**FCC Report 43.61** Approved by OMB

3060-0106

Expires 10/31/1999

Estimated Average

Burden Hours Per

Response: 48 Hours

**[MANUAL FOR FILING SECTION 43.61 DATA]{.underline}**

**in accordance with the FCC\'s Rules and Regulations**

June 1995

NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS

Section 43.61 of the Commission\'s Rules requires all carriers providing
international service to provide traffic and revenue data. The
collection of Section 43.61 traffic data stems from the Commission\'s
authority under the Communications Act of 1934, Sections 4, 48, 48 Stat.
1066, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154 unless otherwise noted. Interpret or
apply Sections 211, 219, 220, 48 Stat. 1073, 1077, as amended; 47 U.S.C.
211, 219, 220. The telecommunications traffic data report is an annual
and, for some carriers, a quarterly reporting requirement imposed on
common carriers engaged in the provision of overseas telecommunications
services. The reported data is useful for international planning,
facility authorization, monitoring emerging developments in
communications services, analyzing market structures, tracking the
balance of payments in international communications services, and market
analysis purposes. The reported data enables the Commission to fulfill
its regulatory responsibilities. Carriers subject to the filing
requirement are required to submit the data.

Remember \-- You are not required to respond to a collection of
information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may
not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. This
collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0106.

We have estimated that each response to this collection of information
will take, on average, 48 hours. Our estimate includes the time to read
the instructions, look through existing records, gather and maintain the
required data, and actually complete and review the form or response. If
you have any comments on this estimate, or how we can improve the
collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write the Federal
Communications Commission, AMD-PERM, Washington, DC 20554, Paperwork
Reduction Project (3060-0106). We also will accept your comments via
Internet if you send them to jboley@fcc.gov. Please DO NOT SEND
COMPLETED REPORTS TO THIS ADDRESS.

The foregoing Notice is required by the Privacy Act of 1974, P.L.
93-579, December 31, 1994, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(3), and the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Section 3501.

Contents Page

Introduction [4](#INTRO)

[Section 1]{.underline} - Definitions and General Information
[6](#SECTION_1)

A. Carriers that must file International

> Telecommunications Service Data [6](#SECTION_1)

B. International Points used for Reporting Purposes
[7](#INTERNATIONAL_POINTS_USED)

C. Service Categories Used for Reporting Data [10](#a1_B)

> 1\. International Message Telephone Service [10](#IMTS)
>
> 2\. International Message Telegraph Service [11](#TELEGRAPH)
>
> 3\. International Telex Service [11](#TELEX)
>
> 4\. International Private Line Service [11](#PRIVATE_LINE)
>
> 5\. Miscellaneous or Other International Service [12](#MISC___OTHER)

D. Filing Country-by-Country data for Each U.S. Point

> Served [13](#FILING_COUNTRY_BY_COUNTRY)
>
> 1\. Filing by U.S. Point [13](#BY_U_S__POINT)
>
> 2\. Filing data on a Country-by Country Basis [13](#BY_COUNTRY)

E. Billing Codes [15](#BILLING_CODES)

> 1\. Definition of Facilities-Based, Facilities
>
> Resale, and Pure Resale Service [15](#FACILIITES_BASED)
>
> 2\. Switched and Miscellaneous or Other Services
> [15](#SWITCHED___MISC)
>
> 3\. Private Line Service [16](#BILLCODE_PRIVATE_LINE)
>
> 4\. Table of Billing Codes [19](#BILLCODE_TABLE)

F. Measurement of Traffic and Revenues [18](#a1_C)

> 1\. Message Services [20](#a1_C_3_A)
>
> a\. Message Service Traffic Measures [21](#MESSAGE_TRAFFIC)
>
> b\. Message Service Revenue and Settlement
>
> Information [22](#MESSAGE_REV___SETTLEMENT)
>
> 2\. Private Line Services [24](#a1_C_3_B)
>
> a\. Number of Leased Circuits and Number of
>
> Equivalent Voice Grade Circuits [25](#PL_CIRCUITS)
>
> b\. Leased Circuit Revenue [25](#PL_REVENUE)
>
> 3\. Miscellaneous or Other International
>
> Services [26](#a1_C_3_C)

4\. Data Requirements Summarized by Service [27](#I_A_5)

G. Filing Procedures [28](#a1_D)

[Section 2]{.underline} - Diskette Format and Coding Instructions
[32](#a2)

A. Media and File Name for Traffic Data filed

on Diskette [32](#a2_A)

B. Record Formats [32](#a2_B)

C. Filing Carrier Name Field [34](#a2_C)

D. Year of Data Field [34](#a2_D)

E. U.S. Point Served Field [34](#a2_E)

F. International Point or Region Field [34](#a2_F)

G. Service Code Field [36](#a2_G)

H. Footnote Code Field and Comment Records [36](#a2_H)

I. Description Field [38](#a2_I)

J. Billing Code Field [38](#a2_J)

K. Data elements #1 through #5 (Traffic, circuits,

revenue and settlements information) [39](#a2_K)

L. Example of a 43.61 report for a

facilities-based carrier [41](#a2_L)

[Section 3]{.underline} - Simplified Instructions for

Pure Resale Carriers [43](#SECTION_3)

A. Definitions and Data to be Filed [43](#SEC3_A)

B. Filing Procedures [45](#SEC3_B)

C. Example of a 43.61 Report for Pure Resale Carrier [49](#SEC3_C)

D. Example Check Sheet for International Points Served
[50](#EXAMPLE_CHECK_SHEET)

[]{#INTRO .anchor}[Introduction]{.underline}

This manual is organized in three sections. Section 1 defines
international telecommunications service, explains the service
categories, defines the data requirements, and contains filing
instructions. Section 2 defines a computerized format, and explains
specialized codes that facilities-based and facilities resale carriers
must use for reporting data. Section 3 summarizes reporting requirements
for pure resale switched services. **Most pure resale carriers should be
able to use Section 3 without reference to other parts of the manual.**

Section 43.61(a) of the FCC\'s Rules requires that each common carrier
providing international telecommunications service between any U.S.
point and any non U.S. point must file traffic and revenue data.[^1]
This includes foreign carriers that serve a U.S. point as well as
private carriers and carriers that provide non-tariffed international
communications services. Section 43.61(b) mandates that carriers provide
traffic and revenue data for each and every international service.
Section 43.61(d) specifies that the traffic and revenue data must be
furnished in accordance with this manual.

The 43.61 international traffic reports contain traffic and revenue
information for service between the United States and international
points. The data are summarized in FCC statistical reports, are used to
monitor the development and competitiveness of international
telecommunications markets, and are used in the facilities planning
process. In addition, the FCC uses this information to develop and
support United States positions in discussions with foreign governments
and international standards organizations, such as the International
Telecommunications Union.

The manual contains reporting requirements for facilities-based,
facilities resale and pure resale services.[^2] **Facilities-based**
services are provided by a carrier utilizing international circuits in
which it has an ownership interest. **Facilities Resale** services are
provided by a carrier utilizing non-switched international circuits
leased from other reporting international carriers. Carriers must
provide detailed data for both the facilities-based and facilities
resale services that they provide. **Pure resale** services are switched
services that are provided by reselling the international switched
services of other carriers. Pure resale carriers may own domestic
switches and circuits, but rely on other carriers to carry switched
traffic between the United States and foreign points. Carriers must
separately report facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale
service. Section 3 contains simplified reporting requirements for pure
resale carriers. Only pure resale switched service is accorded
simplified reporting requirements.

The public reporting burden for the revised manual is estimated to
average 24 hours including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, preparing the report, and reviewing the collection of
information. The 24 hours is a weighted average response time based on
80 hours for 30 facilities-based carriers and 10 hours for 120 pure
resellers. These figures represent the incremental reporting burden and
do not include the time that carriers spend maintaining data for other
purposes. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing the reporting burden to the Federal Communications Commission,
Office of Managing Director, Washington, DC 20554.

[]{#SECTION_1 .anchor}[Section 1]{.underline}

[Definitions and General Information]{.underline}

A. [Carriers that must file International]{.underline}

[Telecommunications Service Data]{.underline}

Section 43.61(a) of the FCC\'s Rules requires that each common carrier
providing international telecommunications service between any U.S.
point and any non U.S. point must file traffic and revenue data. This
includes foreign carriers that serve a U.S. point as well as private
carriers and carriers that provide non-tariffed international
communications services. Section 43.61(b) mandates that carriers provide
traffic and revenue data for each and every international service.
Section 43.61(d) specifies that the traffic and revenue data must be
furnished in accordance with this manual.

International traffic and revenue data must be reported in accordance
with Section 43.61 of the Rules. Section 43.61(a) states that \"\[e\]ach
common carrier engaged in providing international telecommunications
service between the area comprising the continental United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, and off-shore U.S. points and any country or point
outside that area must file a report with the Commission not later than
July 31 of each year for service actually provided in the preceding
calendar year.\" Telecommunications services allow the public to
communicate by means of electronic signals transmitted by wire, radio,
visual or other electromagnetic systems and can entail the carriage of
traffic or the provision of dedicated communications channels. A service
channel or circuit is a path for electronic transmission of information
between two or more points. All common carriers must file international
traffic data, regardless of whether service is offered pursuant to
tariff.

Enhanced services as defined by Section 64.702 of the Commission\'s
rules are exempt from the Section 43.61 filing requirements. Enhanced
services incorporate code and protocol conversion, information provision
or information processing as a fundamental part of the service purchased
by the customer. Simple packet switching, for example, is not considered
to be an enhanced service despite the fact that the network temporarily
stores packets. A packet switching service that included code and
protocol conversion, however, would be considered to be enhanced unless
packet switching was priced separately from code and protocol
conversion.

For the purpose of reporting international traffic data, an
international carrier is any entity that offers international
telecommunications service to non-affiliated entities for compensation.
For example, a cellular carrier that resells the international switched
service of another carrier must file Section 43.61 traffic data.
However, a cellular carrier that merely bills international service for
another carrier whose name is shown on the bill would not be considered
an international carrier even if the cellular carrier also billed for
itself the standard air time charges for the international call. The
carrier actually providing the international service would be required
to report.

[]{#INTERNATIONAL_POINTS_USED .anchor}B. [International Points used for
Reporting Purposes]{.underline}

This manual defines three categories of geographic points. **Domestic
U.S.** points are the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto
Rico. **Off-shore U.S.** points include U.S. possessions such as
American Samoa, Guam, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island,
Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Wake
Island. The Domestic U.S. and Off-shore U.S. points are collectively
referred to herein as the United States or as U.S. points. All other
points of the world, including ships operating in international waters,
are **Foreign** points. Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Mexico,
which were not encompassed by the older term \"overseas points\", are
foreign points.

