE)

Grenada Cable & Wireless Grenada Limited

Guatemala Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala (Telgua)

Guernsey Cable and Wireless Guernsey Ltd

Guinea Société des Télécommunications de Guinée (SOTELGUI)

Guinea-Bissau Companhia de Telecomunicaçoes da Guiné-Bissau, sarl

(Guiné-Telecom)

Guyana Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Ltd.

Haiti Telecommunications d\'Haiti S.A.M.

Holy See (Vatican City) Telecom Italia

Honduras Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones

Hong Kong Pacific Century CyberWorks HKT

Hungary Hungarian Telecommunication Co. (MATAV)

Iceland Landssiminn

India Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL)

Indonesia PT Telekomunikas

Iran Telecommunciations Company of Iran

Iraq Ministry of Telecommunications

Ireland Eircom

Israel Bezeq

Italy Telecom Italia

Jamaica Cable & Wireless Jamaica

Japan Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Jordan Jordan Telecommunications Corporation (JTC)

Kazakhstan Kazakhtelecom

Kenya Telkom Kenya Limited

Kiribati Telecom Services Kiribati Limited

Korea (South) Korea Telecom

Korea (North) Pycompute Pyongyang

Kuwait Ministry of Communications

Kyrgyszstan Kyrgyztelecom

Laos Shinawatra Telecom Company

Latvia Lattelekom

Lebanon Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

Lesotho Lesotho Telecommunications Corporation (LTC)

Liberia Liberia Telecommunications Corporation

Libya General Post and Telecommunications Company (GPTC)

Liechtenstein Swiss Telecom PTT

Lithuania Lietuvos Telekom

Luxembourg Luxembourg PTT

Macau Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau S.A.R.L.

Macedonia Makedonski Telecom (MT)

Madagascar Telecom Malagasy (TELMA)

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

Malawi Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (MPTC)

Malaysia Telecom Malaysia, Celcom, Maxis Communications,

DiGi.Com, TimedotCom.

Maldives DHIRAAGU

Mali Société des Télécommunications du Mali (SOTELMA)

Malta Telemalta Corporation

Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority

Mauritania Office des Postes et des Télécommunications (OPT)

Mauritius Mauritius Telecom Limited

Mayotte France Télécom

Mexico Telefonos de Mexico (TelMex)

Micronesia FSM Telecommunications

Moldova Moldtelecom

Monaco France Télécom

Mongolia Mongolia Telecommunications Company

Monserrat Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

Morocco Maroc Telecom

Mozambique Telecomunicaçoes de Moçambique

Namibia Telecom Namibia

Nauru Nauru Department of Telcommunications

Nepal Nepal Telecommunications Corporation

Netherlands KPN Telecom N.V.

Netherlands Antilles Antelecom N.V.

New Zealand Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (TCNZ)

Nicaragua Enitel

Niger Société nigérinne des télécommunications (SONITEL)

Nigeria Nigerian Telecomunications Limited

Norway Telenor AS

Oman General Telecommunications Organization (GTO)

Pakistan Pakistan Telecommunications

Palau Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC)

Palestine Palestine Telecommunications Company P.L.C. (PALTEL)

Panama Cable & Wireless Panama S.A.

Papua New Guinea Telikom PNG

Paraguay Antelco

Peru Telefónica del Peru

Philippines Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)

Poland Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.

Portugal Portugal Telecom S.A.

Qatar Qatar Public Telecommunications Corporation

Réunion France Télécom

Romania Romtelecom

Russia Rostelecom

Rwanda Rwandatel S.A. (RWANDATEL)

Sakhalin Sakhalin Telecom Limited

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

St Helena Cable and Wireless plc Branch

St. Kitts and Nevis Cable & Wireless St Kitts & Nevis Limited

St. Lucia Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

San Marino Telecom Italia

Sao Tomé & Principe Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, s.a.r.l.
(CST)

Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecommunications Company

Senegal Société Nationale des Télécommunications du Sénégal

(SONATEL)

Serbia and Montenegro Serbija Telecom

Seychelles Cable & Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd.