United States and foreign points are identified in the Common Carrier
Bureau Industry Analysis Division report titled *International Points
used for FCC Reporting Purposes* (*International Points*).
*International Points* lists world points that originate or receive
international telecommunications traffic. The report contains the
country and region codes that must be used to file Section 43.61 data.
The report is published periodically and shows various classification
schemes for world points. Revisions to *International Points* will
reflect changes in political boundaries and the extent and operation of
international telecommunications networks. Contact the Industry Analysis
Division (202)418-0940 regarding points not listed in the tables.

The geographic categories Domestic U.S., Off-shore U.S. and Foreign
shall be used to determine which data must be reported. Service that
both originates and terminates in Domestic U.S. points is considered to
be domestic, and should not be reported under Section 43.61 of the
Rules. All other traffic for a United States point must be reported.

The following table illustrates the classification of traffic for
various pairs of points:

+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| [Service            | [Cat                  | [Reporting             |
| Originating and     | egorized]{.underline} | Status]{.underline}    |
| terminating         |                       |                        |
| points]{.underline} |                       |                        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Alaska to Hawaii    | Domestic U.S. to      | Domestic Traffic: not  |
|                     | Domestic U.S.         | reported               |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Alaska to           | Domestic U.S. to      | Domestic Traffic: not  |
|                     | Domestic U.S.         | reported               |
| Puerto Rico         |                       |                        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Off-shore U.S. to     | U.S. International     |
| to                  |                       | Traffic: Reported      |
|                     | Domestic U.S.         |                        |
| Puerto Rico         |                       |                        |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Alaska to Guam      | Domestic U.S. to      | U.S. International     |
|                     | Off-shore U.S.        | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Alaska to Japan     | Domestic U.S. to      | U.S. International     |
|                     | Foreign               | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Guam to Japan       | Off-shore U.S. to     | U.S. International     |
|                     | Foreign               | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Guam to Wake Island | Off-shore U.S. to     | U.S. International     |
|                     | Off-shore U.S.        | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Japan to Italy via  | Foreign to Foreign    | U.S. International     |
| Hawaii              | transiting the U.S.   | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Japan to Italy via  | Foreign to Foreign    | U.S. International     |
| Guam                | transiting the U.S.   | Traffic: Reported      |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Japan to Italy via  | Foreign to U.S. to    | U.S. international     |
| \"country beyond\"  | Foreign               | Traffic: Each leg of   |
| service of a U.S.   |                       | call reported as U.S.  |
| carrier             |                       | Billed                 |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Japan to Italy via  | Foreign to U.S. to    | U.S. International     |
| pure resale U.S.    | Foreign               | Traffic: Each leg of   |
| Call-back service   |                       | call reported          |
| in Hawaii           |                       |                        |
|                     |                       | as U.S. Billed         |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
| Japan to Italy      | Foreign to Foreign    | Foreign Traffic: not   |
| direct              |                       | reported               |
+---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+

The distinction between domestic and international traffic may prove
burdensome in some instances. For example, there may be instances where
customers obtain international service while using a domestic
telecommunications service. A domestic cellular service might be usable
just outside U.S. territorial waters. The cellular carrier may have no
way of knowing if its service is being used to complete an international
call. If the carrier bills such a customer at domestic rates, the
traffic should be considered incidental to domestic service, and need
not be included in Section 43.61 reports. The opposite situation might
occur where a customer uses an international maritime service while in
U.S. territorial waters. Such a call to a domestic point would be a
domestic call. It could be difficult for the carrier to identify and
remove such traffic from its international data reports. Such traffic is
incidental to international service, and may be included in Section
43.61 reports as international traffic. Carriers should footnote entries
that might contain a significant amount of such traffic.

[]{#a1_B .anchor}C. [Service Categories Used for Reporting
Data]{.underline}

Section 43.61(b) of the FCC\'s Rules requires carriers to provide
traffic and revenue information for each and every international common
carrier service that they provide to the public. Enhanced services as
defined by Section 64.702 of the Rules are not common carrier services.
International services may be provided over terrestrial cable, submarine
cable, microwave facilities, satellite circuits, etc. Distinctions are
made based on the service provided to the customer rather than the
technology employed to provide the service. The following service
categories and definitions are provided solely to govern the reporting
of traffic and do not bear on the legality or treatment of international
services for any other purpose:

1\. []{#IMTS .anchor}[International Message Telephone
Service]{.underline}

International message telephone service involves the transmission and
reception of speech over the public switched network for which a charge
is collected on a minimum charge per call or measured time basis. Per
call prices are typically calculated based on the number of minutes or
fractions of minutes. Service features, such as operator assistance or
credit card billing, may be offered as part of the service and may give
rise to additional charges. Through use of modems and other specialized
equipment, the customer can use ordinary telephone calls for the
transmission of data, video and facsimile[^3] messages.

International message telephone services are generally tariffed on a
\"through\" basis from the United States to a particular foreign point.
This means that a call is charged a tariffed rate for a particular point
of destination, regardless of whether the call goes directly to that
country, or transits through some third point. Traditionally, service is
provided jointly by a U.S. international message telephone service
carrier and one or more foreign correspondent carriers under a \"joint
operating agreement\". Such agreements typically specify the rights,
duties, and legal obligations of each correspondent; arrangements such
as \"proportionate return\" which govern the routing of traffic; and
provide the accounting rate per unit of international message telephone
service traffic. The accounting rate provides the basis for \"settling\"
traffic balances, i.e. compensating one carrier for handling the traffic
of the other. However, international message telephone service can also
be provided by facilities resale arrangements which may not entail
accounting rate agreements.

Carriers offer many types of switched network services with different
access and billing arrangements. International message telephone service
includes services with dedicated access if the calls are routed through
the public switched network. Accordingly, for international reporting
purposes, the international message telephone service category includes
traditional international message telephone service, WATS, 800 and 900
type services, custom network services, conference services, \'country
beyond\' service, and similar services. The international message
telephone service category can also include switched digital services
that utilize ISDN interfaces and switched global defined network
services. International message telephone service is reported with
service code 1.

2\. []{#TELEGRAPH .anchor}[International Message Telegraph
Service]{.underline}

International message telegraph service involves the transmission and
reception of record or textual matter which is not sent directly by the
sender, and for which a charge is collected on a per word basis.
International message telegraph service is reported with service code 2.

At one time carriers were required to provide separate data for message
telegraph services offered to the public, to governments, and to press
entities. Carriers should report 43.61 data that represents totals for
all types of customers.

3\. []{#TELEX .anchor}[International Telex Service]{.underline}

Telex service involves the transmission and reception of record matter,
including messages, facsimile and data, charged for on a per minute or
timed basis, for which the transmission is directly controlled by the
user over an exchange network dedicated to the transmission of such
records. Messages may be transmitted via carrier facilities on either a
direct dial or on a store and forward basis. The telex network provides
for the transmission of communications alternately in either direction,
but not in both directions simultaneously. Such services are also
referred to as teleprinter exchange services. International telex
service is reported with service code 3.

Telegraph and Telex services are occasionally referred to as record
services.

4\. []{#PRIVATE_LINE .anchor}[International Private Line
Service]{.underline}

Private line service is the leasing of a dedicated channel of
communications (leased circuit) for specified periods of time for the
customer\'s use. Leased private line circuits are typically priced by
distance, bandwidth or capacity, and other features such as line
conditioning. International private line service does not include
private circuits within the United States unless such circuits are
dedicated to the provision of international service and are provided
pursuant to international tariffs.

The international portion of the service typically begins at a point
within the United States and terminates at a connection point halfway
between the United States and the destination country. The remaining
half of the international private line from the theoretical midpoint to
the foreign destination is provided by the U.S. carrier\'s foreign
correspondent carrier. Each carrier bills the customer separately for
its half of the service. In actuality, although the service is priced on
the basis of a theoretical midpoint, the international circuitry is
usually provided by the U.S. and foreign carriers jointly, with each
carrier owning an undivided half-interest in the circuits.

Carriers should not report as international private line service data
for circuits *that both originate and terminate* within the domestic
United States, unless those circuits are dedicated for international
service and are provided pursuant to international tariffs. In addition,
carriers should not report facilities provided under contract to foreign
carriers except to the extent that the foreign carrier is paying for
facilities from the United States to the theoretical midpoint.

There are six categories of private line service for reporting purposes:

Service Code Description

4[]{#PL_TYPES .anchor} Voice Circuits - provided as individual circuits

5 up to 1200 bits per second (bps)

6 1201 bps to 9600 bps

7 9601 bps to 30 Million bps (Mbps) or

.01 Megahertz to 18 Megahertz,

except for voice circuits.

8 greater than 30 Mbps to 120 Mbps or

greater than 18 Megahertz to 72 Megahertz

9 greater than 120 Mbps or

greater than 72 Megahertz

The voice grade category should only contain individual circuits that
are offered to accommodate a single voice circuit. This category does
not include ISDN circuits or large capacity circuits provided as
multiple voice grade equivalent channels.

Switched and virtual private line services should not be included in the
above categories and instead should be reported separately as
Miscellaneous or Other International Services. These services are
considered to be private lines services for some purposes. However, the
reporting of revenues and circuits for switched and virtual private line
services cannot easily conform to the format specified for the private
line categories contained herein.

5\. []{#MISC___OTHER .anchor}[Miscellaneous or Other International
Service]{.underline}

The final service category includes all services that are not listed
above. The category includes cablephoto service, radiophoto service,
photo transmission service and addressed press service. The category
also includes packet switched transmission service, occasional use
television, switched video, switched and virtual private line services
and some other forms of switched digital service. The category also
includes any new service that differs from services listed above.
Miscellaneous or Other international services are reported with service
code 99.

D. []{#FILING_COUNTRY_BY_COUNTRY .anchor}[Filing Country-by-Country data
for Each U.S. Point]{.underline}

[Served]{.underline}

1\. []{#BY_U_S__POINT .anchor}[Filing by U.S. Point]{.underline}

[]{#BY_POINT .anchor}Carriers must file separate data for each United
States point from which they originate and bill facilities-based or
facilities resale service. **Carriers may not consolidate
facilities-based or facilities resale data for two United States points
without obtaining a waiver from the FCC.** Carriers may consolidate pure
resale traffic for domestic U.S. points (the Conterminous United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico). However, carriers may not consolidate
pure resale data for an off-shore U.S. point and a domestic U.S. point,
or for two off-shore U.S. points, without obtaining a waiver from the
FCC. See 47 CFR Section 1.3.

Carriers should not include in their report U.S. points that they do not
serve.

2. []{#BY_COUNTRY .anchor}[Filing data on a Country-by-Country
Basis]{.underline}

For each large U.S. point, facilities-based and facilities resale
carriers must provide country-by-country data on diskette for each
service that they provide. However, region-by-region data may be
substituted for miscellaneous services. For small U.S. points, each
carrier must report world total traffic data on diskette for each
service that they provide. All carriers, including pure resale carriers,
must file world total traffic data for each pure resale service that
they provide. Pure resale traffic need not be provided on diskette.

+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| []{#US_POINTS .anchor}Reporting    |                                 |
| requirements for Facilities-Based  |                                 |
| and Facilities Resale Service      |                                 |
+====================================+=================================+
| Large U.S. points:                 | Small U.S. points:              |
|                                    |                                 |
| file Country-by-Country Data on    | file World Total Data\*         |
| diskette                           |                                 |
|                                    | on diskette                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Alaska                             | American Samoa                  |
|                                    |                                 |
| Conterminous U.S.                  | Baker Island                    |
|                                    |                                 |
| Guam                               | Howland Island                  |
|                                    |                                 |
| Hawaii                             | Jarvis Island                   |
|                                    |                                 |
| Puerto Rico                        | Johnston Atoll                  |
|                                    |                                 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands                | Kingman Reef                    |
|                                    |                                 |
|                                    | Midway Atoll                    |
|                                    |                                 |
|                                    | Navassa Island                  |
|                                    |                                 |
|                                    | Northern Mariana Islands        |
|                                    |                                 |
|                                    | Palmyra Atoll                   |
|                                    |                                 |
|                                    | Wake Island                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| \* Many points on this list are    |                                 |
| not served by U.S. carriers at     |                                 |
| this time. Carriers need not file  |                                 |
| data for points that they do not   |                                 |
| serve.                             |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+

Where country-by-country reporting is required, carriers must file
separate data for each of the primary international points listed in
*International Points*. However:

a\) Carriers should omit points that would represent domestic traffic.
For example, a report for Alaska should not show traffic to Hawaii.
However, traffic between domestic and off-shore U.S. points must be
reported. For example, a report for Alaska should include traffic to
Guam.

b\) Carriers may consolidate traffic as indicated by the summary codes
shown in *International Points*. For example, Scotland has country code
280, but also summary code 326. That summary code is the country code
for the United Kingdom. Traffic between a U.S. point and Scotland may be
reported as Scotland traffic using country code 280 or may be included
with other United Kingdom traffic and reported using country code 326.

c\) Carriers should omit countries for which they have no traffic.

There are no miscellaneous country codes. All traffic must be reported
to a country code associated with one of the points listed in
*International Points*. Contact the Industry Analysis Division of the
Common Carrier Bureau if traffic exists for an international point that
is not currently listed. The Industry Analysis Division will assign a
code for that point.

Where country-by-country reporting is required, carriers should also
file region and world totals. *International Points* groups all
international points into 10 regions. These regions and the reporting
codes are listed in Section 2-F below. Carriers may omit
country-by-country data for miscellaneous services, but must provide
region and world totals on diskette.

E. []{#BILLING_CODES .anchor}[Billing Codes]{.underline}

Within a service, traffic is categorized according to the ownership of
facilities used to provide the service, and how the traffic was billed.
Carriers must use billing codes to associate traffic statistics with a
particular service type.

1\. []{#FACILIITES_BASED .anchor}[Definition of Facilities-Based,
Facilities Resale, and Pure Resale Service]{.underline}

In reporting data to the FCC, carriers must separate traffic on the
basis of the ownership of facilities used to provide service. Carriers
must separately report data for the three ownership categories shown
below: facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale. The
following definitions of facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure
resale traffic are intended solely for reporting international traffic
data, and may not be appropriate for other purposes.

**Facilities-based** services are those services provided using
international transmission facilities owned in whole or in part by the
carrier providing service. Facilities-based carriers use one or more
international channels of communications to provide international
telecommunications service. An international channel is a wire or radio
link that facilitates electronic communications between a United States
point and another world point. A facilities-based carrier either owns
international channels, has an ownership interest in the channel such as
an indefeasible right of use (IRU), or leases the channel from an entity
that does not report traffic, such as Comsat. Carriers must provide
detailed data for the facilities-based services that they provide.

**Facilities Resale** services are provided by a carrier utilizing
non-switched international circuits leased from other reporting
international carriers. A facilities resale service is provided over
international channels which are subject to Section 43.61 reporting by
the underlying carrier. Carriers must provide detailed data for the
facilities resale services that they provide.

**Pure resale** services are switched services that are provided by
reselling the international switched services of other carriers. Pure
resale services are not provided to the public over the reseller\'s
international channels of communications. Pure resale carriers may own
domestic switches and circuits, but rely on other carriers to carry
switched traffic between the United States and foreign points.

2\. []{#SWITCHED___MISC .anchor}[Switched and Miscellaneous or Other
Services]{.underline}

Carriers are required to categorize and report international switched
traffic using billing information. The primary categories are: **U.S.
Billed** \-- traffic billed by U.S. carriers which originates or
terminates in the United States, or which originates from \'country
beyond\' type services; **Foreign Billed** \-- traffic which originates
or terminates in the United States and is billed by a foreign or
correspondent carrier; and, **Transiting** \-- traffic that originates
outside of the United States, transits the United States, and terminates
outside of the United States, and is billed by a foreign carrier.

Within the U.S. Billed category, carriers must categorize traffic
according to whether the call was billed under a \'country beyond\'
arrangement, or under some other arrangement. \'Country beyond\'
services are provided by U.S. carriers to customers located in foreign
points. The customer initiates the call to the U.S. carrier and then
provides the destination number. The U.S. carrier then completes the
call. Such calls are typically billed using calling cards. Carriers must
use billing codes to separate \'country beyond\' traffic from other U.S.
billed calls. Other U.S. billed calls include international calls that
are placed in the United States and are billed to the calling number,
billed to another number in the United States, billed to a calling card
or billed by some other arrangement. Other U.S. billed calls also
include calls initiated overseas and billed to an 800 number in the
United States or billed collect to the called party. Public data may be
filed combining these call categories. The carriers proprietary filing
must use billing codes to distinguish \'country beyond\' traffic data
from other U.S. billed traffic data.

Note that data are not reported with sufficient granularity to separate
traffic solely on the basis of whether it originates or terminates in
the United States. The same billing code is used for calls that are
dialed directly from the United States, and for calls that originate in
a foreign point but are billed collect in the United States by the U.S.
carrier.

Not all carriers will provide all possible categories of traffic.
Carriers should file data only for billing types that they actually
provided during the year.

A carrier may aggregate all pure resale international traffic, including
traffic from call-back service. Call-back service is described on page
[43](#CALL_BACK), below. Carriers may not aggregate pure resale traffic
with either facilities-based or facilities resale traffic.

Traffic between some U.S. points will be reported as U.S. billed for the
point where it is billed, and as foreign billed for the other end of the
call. For example, a sent paid call from the U.S. Virgin Islands to
Puerto Rico will be reported as a U.S. billed call by the carrier
serving the U.S. Virgin Islands, and will also be reported as a foreign
billed call by the carrier serving Puerto Rico. This would be the case
even if the same carrier served both points. In fact, the same call
would be reported three times if it originated in an off-shore U.S.
point, transited a domestic U.S. point, and terminated in another
off-shore U.S. point.

U.S. billed and foreign billed switched traffic is reported by the
foreign point in which the call originates or terminates, irrespective
of foreign points through which the call may transit. **Transiting
traffic is reported for the country in which the call originates.**

3\. []{#BILLCODE_PRIVATE_LINE .anchor}[Private Line Service]{.underline}

International private line service typically links a location within the
United States with a location in a foreign point. The service is
provided jointly by the U.S. carrier and the foreign correspondent
carrier, and is usually accounted as if the U.S. carrier provides
service to the theoretical mid-point of the service. Thus, the U.S.
carrier tariffs a half circuit for its portion of the service, and the
foreign correspondent carrier likewise tariffs a half circuit. With
private line service, the customer billing address may be located in a
foreign country and the bill may be rendered by the foreign carrier that
provides the other half of the circuit. Even so, this service is
classified as U.S. billed because the customer has a United States
presence and the choice of billing location is arbitrary. The fact that
a foreign carrier may act as a billing agent is irrelevant. In sum, U.S.
carriers must report the portion of the service that they tariff.

Private lines are categorized by the foreign point in which the line
terminates. Facilities-based private line service should be reported
using billing code 1. Private line service provided over resold
facilities should be reported using billing code 11.

4\. [Table of]{.underline} [Billing Codes]{.underline}

The following table provides the billing codes for switched and private
line services. Note that carriers must report separately
facilities-based, facilities resale, and pure resale traffic.

[]{#a1_C .anchor}Table of Billing Codes

+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | Type |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | of   |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | Ser  |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | vice |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | P    |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | rovi |   |      |   |       |
|                                      | sion |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | Fa   |   | Fa   |   | Pure  |
|                                      | cili |   | cili |   |       |
|                                      | ties |   | ties |   | R     |
|                                      | B    |   | Re   |   | esale |
|                                      | ased |   | sale |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | Conf | P | Conf | P | P     |
|                                      | iden | u | iden | u | ublic |
|                                      | tial | b | tial | b |       |
|                                      | fi   | l | fi   | l | F     |
|                                      | ling | i | ling | i | iling |
|                                      |      | c |      | c |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      | F |      | F |       |
|                                      |      | i |      | i |       |
|                                      |      | l |      | l |       |
|                                      |      | i |      | i |       |
|                                      |      | n |      | n |       |
|                                      |      | g |      | g |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| Switched and Miscellaneous Service   | 1    | 1 | 11   | 1 | 21    |
|                                      |      |   |      | 1 |       |
| **U.S. Billed**                      |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| (Traffic Billed by reporting U.S.    |      |   |      |   |       |
| carriers) [Call originate in U.S.    |      |   |      |   |       |
| point served]{.underline}            |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to the calling number account |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a calling card or other    |      |   |      |   |       |
| billing arrangement                  |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 1    | 1 | 11   | 1 | 21    |
|                                      |      |   |      | 1 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| [Calls Originate outside U.S. point  | 1    | 1 | 11   | 1 | n.a.  |
| served]{.underline}                  |      |   |      | 1 |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed collect to a U.S. customer    |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a U.S. 800 service number  |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a calling card or other    |      |   |      |   |       |
| billing arrangement                  |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 1    | 1 | 11   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 1 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 4    | 1 | 14   | 1 | 21    |
|                                      |      |   |      | 1 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| **Foreign Billed**                   | 2    | 2 | 12   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 2 |       |
| (Traffic billed by foreign or        |      |   |      |   |       |
| corresponding carrier) [Calls        |      |   |      |   |       |
| originate in U.S. point              |      |   |      |   |       |
| served]{.underline}                  |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed collect to a foreign customer |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a foreign 800 service      |      |   |      |   |       |
| number                               |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a foreign carrier calling  |      |   |      |   |       |
| card or other arrangement            |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 2    | 2 | 12   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 2 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 2    | 2 | 12   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 2 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| Calls originate outside U.S. point   | 2    | 2 | 12   | 1 | n.a.  |
| served and terminate in the U.S.     |      |   |      | 2 |       |
| [point]{.underline}                  |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to the calling number account |      |   |      |   |       |
|                                      |      |   |      |   |       |
| Billed to a foreign carrier calling  |      |   |      |   |       |
| card or other arrangement            |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
|                                      | 2    | 2 | 12   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 2 |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| **Transiting**                       | 3    | 3 | 13   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 3 |       |
| (Traffic that originates and         |      |   |      |   |       |
| terminates [outside the U.S point    |      |   |      |   |       |
| served)]{.underline} Traffic billed  |      |   |      |   |       |
| by foreign or corresponding carrier  |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+
| Private Line Service                 | 1    | 1 | 11   | 1 | n.a.  |
|                                      |      |   |      | 1 |       |
| All Circuits                         |      |   |      |   |       |
+--------------------------------------+------+---+------+---+-------+