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company (SIERRATEL)

Singapore Singapore Telecom

Slovakia Slovak Telecom (ST)

Slovenia Telekom Slovenije (TS)

Solomon Islands Solomon Telekom Company

Somalia Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

South Africa Telkom SA Limited

Spain Telefónica

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Telecom

Sudan Sudan Telecommunications Company Ltd. (Sudatel)

Suriname Telesur

Swaziland Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC)

Sweden TeliaSonera

Switzerland Swisscomm

Syria Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE)

Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom

Tajikistan Tajiktelecom

Tanzania Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Limited (TTCL)

Thailand Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT)

Togo Société des Télécommunications du Togo (TOGO TELECOM)

Trinidad and Tobago Telecom Services of Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia Tunisie Telecom

Turks and Caicos Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Limited

Turkey Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S.

Turkmenistan Turkmentelecom

Tuvalu Ministry of Labor, Works and Communications

Uganda Uganda Telecommunications Limited (UTC)

Ukraine Ukrtelecom

United Arab Emirates The Emirates Telecommunications Corp. Ltd.
(Etisalat)

United Kingdom British Telecom

Uruguay Administración Nacional de Telecomunicationes

Uzbekistan Halqaro Telecom

Vanuatu Telecom Vanuatu Ltd.

Venezuela Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela

**[Destination Market]{.underline} [Dominant Operators]{.underline}**

Vietnam Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)

Samoa Samoa Tel

Yemen Yemen International Telecommunications Company

(TELEYEMEN)

Zambia Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel)

Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (PTC)

**[Additional carriers included on this list:]{.underline}**

All incumbent local exchange carriers in the destination markets above.

All carriers that control, are controlled by, or are under common
control with, a carrier listed above in the particular destination
market.

For additional information, please contact Peggy Reitzel or Mark
Uretsky, Policy Division, International Bureau, (202) 418-1460.

-FCC-

[^1]: *See* *List of Foreign Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess
    Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets*, Declaratory
    Ruling, DA 04-970, 19 FCC Rcd 6331 (IB/PD 2004).

[^2]: *Id.* While the Commission's staff attempts to maintain current
    information as to the names of carriers on this list, we encourage
    interested parties to advise the Commission of future name changes
    that may occur as a result of divestiture of national incumbent
    operators into regional operators or for other reasons.

[^3]: *International Settlements Policy Reform, International Settlement
    Rates*, IB Docket Nos. 02-324 and 96-261, First Report and Order,
    FCC 04-53, rel. Mar. 30, 2004, 69 FR 23151 (Apr. 28, 2004) (*2004*
    *ISP Reform Order*). Among other rule changes, the *2004 ISP Reform
    Order* also eliminated Section 63.22(e) (involving the provision of
    switched basic services over authorized facilities-based private
    lines). Section 63.22(e) had incorporated this list by reference.
    The effective date of all rule changes adopted in the *2004* *ISP
    Reform Order* is May 28, 2004, with the exception of Sections
    43.51(d), 43.51(e), 64.1001 and 64.1002(c). These provisions are
    subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Once
    OMB completes its review, we will issue a public notice stating the
    effective date for these rules changes.

[^4]: *1998 Biennial Regulatory Review \-- Reform of the International
    Settlements Policy and Associated Filing Requirements*, IB Docket
    No. 98-148 and CC Docket No. 90-337, Report and Order and Order on
    Reconsideration, 14 FCC Rcd 7963 (1999) (*1999* *ISP Reform Order)*.

[^5]: *See* *List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are
    Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications
    Markets*, Public Notice, 14 FCC Rcd 7038 (1999) (Public Notice
    issuing initial list of foreign carriers presumed to possess market
    power).

[^6]: *See infra* "Additional carriers included on this list."

[^7]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 43.51 Note 3 (2003).