[]{#BILLCODE_TABLE .anchor}

F. [Measurement of Traffic and Revenues.]{.underline}

This section provides guidance for measuring traffic and revenues. Each
service has unique characteristics that create special concerns. For
example, a customer who places a telephone call to a foreign country may
not be aware that the call originates in a Local Access Transport Area
(LATA), crosses a Point of Presence (POP) to the interexchange network
of an interLATA carrier, is switched through international facilities to
a foreign carrier, and is then terminated in a foreign local exchange.
The customer need not consider the various arrangements under which
several carriers share the revenue from the call. The private line
customer, on the other hand, leases a specific amount of capacity
between two specified points. The customer may use a variety of
arrangements to get traffic to and from the leased circuit and may use
the circuit for several types of communications. The private line
customer is concerned with the charges for each specific link in its
network.

These and other differences between message and private line services
lead to differences in the ways that carriers should measure traffic and
revenues. The following sections cover message and private line
services. The guidelines should be used for miscellaneous international
services as appropriate.

1[]{#a1_C_3_A .anchor}. [Message Services]{.underline}

For each message service (telephone, telegraph, and telex) carriers must
report data for each billing type \-- principally U.S. billed, foreign
billed, and transiting. The data shall consist of a message count, the
duration of the messages, the billed revenue for the messages (when U.S.
billed), settlements associated with the messages, and the net revenue
for the messages.

Carriers must report traffic data on a calendar year basis. Thus, the
carrier should report the actual traffic carried during the year.
Revenues and settlement amounts should be measured on an accrual basis,
rather than on an actual receipts or actual settlement basis unless
rates have been adjusted retroactively. The amounts reported should not
reflect prior year adjustments or corrections. Accordingly, **carriers
cannot legitimately report negative amounts** in the message, minute,
revenue, or settlement data fields.

Even though there is a significant lag between the end of the reporting
year and the final data filing in October of the following year,
carriers may not have complete settlement data for some countries. In
such instances, carriers should make a good faith effort to estimate
settlement receipts, and note the fact in the filing. Section 2
describes the preparation of footnote records. Carriers should not
adjust subsequent year reports when out of period data becomes
available. Instead, these amounts, if significant, should be noted in
the subsequent year filing.

a\. []{#MESSAGE_TRAFFIC .anchor}[Message Service Traffic
Measures]{.underline}

Carriers must report the number of billed messages for international
message telephone, international message telegraph and international
telex services, except that messages may be omitted for transiting
traffic. Data should be reported for all billed traffic, regardless of
whether the customer is an end user or another carrier. All billed
traffic should be reported, even calls that have been billed but written
off as uncollectible. Unbillable traffic, however, should not be
reported.[^4]

Carriers must report the number of minutes for international message
telephone and telex services. For facilities-based and facilities resale
service, carriers should report the number of minutes upon which
correspondent carriers will be compensated. For facilities-based
service, compensation generally is governed by the settlement process.
Settlement compensation is based on conversation minutes. Settlement
minutes averaged 5% to 6% less than billed minutes for traffic billed in
the United States for 1988 through 1990. If the correspondent carrier is
not compensated for traffic based on call length, then the number of
minutes should be based on conversation minutes.

U.S. carriers should classify as transiting traffic all foreign billed
calls that both originate and terminate in foreign points. U.S. carriers
should classify as U.S. billed \'country beyond\' calls which originate
in foreign points, are placed through the carrier, and are billed by the
carrier. The U.S. carrier may owe settlements for two legs of a
\'country beyond\' call \-- one settlement amount for the country where
the call originates, and another for the country where the call
terminates. In this case, the number of minutes used for settlement
purposes will equal roughly twice the number of conversation minutes.

Since carriers do not make settlement payments for their pure resale
traffic, carriers should report the number of minutes billed to
customers, which can be based on billing information received from the
underlying carrier.

Word counts must be reported for international message telegraph
service. Carriers should report the number of words used for settlement
purposes.

All message data must be reported on a message or end-to-end basis. This
means that calls should be reported based on the billing location and
the ultimate points of origin or terminus.[^5] Transiting minutes should
be reported by the country in which the call is initiated.

b\. []{#MESSAGE_REV___SETTLEMENT .anchor}[Message Service Revenue and
Settlement Information]{.underline}

For each service that it provides, each carrier must report separately
billed revenues, settlement receipts due (on services billed by
correspondent carriers), settlement payments owed (on services billed by
the carrier), and the revenues they retain net of all settlements. In
the proprietary filing, carriers must use the specified billing codes to
separate traffic that it carriers over its own facilities from traffic
it carriers over facilities leased from other reporting carriers.

**Billed revenues** are equal to the amounts that carriers billed to
customers for service at tariffed rates. Billed revenues should reflect
all discounts given to customers. Reported revenues should reflect
amounts actually billed to customers, including discounts that are
calculated after individual calls are rated. For example, discounts
which are calculated based on the total bill amount should be allocated
proportionally to international calls on a country-by-country basis.
However, if a discount is only calculated based on domestic billings,
then discounts should not be allocated to international service.

The cost of promotional items such as telephone sets, frequent flyer
miles, or merchandize credits, are marketing expenses and should not be
treated as revenue reductions. Credits or coupons for the purchase of
future communications services should be treated, when earned or issued,
the same as direct discounts credited to the customer, with no allowance
for the percentage of coupons which will not be used, and no adjustments
for costs of administering the promotion.

Billed revenues should not be reduced to reflect uncollectibles or
transit fee expenses. Transit fees are owed when a call transits a
foreign carriers facilities in one international point before
terminating in a second international point. Settlement amounts and
transit fees owed to the transiting carrier should be included with
settlements owed.

Billed revenues should not include tax amounts that are itemized on the
customer bill and remitted directly to taxing authorities, and should
only include amounts that are recorded as revenues in the company books
of account.

U.S. carriers have contractual relationships with foreign carriers so
that telephone calls can be made between local exchanges in the United
States and local exchanges in foreign countries. The foreign carrier in
the relationship is usually called the foreign correspondent. Accounting
rate agreements specify the amounts that carriers pay to their foreign
correspondents on a per minute or similar basis for facilities based
service. When the U.S. carrier bills an international call, it owes a
settlement amount to the foreign correspondent. When the foreign
correspondent bills an international call, the U.S. carrier is owed a
settlement amount. The carriers usually balance the amounts due and make
net payments. The amounts due to U.S. carriers, including separate
transit fees, if any, are referred to herein as **settlement receipts**.
The amounts owed by U.S. carriers to foreign corespondents, including
separate transit fees, if any, are referred to herein as **settlement
payments**. Settlement payments do not include the amounts that
pure-resale carriers pay to underlying U.S. carriers. Settlement
payments do not include the access charge amounts that U.S. carriers pay
to U.S. local exchange carriers for originating or terminating calls.
The U.S. carrier **retained revenue** is equal to billed revenue plus
settlement receipts minus settlement payments.

There are instances where carriers in two international points do not
charge each other settlements. This might be the case where the carriers
are affiliates, or where facilities resale service is being provided. In
such cases, carriers should report as settlements owed any amounts owed
to foreign carriers that would be analogous to settlement amounts,
including charges for originating or terminating traffic in the foreign
carrier\'s toll network or local exchange. However, carriers should not
include as settlements any costs of the underlying facilities being used
to provide service. Also, payments to U.S. carriers for originating or
terminating calls in U.S. toll networks or local exchanges should not be
reported. Where zero amounts are entered as settlement payments for U.S.
billed service, carriers should footnote the reason. See Section 2 for
instructions on including footnotes in the data files.

In a report for a U.S. point, U.S. carriers should not have billed
revenue for foreign billed traffic. Similarly, U.S. carriers should not
have settlement receipts for U.S. billed traffic.

Accounting agreements may be denominated in dollars, foreign currency
units, or other monetary measures. **All revenue and settlement payment
information must be stated in U.S. dollars** regardless of the terms of
the accounting agreements or industry practices. Carriers should apply
the currency conversion rates that prevailed at the time actual
settlements were made.

Some international calls are initiated in foreign points by customers
using \"country beyond\" services of a U.S. carrier. These calls may
terminate in the United States or in other foreign points. Billed
revenue for such a call should be reported for the country in which the
call originated. Reported settlements should include amounts owed to
carriers in both the originating country, and the terminating country,
in the case of calls that terminate in foreign points.

2.[]{#a1_C_3_B .anchor} [Private Line Services]{.underline}

This section provides guidance for reporting private line circuit counts
and revenues on a country-by-country basis. Carriers must report
separately circuits that they own from circuits that they provide on a
resale basis. As detailed in section 1-E-1 above, international circuits
should be reported as resold only if they have been leased from a
carrier subject to Section 43.61 reporting requirements and only if the
circuits are leased to customers or other carriers in the form of
private line service. If the carrier has combined some owned and some
leased international circuits in order to provide a through circuit,
then the circuit should be reported as facilities based.

a\. []{#PL_CIRCUITS .anchor}[Number of Leased Circuits and Number of
Equivalent Voice Grade Circuits]{.underline}

A leased circuit is a single leased channel of communications that links
two specific points. Leased circuits should be categorized according to
the six private line categories shown on page [12](#PL_TYPES). Circuits
are not categorized according to how the customer actually uses them.
Counts of leased circuits should be provided as of December 31 of the
year for which data are being reported. Carriers should not attempt to
convert part day leases into equivalent full day circuits, but a circuit
leased by different customers for different hours on December 31 should
be reported as a single circuit.

Companies should not report non-tariff circuits provided to affiliates.
Those circuits should be treated as the affiliate\'s circuits if they
are used to provide a reportable international service. If the company
had an ownership interest in the international circuits, then the
affiliated carrier would be providing facilities-based service. If the
company had obtained the international circuits by lease, then the
affiliated carrier could be providing facilities resale service.

Carriers are also required to provide the number of voice equivalent
circuits for the leased circuits provided as of December 31 of the year
for which data are being reported. Voice equivalent circuits should be
estimated by converting the total bandwidth of circuits leased to an
international point. The standard conversion is based on 64 kilo bits
per second for one voice equivalent channel. The figure should be
rounded to the nearest whole number. An 18 megahertz video channel
should be reported as 240 voice equivalent channels, a 24 megahertz
video channel should be reported as 288 voice equivalent channels, and a
36 megahertz video channel should be reported as 630 voice equivalent
channels. The number of voice equivalent circuits should be consistent
with the data used to calculate regulatory fees as well as amounts filed
in FCC circuit reports.

b\. []{#PL_REVENUE .anchor}[Leased Circuit Revenue]{.underline}

Private line and leased circuit service revenues should include only
revenue from service provided under international tariffs. Private line
and leased circuit service revenue should not include revenue for
circuits that originate and terminate within the United States unless
those circuits are provided under an international tariff. Private line
revenues should include any service set up, installation, and
termination charges. Private line revenues do not include billings made
on behalf of domestic or foreign carriers for service provided by those
carriers. Private line revenues should include revenue billed by a
foreign carrier on behalf of the U.S. carrier for service provided by
the U.S. carrier, even if the revenue has not yet been remitted to the
U.S. carrier. Carriers must report the total private line revenues due
for the calendar year, regardless of whether a lease was in effect at
year end. Where lease or bill periods overlap the calendar year, billed
amounts should be apportioned between years based on the number of days
of service in each year. Private line revenues should not include taxes
included on the customer bill.

Billed revenues should reflect all discounts given to customers.
Reported revenues should reflect amounts actually billed to customers,
including discounts that are calculated based on total charges for all
services. Discounts which are calculated based on the total bill amount
should be allocated proportionally to international circuits. The cost
of promotional items such as telephone sets, frequent flyer miles, or
merchandize credits, are marketing expenses and should not be treated as
revenue reductions. Credits or coupons for the purchase of future
communications services should be treated the same as direct discounts,
with no allowance for the percentage of coupons which will not be used,
and no adjustments for costs of administering the promotion.

3[]{#a1_C_3_C .anchor}. [Miscellaneous or Other International
Services]{.underline}

The category miscellaneous or other international services potentially
includes a wide variety of services. For the most part, carriers must
select and report the most relevant traffic measures. However, providers
of packet switched services should report the number of kilo segments
transmitted during the year; providers of occasional use television
service should report the number of hours of service provided; and
switched video service providers should report the number of sessions
and the number of minutes of service. See the chart on page
[38](#OTHER_DATA_FIELDS).

[]{#I_A_5 .anchor}4. [Data Requirements Summarized by
Service]{.underline}

The following table summarizes the Section 43.61 data filing
requirements by service category:

+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
|                | Facilities-based         | Pure Resale Service \*  |
|                |                          |                         |
|                | and Facilities Resale    |                         |
|                |                          |                         |
|                | Service                  |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| International  | By country and billing   | Countries served. World |
| message        | type: messages, minutes, | totals by billing type: |
| telephone      | carrier revenues,        | messages, minutes, and  |
| service        | settlement payments,     | carrier revenues.       |
|                | retained revenue.        |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| International  | By country and billing   | World totals by billing |
| message        | type: messages, words,   | type: messages, words,  |
| telegraph      | carrier revenues,        | and carrier revenues.   |
| service        | settlement payments,     |                         |
|                | retained revenue.        |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| International  | By country and billing   | World total by billing  |
| telex service  | type: messages, words,   | type: messages, words,  |
|                | carrier revenues,        | and carrier revenues.   |
|                | settlement payments,     |                         |
|                | retained revenue.        |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Private line   | By country and service   | \*\*                    |
|                | category: leased         |                         |
|                | circuits, voice          |                         |
|                | equivalent circuits,     |                         |
|                | revenues.                |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Other          | Region totals by billing | World total by billing  |
| international  | type: messages, minutes, | type: messages,         |
| services       | words, leased circuits,  | minutes, words, kilo    |
|                | voice equivalent         | segments, sessions,     |
|                | circuits, kilo segments, | contracts, and carrier  |
|                | sessions, contracts,     | revenues as             |
|                | carrier revenues,        | appropriate.            |
|                | settlement payments,     |                         |
|                | retained revenue as      |                         |
|                | appropriate.             |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| \* Pure resale |                          |                         |
| carriers       |                          |                         |
| normally will  |                          |                         |
| not have       |                          |                         |
| settlement     |                          |                         |
| payments.      |                          |                         |
| Payments to    |                          |                         |
| underlying     |                          |                         |
| U.S. carriers  |                          |                         |
| should not be  |                          |                         |
| reported as    |                          |                         |
| settlements.   |                          |                         |
|                |                          |                         |
| \*\* Resale of |                          |                         |
| private lines  |                          |                         |
| (either as     |                          |                         |
| private line   |                          |                         |
| service or as  |                          |                         |
| switched       |                          |                         |
| service) is    |                          |                         |
| classified as  |                          |                         |
| facilities     |                          |                         |
| resale         |                          |                         |
| service, not   |                          |                         |
| pure resale    |                          |                         |
| service.       |                          |                         |
+----------------+--------------------------+-------------------------+

[]{#a1_D .anchor}G. [Filing Procedures]{.underline}

Section 43.61(a) directs carriers to file reports by July 31, reporting
service actually provided in the preceding calendar year. Section
43.61(c) provides that carriers shall submit a revised report by October
31 identifying and correcting errors in the July 31 filing. Carriers do
not need to file revised data where figures change due to corrections
that normally occur in the billing and settlement cycles if the
corrected figures are within five percent of the figures filed in the
July 31 filing. Carriers must refile a corrected version of each data
record on which one or more data elements was found to be in error by
more than five percent. The five percent guideline covers fluctuations
in traffic or revenue totals due to corrections and true-ups that occur
during the billing and settlement process. **Carriers must file
corrections for all instances where they have filed erroneous data due
to procedural mistakes made while compiling or reporting data**.

The following schedule details the number of copies required and the
location to which those copies should be delivered. This schedule
applies to the July 31 and October 31 filings. Carriers that provide
only pure resale international services are not required to file data on
diskette.

+------------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| Mailing                      | Transmittal | Ce          | Data on  |
|                              | Letter      | rtification |          |
| Address                      |             | and paper   | Diskette |
|                              |             | copy of     |          |
|                              |             | report      | \*       |
+==============================+=============+=============+==========+
| FCC Secretary                | Original    | \-          | \-       |
|                              |             |             |          |
| Mail Stop 1170               |             |             |          |
|                              |             |             |          |
| 1919 M Street, N.W.          |             |             |          |
| Washington, D.C. 20554       |             |             |          |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| FCC Common Carrier Bureau    | 2 copies    | Original    | 1 set    |
|                              |             |             |          |
| Industry Analysis Division   |             | and 1 copy  |          |
|                              |             |             |          |
| Mail Stop 1600 F             |             | of both     |          |
|                              |             | public and  |          |
| 1919 M Street, N.W.          |             | c           |          |
| Washington, D.C. 20554       |             | onfidential |          |
|                              |             |             |          |
|                              |             | versions    |          |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| The FCC\'s                   | 1 copy      | 1 copy      | 1 set    |
|                              |             |             |          |
| Contract Copier \*\*         |             | public      |          |
|                              |             | version     |          |
| Room 246                     |             | only        |          |
|                              |             |             |          |
| 1919 M Street, N.W.          |             |             |          |
| Washington, D.C. 20037       |             |             |          |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+
| \* Pure resale traffic, and  |             |             |          |
| summary data for smaller     |             |             |          |
| U.S. points need not be      |             |             |          |
| filed on diskette. See page  |             |             |          |
| [14](#US_POINTS).            |             |             |          |
|                              |             |             |          |
| \*\* Currently               |             |             |          |
| *International Transcription |             |             |          |
| Services, Inc.*              |             |             |          |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+

Paper copies must contain data that are identical to the data filed on
diskette. Page headings must clearly indicate the filing entity, the
United States point covered, and the service being reported. Column
headings must describe the data contained in each column.

The carrier must include footnote text to explain the specific
circumstances of any data for the current period which differs
materially from that for the previous period if the difference is not
self-explanatory but was caused by unusual circumstances not explained
in a previous report. The paper copies of the 43.61 data must include
the text of any footnotes. A data field is provided in the diskette
record format to indicate that a footnote has been included in a
separate data file record as well as in the paper copies. The paper
copies and comment records in the data files should also contain any
additional data or information that the carrier deems relevant or
necessary to understanding the data it is required to file.

The transmittal letter should identify the name of the carrier, the date
of the filing, and should state that Section 43.61 data has been filed
with the Common Carrier Bureau\'s Industry Analysis Division and the
Commission\'s current contract copier. The original of the transmittal
letter should be filed with the Secretary of the FCC. Copies of the
transmittal letter should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division
and the Commission\'s current contract copier.

Carriers must certify the accuracy of the data submitted in FCC Report
43.61 by including a signed certification statement as the last page of
the paper report. **The statement must be signed by an officer of the
reporting carrier.** An officer is a person who occupies a position
specified in the articles of incorporation (or partnership agreement),
and would typically be president, vice president for operations,
vice-president for finance, comptroller, treasurer or a comparable
position. If the carrier is a sole proprietorship the owner must sign
the certification. The original and one copy of the certification
statement should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division. One copy
of the certification should be filed with the Commission\'s current
contract copier.

For additional information, comments or suggestions, contact the Common
Carrier Bureau\'s, Industry Analysis Division (202)418-0940.

The text of the certification statement is included below:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| [CERTIFICATION]{.underline}                                           |
|                                                                       |
| I certify that I am an officer of                                     |
| \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; that I have   |
| examined the foregoing report and that to the best of my knowledge,   |
| information and belief, all statements of fact contained in this      |
| report are true and that said report is an accurate statement of the  |
| affairs of the above named respondent in respect to the data set      |
| forth herein for the period from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to        |
| \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.                                         |
|                                                                       |
| [PRINTED NAME POSITION]{.underline}                                   |
|                                                                       |
| [SIGNATURE DATE]{.underline}                                          |
|                                                                       |
| (Persons making willful false statements in the report form can be    |
| punished by fine or imprisonment under the Communications Act, 47     |
| U.S.C. 220(e).)                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| [CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE NUMBER]{.underline}                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

[]{#a2 .anchor}[Section 2]{.underline}

[Diskette Format and Coding Instructions]{.underline}

[]{#a2_A .anchor}A. [Media and File Name for Traffic Data]{.underline}

[Filed on Diskette]{.underline}

Data should be provided on 3 1/2\" floppy diskettes formatted for IBM or
IBM compatible personal computers. Carriers serving more than one United
States point should provide one file for each point served. All files
may be included on the same diskette. The record files should be named
according to the following convention:

aaaaaaYY.436

where aaaaaa are 3 to 6 alpha characters that identify

the filing entity and U.S. point.

YY is the last two digits of the calendar year

for which data are being filed.

.436 is the file extension, (short for 43.61)

For example

ATTVI91.436 might signify AT&T\'s Virgin Islands data for 1991

GRPHNT91.436 might signify Graphnet\'s complete filing for 1991

Carriers may file data in more than one file. All files may be placed on
the same diskette. **Carriers filing multiple files should give each
file a unique name.**

[]{#a2_B .anchor}B. [Record Formats]{.underline}

The data files may contain comment records and data records. A comment
record has a blank space (ASCII character 32 or \" \") in the first
position in the line, contains less than 132 characters, and ends with a
carriage return. Comment records can be used to provide headings,
formatting, and footnotes in the data file. A listing of the data file
can be used as the paper copy of the data for filing purposes.

All data records must be provided using the record format set forth
herein. Each record shall consist of a string of ASCII characters.
Fields with \"character\" content should be left justified within the
stated field boundary and may contain the ASCII characters \"A\" through
\"Z\", \"a\" though \"z\", \",\", \".\", \"-\", \"+\", \"/\", \"&\",
\"#\", \"\*\", \"!\", \":\", \";\", \"0\" through \"9\", and blank
spaces (ASCII character 32). Fields with \"number\" content should be
right justified within the field boundary, and may contain the ASCII
characters \"-\", \"0\" through \"9\" and leading blank spaces, but no
commas, decimal points, or other characters. The character \"-\"
signifies a negative value and should appear in the field to the left of
the value. Negative values are only possible for retained revenue, where
the settlement payout owed exceeded the billed revenue for a switched
service.

Each data record should contain the following fields:

Field Justification Field Record

Field Contents within field Size Positions

1\. Filing Carrier Name characters left 15 1 - 15

2\. Year of data numbers right 2 16 - 17

3\. U.S. Point served numbers right 5 18 - 22

4\. International Point or region numbers right 5 23 - 27

5\. Service code numbers right 3 28 - 30

6\. Footnote indicator characters right 3 31 - 33

7\. Description characters left 36 34 - 69

8\. Billing Code numbers right 2 70 - 71

9\. Data field #1 numbers right 12 72 - 83

10\. Data field #2 numbers right 12 84 - 95

11\. Data field #3 numbers right 12 96 -107

12\. Data field #4 numbers right 12 108 -119

13\. Data field #5 numbers right 12 120 -131

The data fields are further described in Section 2-K below.

Data files can be created using standard editors, word processors
spreadsheet programs, data base programs and custom programs. For
example, to create a data file using a spreadsheet:

> \- Set the column widths to equal the field size shown above. Thus,
> the first column would be 15 characters wide.
>
> \- Enter fields as using a \"label\" format, rather than using a
> \"numeric value\" format. Be careful not to include extra spaces at
> the end of the line.
>
> \- Specify a generic or character oriented printer {the lotus 3.1
> sequence would be \</\> \<P\>rint \<P\>rinter \<O\>ptions \<A\>dvanced
> \<D\>evice \<N\>ame } **Note: the print file will be useless if you
> specify a graphics printer or if you try to print in WYSIWYG mode.**
>
> \- Set the left, top, and bottom margins to 0, set the right margin to
> 132. Set the page length to 1000 lines.
>
> \- Set the print range.
>
> \- Print to a \<F\>ile, rather than to the actual hardware device, and
> then \<G\>o. Rename the resulting file using the naming conventions
> shown above.

[]{#a2_C .anchor}C. [Filing Carrier Name Field]{.underline}

The filing carrier name should be between 3 and 15 characters. The name
field should appear on all data records filed by the carrier, and should
be identical for all records filed by the carrier.

[]{#a2_D .anchor}D. [Year of Data Field]{.underline}

This field should contain the last two digits of the year for which data
are being filed. For example, the July 31, 1992 filing will contain data
for 1991. Therefore, the year of data field would be \"91\". This would
appear on every data record in the file.

[]{#a2_E .anchor}E. [U.S. Point Served Field]{.underline}

The U.S. Point served country code is used to indicate which United
States point is covered by the data record. The codes for United States
points are in the range 1001 to 1999, and are the country codes shown in
*International Points*. Contact the Industry Analysis Division if an
Off-shore U.S. point is not listed in the report. The Industry Analysis
Division will assign a country code for such points. All records in a
file must have the same U.S. point code.

[]{#a2_F .anchor}F. [International Point or Region Field]{.underline}

Where records contain data for traffic between a U.S. point and a
specific international point, the code for that international point
should be taken from *International Points* and entered in the
International Point field. For example, the code 1 in the international
point field would indicate that the record reports traffic between a
United States point and Abu Dhabi.

There is no miscellaneous or \"all other\" country code. All traffic
must be reported to a specific point. Country-by-country traffic and
revenue data for points in a region should total to the amount reported
for that region using region codes. Settlement and traffic adjustments
which cannot be tied to specific points should be allocated to all
appropriate points.

Data records will be rejected if the U.S point and international point
are both domestic points.

The international point code for region subtotal and world total summary
records should be as follows:

International For Services 1 through 9

point code Description field

(record field #4) (record field #7)

9001 Western Europe

9002 Africa

9003 Middle East

9004 Caribbean

9005 North and Central America

9006 South America

9007 Asia

9008 Oceania

9009 Eastern Europe

9010 Other Regions

9999 World Total

Note: Code 9010 - Other Regions, covers Antarctica and Maritime traffic.

Section 1-D of this manual explains which data must be filed on a
country-by-country basis, and which data need only be filed on a summary
basis. Facilities-based carriers must file regional and world total
traffic and revenue subtotals for each service that they provide.
However, country-by-country and region totals are not required for
smaller international points. See page [13](#BY_POINT). In addition,
carriers must file separate world total traffic and revenue by U.S.
point for the pure resale traffic that they provide for the domestic
United States (Alaska, Hawaii, the conterminous U.S. and Puerto Rico)
and for each other U.S. point that they serve.

The international point code 9999 should be used if the record contains
world total data for a service. International point code 9999 is not a
miscellaneous or \"all other\" code. This code represents a total for
all international traffic between a United States point and the rest of
the world. Where country-by-country data are filed, records with
international point code 9999 contain the totals of records with the
same U.S. region, service, and billing codes, and with international
point codes between 1 and 1999.

[]{#a2_G .anchor}G. [Service Code Field]{.underline}

The following service codes should be used:

1 International message telephone service

2 International message telegraph service

3 Telex Service

4 Private Line - Voice

5 Private Line - up to 1200 bits per second (bps)

6 Private Line - 1201 bps to 9600 bps

7 Private Line - 9601 bps to 30 Million bps (Mbps)

or .01 Megahertz to 18 Megahertz

8 Private Line - greater than 30 Mbps to 120 Mbps

or greater than 18 Megahertz to 72 Megahertz

9 Private Line - greater than 120 Mbps

or greater than 72 megahertz

99 New, Miscellaneous and Other Services

[]{#a2_H .anchor}H. [Footnote Code Field and Comment
Records]{.underline}

The footnote code field should be used to indicate that the paper copies
of the 43.61 data, as well as comment records contained in the data
file, contain a footnote concerning the data record. The carrier must
include footnote text to explain the specific circumstances if any data
for the current period differs materially from that filed for the
previous period and the difference is not self-explanatory but was
caused by unusual circumstances not explained in a previous report. The
paper copies of the 43.61 data must include the text of the footnote.
These footnotes should be labeled sequentially from 1 to 999, and the
footnote should be included in the footnote code field in the data
record. Alpha numeric codes may be used only if the carrier needs to
provide more than 999 footnotes in the report.

Footnotes and other comments should be included in the data file as
comment records. **Any record with a blank space (\" \") in the first
position will be treated as a comment record.** Please note that some
word processors and spreadsheet programs will insert leading spaces when
files are printed to diskette. If this occurs, you will need to use an
editor to manually delete the spaces.

[]{#a2_I .anchor}I. [Description Field]{.underline}

For service codes 1 through 9, this field should contain the name of the
international point or world region. The name should be identical to the
international point name published in [International
Points]{.underline}. Region names are shown in section 2-F above.

For service code 99, this field should be used to identify the service
provided. This field is critical because the carrier may use service
code 99 for several different types of service. **Records with service
code 99 will not be accepted unless there are at least 10 characters
other than blank spaces in the service description field.** The service
should be fully described in the paper copy of the Section 43.61 filing
and in comment fields.

All records pertaining to the same Other International Service should
have identical service descriptions in this field. The following
standardized names should be employed to report other international
services.

+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
| []{#OTHER_DATA_FIELDS       | Service Name       | Traffic measures |
| .anchor}Service             | (include in        |                  |
|                             |                    |                  |
|                             | field #7)          |                  |
+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
| Packet switching service    | Packet Switching   | 1\) Kilo         |
|                             |                    | segments         |
+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
| Occasional use television - | Occasional         | 1\) Hours        |
| short term arrangements to  | Television         |                  |
| facilitate transmission of  |                    |                  |
| television signals          |                    |                  |
+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
| Switched Video              | Switched Video     | 1\) Sessions     |
|                             |                    |                  |
|                             |                    | 2\) Minutes      |
+-----------------------------+--------------------+------------------+

[]{#a2_J .anchor}J. [Billing Code Field]{.underline}

The billing code indicates whether the record contains facilities-based,
facilities resale, or pure resale data. Facilities based codes are from
1 to 4, facilities resale codes are from 11 to 14, and the pure resale
code is 21. The billing code indicates whether the traffic and revenue
information are for U.S billed, foreign billed, or transiting service.
Billing codes are shown on page [19](#BILLCODE_TABLE). Facilities-based
private line service will be reported with bill code 1. Facilities
resale private line service will be reported with billing code 11.

[]{#a2_K .anchor}K. [Data elements #1 through #5]{.underline}

There are five data element fields, each of which is 12 characters wide.
These fields should contain right justified integer values with no
commas, periods, or other punctuation marks. Revenue should be rounded
to the nearest dollar. The contents of the data field will vary
depending on the type of service. Section 1-F describes the precise
types of information that must be provided. The following figure
summarizes the requirements:

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| Se    | Data      | Data      | Data      | Data Field | Data      |
| rvice | Field #1  | Field #2  | Field #3  | #4         | Field #5  |
| Code  |           |           |           |            |           |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| 1     | M         | Minutes   | Billed &  | Settlement | Retained  |
|       | essages\* |           | S         | Payments   | Revenue   |
|       |           |           | ettlement |            |           |
|       |           |           | Re        |            |           |
|       |           |           | venue\*\* |            |           |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| 2     | M         | Words     | Billed &  | Settlement | Retained  |
|       | essages\* |           | S         | Payments   | Revenue   |
|       |           |           | ettlement |            |           |
|       |           |           | Re        |            |           |
|       |           |           | venue\*\* |            |           |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
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|       | essages\* |           | S         | Payments   | Revenue   |
|       |           |           | ettlement |            |           |
|       |           |           | Re        |            |           |
|       |           |           | venue\*\* |            |           |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| 4-9   | Leased    | Voice     | Revenue   | (no data)  | (no data) |
|       | Circuits  | E         |           |            |           |
|       |           | quivalent |           |            |           |
|       |           | Circuits  |           |            |           |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| 10    | M         | Minutes   | Billed    | Settlement | Retained  |
|       | essages\* |           | Revenue   | Payments   | Revenue   |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+
| 99    | Volume    | Volume    | Billed &  | Settlement | Retained  |
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[]{#a2_L .anchor} L. EXAMPLE OF A 43.61 REPORT FOR A FACILITIES‑BASED
CARRIER

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

43.61 report for New Carrier International, (a facilities based /
facilities resale carrier)

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\*\* Public Version of Data \*\*

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Service code Bill code

\|Footnote field

Carrier YrUS pt I pt \| \|Description \| \<‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Data entered as
numeric fields ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑\>

\| \| \| \| \| \|\| \| data1 data2 data3 data4 data5

field size and justification ‑‑ right unless noted \| \| \| \| \| \|

15 (left) 2 5 5 3 3 36 (left) 2 12 12 12 12 12

\| \| \| \| \| \|\| \| \| \| \| \| \|

\|

International Message Telephone Service : U.S. Billed facilities based
service

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 1 Belgium 1 1125 7031 4100 4500 ‑400

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 1 Germany 1 2250 14062 12375 9000 3375

NewCarrier 94 1327 293 1 Spain 1 3000 18750 16500 12000 4500

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 1 4000 25000 22000 16000 6000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 1 10375 64843 54975 41500 13475

NewCarrier 94 1327 54 1 Canada 1 8000 35000 17000 8000 9000

NewCarrier 94 1327 194 1 Mexico 1 8000 35000 38000 35000 3000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9005 1 North and Central America 1 16000 70000 55000
43000 12000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 1 26375 134843 109975 84500 25475

International Message Telephone Service : Foreign Billed facilities
based service

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 1 Belgium 2 1000 4000 2560 2560

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 1 Germany 2 2000 3000 1920 1920

NewCarrier 94 1327 293 1 Spain 2 1500 3000 1920 1920

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 2 2000 6700 4288 4288

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 2 6500 16700 10688 10688

NewCarrier 94 1327 54 1 Canada 2 6000 20000 4571 4571

NewCarrier 94 1327 194 1 Mexico 2 5000 23000 5000 5000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9005 1 North and Central America 2 11000 43000 9571
9571

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 2 17500 59700 20259 20259

International Message Telephone Service : Transiting facilities based
service

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 3 14000 7000 7000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 3 14000 7000 7000

International Private Line ‑‑ facilities based service

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 4 Germany 1 40 40 25000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 4 United Kingdom 1 50 50 25000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 4 Western Europe 1 90 90 50000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 4 World Total 1 90 90 50000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 7 United Kingdom 1 5 120 75000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 7 Western Europe 1 5 120 75000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 7 World Total 1 5 120 75000

International Private Line ‑‑ facilities resale service

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 4 Belgium 11 30 30 14000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 4 United Kingdom 11 25 25 12000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 4 Western Europe 11 55 55 26000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 4 World Total 11 55 55 26000

43.61 report for New Carrier International, (a facilities based /
facilities resale carrier)

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\*\* PROPRIETARY VERSION OF DATA \*\*

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International Message Telephone Service : U.S. Billed facilities based
service

Calls originating and billed in the U.S., and calls originating outside
U.S, billed collect or to a U.S. 800 number.

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 1 Belgium 1 1125 7031 4100 4500 ‑400

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 1 Germany 1 2250 14062 12375 9000 3375

NewCarrier 94 1327 293 1 Spain 1 3000 18750 16500 12000 4500

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 1 3450 22250 16500 14200 2300

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 1 9825 62093 49475 39700 9775

NewCarrier 94 1327 54 1 Canada 1 8000 35000 17000 8000 9000

NewCarrier 94 1327 194 1 Mexico 1 8000 35000 38000 35000 3000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9005 1 North and Central America 1 16000 70000 55000
43000 12000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 1 25825 132093 104475 82700 21775

calls originating outside the U.S., billed by U.S. carrier as \'country
beyond\' service

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 4 550 2750 5500 1800 3700

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 4 550 2750 5500 1800 3700

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 4 550 2750 5500 1800 3700

International Message Telephone Service : Foreign Billed facilities
based service

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 1 Belgium 2 1000 4000 2560 2560

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 1 Germany 2 2000 3000 1920 1920

NewCarrier 94 1327 293 1 Spain 2 1500 3000 1920 1920

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 2 2000 6700 4275 4275

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 2 6500 16700 10675 10675

NewCarrier 94 1327 54 1 Canada 2 6000 20000 4571 4571

NewCarrier 94 1327 194 1 Mexico 2 5000 23000 5000 5000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9005 1 North and Central America 2 11000 43000 9571
9571

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 2 17500 59700 20246 20246

International Message Telephone Service : Transiting facilities based
service

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 3 7000 14000 7000 7000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 1 World Total 3 7000 14000 7000 7000

International Private Line ‑‑ facilities based service

NewCarrier 94 1327 112 4 Germany 1 40 40 25000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 4 United Kingdom 1 50 50 25000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 4 Western Europe 1 90 90 50000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 4 World Total 1 90 90 50000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 7 United Kingdom 1 5 120 75000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 7 Western Europe 1 5 120 60000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 7 World Total 1 5 120 66667

International Private Line ‑‑ facilities resale service

NewCarrier 94 1327 31 4 Belgium 11 30 30 14000

NewCarrier 94 1327 326 4 United Kingdom 11 25 25 12000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9001 4 Western Europe 11 55 55 26000

NewCarrier 94 1327 9999 4 World Total 11 55 55 26000

[]{#SECTION_3 .anchor}[Section 3]{.underline}

Simplified Instructions for Pure Resale Carriers

This section details the filing requirements for pure resale traffic and
is intended to be a stand alone manual for pure resellers of switched
services. Pure resale services are not provided to the public over the
reseller\'s international channels of communications, but instead are
provided by reselling switched communications service of other
international carriers. Pure resellers may own switching equipment as
well as domestic circuits.

[]{#SEC3_A .anchor}A. [Definitions and Data to be filed]{.underline}

Each pure reseller must file world total traffic and revenue data for
each service that it provides. **Pure resellers may consolidate pure
resale traffic for domestic U.S. points (the Conterminous United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico)**. Pure resellers must file separate
data for each additional U.S. point served, i.e. American Samoa, Baker
Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman
Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra
Atoll, Wake Island and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

International Message Telephone, International Message Telegraph, Telex,
and Miscellaneous or Other services can be offered on a pure resale
basis. International Message Telephone Service includes call-back
service, hot line service, and other resale services where the point of
origin for the call differs from the billing location.

\"C[]{#CALL_BACK .anchor}all-back\" refers to an arrangement in which a
customer in a foreign country uses foreign facilities to dial a
preassigned telephone number in the United States. The call is not
completed, but the presence of signaling information triggers a call
back to the customer, who receives a dial tone from the U.S. carrier\'s
switch. The customer can then place a call via outbound switched service
of the U.S. carrier. Three separate calls have been placed: an
unanswered call placed by the customer; a call back to the customer
placed by the carrier; and a call to number then requested by the
customer. The final call either terminates at a U.S. telephone or
physically transits the United States. The customer that initiates the
call-back is billed by the U.S. carrier. Typically, the call-back
carrier provides the service by reselling the international services of
other U.S. carriers. The underlying carrier will bill the call-back
carrier for the call that goes from the call-back carrier switch to the
customer, and for the call that goes from the call-back carrier to the
ultimate call destination. The Commission has granted a 214 application
to provide this service. [VIA USA, Ltd et al.]{.underline} 9 FCC Rcd
2288 (1994).

In offering a \"hot line\" arrangement, the U.S. carrier continuously
places calls to the telephone of a subscriber located outside the United
States. The called party\'s telephone has a disconnected ringer. When
the called party wants to access a U.S. dial tone to place an
international call, he or she simply picks up the receiver and
\"answers\" one of several thousand continuous calls made to that
particular phone during the day and receives a dial tone at the U.S.
carrier\'s location. The U.S. carrier completes and bills the call.

Traffic and revenue totals should not include traffic between domestic
U.S. points. Traffic and revenue totals should be based on amounts
billed to customers with no allowance for uncollectibles. However,
unbillable traffic should not be included. Revenue amounts should
reflect all discounts attributable to international service. Traffic and
revenue totals should be based on service actually provided during the
reporting year, regardless of when the traffic was actually billed.
Revenue should not include taxes shown on customer bills.

Pure resellers providing message telephone service must also provide a
list of the countries where calls terminated during the reporting year.
Table 5 of *International Points used for FCC Reporting Purposes* is a
check list that can be used for this purpose. Carriers serving a
domestic U.S. point should not check off other domestic U.S. points,
since the traffic totals should exclude traffic between domestic U.S.
points. The report should also contain any additional data or
information that the carrier deems relevant or necessary to
understanding the data it is required to file. In addition to providing
the points served, pure resale carriers must file the following data for
each service that they provide.

  --------------------------------- -------------------------------------
  Service                           Traffic Data

  International message telephone   World totals by billing type:
  service                           messages, minutes, and carrier
                                    revenues.

  International message telegraph   World totals by billing type:
  service                           messages, words, and carrier
                                    revenues.

  International telex service       World total by billing type:
                                    messages, words, and carrier
                                    revenues.

  Each other international services World total by billing type:
                                    messages, minutes, words, kilo
                                    segments, sessions, contracts, and
                                    carrier revenues as appropriate.
  --------------------------------- -------------------------------------

[]{#SEC3_B .anchor}B. [Filing Procedures]{.underline}

Section 43.61(a) directs carriers to file reports by July 31, reporting
service actually provided in the preceding calendar year. Section
43.61(c) provides that carriers shall submit a revised report by October
31 identifying and correcting errors in the July 31 filing. Carriers do
not need to file revised data where corrected figures are within five
percent of the figures filed in the July 31 filing. The five percent
guideline covers fluctuations in traffic or revenue totals due to
corrections and true-ups that occur during the billing and settlement
process. This exception is not intended to cover instances where
carriers discover that they have filed erroneous data due to procedural
mistakes made while preparing Section 43.61 reports.

The following schedule details the number of copies required and the
location to which those copies should be delivered. This schedule
applies to the July 31 and October 31 filings.

+----------------------------------+---------------+------------------+
| Mailing                          | Transmittal   | Certification    |
|                                  | Letter        | and Report \*    |
| Address                          |               |                  |
+==================================+===============+==================+
| FCC Secretary                    | Original      | \-               |
|                                  |               |                  |
| Mail Stop 1170                   |               |                  |
|                                  |               |                  |
| 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington,  |               |                  |
| D.C. 20554                       |               |                  |
+----------------------------------+---------------+------------------+
| FCC Common Carrier Bureau        | 2 copies      | Original         |
|                                  |               |                  |
| Industry Analysis Division       |               | and 1            |
|                                  |               |                  |
| Mail Stop 1600 F                 |               | copy             |
|                                  |               |                  |
| 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington,  |               |                  |
| D.C. 20554                       |               |                  |
+----------------------------------+---------------+------------------+
| The FCC\'s                       | 1 copy        | 1 copy           |
|                                  |               |                  |
| Contract Copier \*\*             |               |                  |
|                                  |               |                  |
| Room 246                         |               |                  |
|                                  |               |                  |
| 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington,  |               |                  |
| D.C. 20037                       |               |                  |
+----------------------------------+---------------+------------------+
| \* Pure resale traffic need not  |               |                  |
| be filed on diskette.            |               |                  |
|                                  |               |                  |
| \*\* Currently *International    |               |                  |
| Transcription Services, Inc.*    |               |                  |
+----------------------------------+---------------+------------------+

The transmittal letter should identify the name of the carrier, the date
of the filing, and should state that Section 43.61 data has been filed
with the Common Carrier Bureau Industry Analysis Division and the
Commission\'s current contract copier. The original of the transmittal
letter should be filed with the Secretary of the FCC. Copies of the
transmittal letter should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division
and the Commission\'s current contract copier.

Carriers must certify the accuracy of the data submitted in FCC Report
43.61 by including a signed certification statement as the last page of
the paper report. **The statement must be signed by an officer of the
reporting carrier.** An officer is a person who occupies a position
specified in the articles of incorporation (or partnership agreement),
and would typically be president, vice president for operations,
vice-president for finance, comptroller, treasurer or a comparable
position. If the carrier is a sole proprietorship the owner must sign
the certification. The original and one copy of the certification
statement should be filed with the Industry Analysis Division. One copy
of the certification should be filed with the Commission\'s current
contract copier.

For additional information, comments or suggestions, contact the Common
Carrier Bureau\'s, Industry Analysis Division (202)418-0940.

The certification statement is included below:

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| [CERTIFICATION]{.underline}                                           |
|                                                                       |
| I certify that I am an officer of                                     |
| \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; that I have   |
| examined the foregoing report and that to the best of my knowledge,   |
| information and belief, all statements of fact contained in this      |
| report are true and that said report is an accurate statement of the  |
| affairs of the above named respondent in respect to the data set      |
| forth herein for the period from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to        |
| \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.                                         |
|                                                                       |
| [PRINTED NAME POSITION]{.underline}                                   |
|                                                                       |
| [SIGNATURE DATE]{.underline}                                          |
|                                                                       |
| (Persons making willful false statements in the report form can be    |
| punished by fine or imprisonment under the Communications Act, 47     |
| U.S.C. 220(e).)                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| [CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE NUMBER]{.underline}                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

C. [Sample 43.61 report for a pure resale company]{.underline}[]{#SEC3_C
.anchor}

**IAD International**

**International Traffic and Revenue Report for 1994**

**filed pursuant to Section 43.61 of the Commission\'s Rules**

International Message Telephone Service provided on a pure resale basis,
including Call-back type service.

I. Traffic originated from U.S. Domestic Points

\[does not include traffic between U.S. domestic points\]

A. Served: Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Conterminous United
States

B. International points served are attached.

C. Traffic Data consolidated for Domestic U.S. points:

Messages 21,000,258

Minutes 28,208,890

Billed Revenue \$ 16,003,920

II\. Traffic originated from U.S. Virgin Islands

A. International points served are attached.

B. Traffic Data:

Messages 258

Minutes 890

Billed Revenue \$ 920

D. [Example Check Sheet for]{.underline}

[International Points Served]{.underline}[]{#EXAMPLE_CHECK_SHEET
.anchor}

This Check Sheet was taken from Table 5 of \"International Points Used
for FCC Reporting (Check Alaska, Conterminous U.S., Hawaii, or Puerto
Rico ONLY if you are reporting service for non-domestic U.S. points.)

3 Afghanistan 384 Czech Republic 158 Kiribati

1005 Alaska 81 Denmark 159 Korea, North

6 Albania 82 Djibouti 160 Korea, South

8 Algeria 83 Dominica 161 Kuwait

1009 American Samoa 84 Dominican Republic 162 Kyrgyzstan

10 Andorra 87 Ecuador 163 Laos

12 Angola 88 Egypt 164 Latvia

13 Anguilla 89 El Salvador 165 Lebanon

14 Antarctica 91 Equatorial Guinea 166 Lesotho

15 Antigua and Barbuda 93 Estonia 167 Liberia

16 Argentina 94 Ethiopia 168 Libya

17 Armenia 98 Fiji 169 Liechtenstein

18 Aruba 99 Finland 171 Lithuania

20 Australia 101 France 173 Luxembourg

21 Austria 103 French Guiana 174 Macau

22 Azerbaijan 102 French Overseas Departm 176 Madagascar

24 Bahamas, The 104 French Polynesia 179 Malawi

25 Bahrain 354 French Southern and Ant 180 Malaysia

1026 Baker Island 106 Gabon 181 Maldives

28 Bangladesh 108 Gambia, The 182 Mali

29 Barbados 111 Georgia 183 Malta

50 Belarus 112 Germany 185 Maritime ‑ Atlantic

31 Belgium 114 Ghana 186 Maritime‑other oceans

32 Belize 115 Gibraltar 187 Maritime ‑ Pacific

33 Benin 118 Greece 188 Marshall Islands

35 Bermuda 120 Greenland 190 Mauritania

36 Bhutan 121 Grenada 191 Mauritius

37 Bolivia 123 Guadeloupe 194 Mexico

40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1124 Guam 195 Micronesia

41 Botswana 127 Guatemala 1196 Midway Atoll

43 Brazil 129 Guinea 197 Moldova

44 Brunei 130 Guinea‑Bissau 199 Mongolia

46 Bulgaria 131 Guyana 202 Montserrat

47 Burkina 132 Haiti 203 Morocco

48 Burma 1133 Hawaii 205 Mozambique

49 Burundi 136 Honduras 207 Namibia

52 Cambodia 137 Hong Kong 208 Nauru

53 Cameroon 1138 Howland Island 1374 Navassa Island

54 Canada 139 Hungary 209 Nepal

55 Canary Island 140 Iceland 210 Netherlands

56 Cape Verde 141 India 211 Netherlands Antilles

58 Cayman Islands 142 Indonesia 213 New Caledonia

59 Central African Republi 143 Iran 217 New Zealand

61 Chad 144 Iraq 219 Nicaragua

350 Chagos Archipelago 145 Ireland 220 Niger

63 Chile 148 Israel 221 Nigeria

64 China 149 Italy 222 Niue

68 Colombia 150 Jamaica 223 Norfolk Island

69 Comoros 151 Japan 1363 Northern Mariana Island

70 Congo 1369 Jarvis Island 226 Norway

71 Cook Islands 1153 Johnston Atoll 230 Oman

74 Costa Rica 154 Jordan 231 Pacific Islands (Palau)

75 Cote d\'Ivoire 52 Kampuchea 232 Pakistan

76 Croatia 156 Kazakhstan 1234 Palmyra Atoll

77 Cuba 157 Kenya 235 Panama

79 Cyprus 1371 Kingman Reef 237 Papua New Guinea

238 Paraguay 332 Vanuatu

239 Peru 334 Venezuela

241 Philippines 335 Vietnam

244 Poland 337 Virgin Islands, British

245 Portugal 1338 Wake Island

1247 Puerto Rico 340 Wallis and Futuna

248 Qatar 343 Western Sahara

253 Reunion 344 Western Samoa

254 Romania 345 Yemen

257 Russia 347 Zaire

258 Rwanda 348 Zambia

264 Saint Helena 349 Zimbabwe

265 Saint Kitts and Nevis

266 Saint Lucia

269 Saint Pierre and Miquel

270 Saint Vincent and the G

277 Sao Tome and Principe

279 Saudi Arabia

281 Senegal

282 Serbia

283 Seychelles

286 Sierra Leone

287 Singapore

385 Slovakia

289 Slovenia

290 Solomon Islands

291 Somalia

292 South Africa

293 Spain

294 Sri Lanka

295 Sudan

296 Suriname

298 Swaziland

299 Sweden

300 Switzerland

301 Syria

303 Taiwan

304 Tajikistan

305 Tanzania

307 Thailand

310 Togo

312 Tonga

315 Trinidad and Tobago

316 Tunisia

317 Turkey

318 Turkmenistan

319 Turks and Caicos Island

320 Tuvalu

321 Uganda

322 Ukraine

325 United Arab Emirates

326 United Kingdom

1327 United States (contermi

328 Uruguay

330 Uzbekistan

1331 U.S. Virgin Islands

[^1]:     ^?^ 47 CFR Section 43.61.

[^2]:     ^?^ The definitions herein of facilities-based and facilities
    resale service are solely intended to govern reporting of
    international traffic data, and are not intended for any other
    purpose.

[^3]:     ^?^ Most people associate the word facsimile with the use of
    terminal equipment that sends and receives images of a page. The
    electronic image is transmitted over the public switched network.
    Carriers should not separate this type of traffic from other types
    of international message telephone traffic. Our rules previously
    required detailed data reporting for several services that are
    obsolete, including one then called facsimile service. The older
    facsimile service was a private line service. The facsimile lines
    accommodated analog equipment that transmitted images at a rate of 3
    to 6 pages per hour. Digital equipment was introduced in the late
    1960\'s. Customers stopped using dedicated facsimile lines in the
    1970\'s following the development of facsimile equipment that could
    utilize the public switched telephone network. Any remaining
    dedicated facsimile lines should be reported as private lines using
    the appropriate private line category.

[^4]:     ^?^ For example, call-back customers place calls to their U.S.
    carriers, but hang up after one ring. The U.S. carrier does not
    answer the call, but rather detects that a call was made, and then
    calls back. Since the initial call was not answered and is not
    billable, it should not be reported by either the underlying
    facilities based carrier or by the call-back carrier. The call back
    to the customer, however, should be reported.

[^5]:     ^?^ At one time carriers were required to report traffic on
    two schedules. The circuit traffic (CT) schedule showed all U.S.
    traffic that went to or from a particular country, including traffic
    that transited through that country to a third country. The message
    traffic (MT) schedule showed all traffic that originated or
    terminated in a particular country, including traffic that had
    transited through a third country. The current requirements are more
    similar to the MT schedule.