> **DA 06-1290**
>
> **June 19, 2006**
>
> **ANNUAL SECTION 43.61(a) INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC
> REPORTS DUE BY JULY 31, 2006**

Carriers are reminded that Section 43.61(a) of the Commission\'s rules
requires each common carrier that provided international
telecommunications services in 2005 to file a report of their
international traffic data for calendar year 2005 by July 31, 2006.

The information and filing format for the International
Telecommunications Traffic report is described in detail in the Manual
for Filing Section 43.61 Data (10 FCC Rcd 13,418 (1995)) ("Filing
Manual"). There are also five subsequent Public Notices, which carriers
should use to assist with their filing: (1) DA 05-1963, Annual Section
43.61(a) International Telecommunications Traffic Reports Due by August
1, 2005 (rel. July 7, 2005); (2) DA 00-1526, Annual Section 43.61(a)
International Telecommunications Traffic Reports Due by July 31, 2000
(rel. July 7, 2000); (3) DA 99-1332, Further Clarification of Section
43.61 International Traffic Data Reporting Requirements (rel. July 7,
1999); (4) DA 98-1369, Clarification of Section 43.61 International
Traffic Data Reporting Requirements (rel. July 9, 1998); and (5)
Clarification of Section 43.61 International Traffic Data Reporting
Requirements (rel. July 15, 1997). The Filing Manual and the five public
notices may be obtained at the following FCC Internet sites:
<http://www.fcc.gov/ib> (go to \"Industry Information\" and click on
\"Section 43.61 International Traffic Data Report\" and then FCC-State
Link); or <http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html> ("International
Traffic Data.\") Carriers should note that the filing location has
changed. Submissions containing electronic media and requiring an
official "Office of the Secretary" date stamp should be sent overnight
or messenger-delivered to: Office of the Secretary, 236 Massachusetts
Avenue, NE, Suite 110, Washington, DC 2002, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

All common carriers that provided international facilities-based and
facilities-resale switched and private line services, or pure switched
resale services, during calendar year 2005 are required to file the
report regardless of the amount of traffic they provided.
Facilities-based services are provided using international transmission
facilities owned in whole or in part by the carrier providing the
service. Facilities-resale services are provided by a carrier utilizing
international circuits leased from other reporting international
carriers. These are distinct from pure switched resale services, which
are switched services that are provided by switching traffic to (and
reselling the switched services of) underlying U.S. carriers.
International facilities-based and facilities-resale switched message
telephone and private line services data must be filed on a
country--by-country, region and world total basis. International
switched telegraph, telex and other miscellaneous services data may be
filed on a region and world total basis only. Carriers that provided
international pure switched resale services for the calendar year may
file world totals only.

Attached to this Public Notice as Attachment 1 is a table of billing
codes for facilities-based and facilities-resale services. We recommend
that carriers start processing their 2005 calendar year reports prior to
the July 31, 2006 due date.

Carriers are required to file the reports on a common type and format of
computer diskettes as described in the Filing Manual. Each filed
diskette must follow the correct format as stated in the Filing Manual,
Section 2 - Diskette Format and Coding Instructions. All files must be
converted to the suitable format for the processing program. Please
refer to the Filing Manual, Section 2, B. Record Formats for detailed
instruction. Carriers may also use Excel to create their reports. To use
Excel to create the .436 file for filing, click \[File\]; select \[Save
as\]; and then, in the dialog box, click \[Save as Type\]; use the drop
down box to select the file type "Formatted Text (Space Delimited)".
This will re-save the spreadsheet with a ".prn" file extension. Carriers
must then rename the spreadsheet to change the file extension to ".436".
That is the version of the file to be filed with the Commission.
Attachment 2 of this Public Notice includes a sample Excel
filing-template with brief field descriptions for
facilities-based/facilities-resale submissions. Attachment 3 lists
international terminating points. Carriers are reminded to contact the
FCC for international terminating points not included on the list. The
Filing Manual, Public Notices and International Points reports are also
available through the Commission\'s contractor for public service
records duplication: Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, CY-B402,
445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20554, telephone
1-800-378-3160, facsimile 202-488-5563, or at their web site:
[www.bcpiweb.com](http://www.bcpiweb.com/).

Carriers that provided international facilities-based or
facilities-resale switched or private line services should file an
original and one copy of the transmittal letter, and an original and one
copy of the

public and confidential versions (if applicable) of the report, and one
set of data diskettes for both the public and confidential versions.
Submissions containing electronic media and requiring an official
"Office of the Secretary" date stamp should be sent overnight or
messenger-delivered to: Office of the Secretary, 236 Massachusetts
Avenue, NE, Suite 110, Washington, DC 2002, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Carriers that provided pure switched resale services
and are filing paper copies only via the United States Postal Service
should submit an original and one copy of the transmittal letter and an
original and one copy of the report to: Federal Communications
Commission, International Bureau, SAND Division, 445 12^th^ Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition, all carriers should file one
copy of the transmittal letter, the public version paper report, and the
public version diskette with the Commission's duplicating contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room CY-B402,
Washington, D.C., 20554. Pure switched resale providers are reminded
that their submission need only be on paper.

For further information contact Linda Blake, Strategic Analysis and
Negotiations Division, International Bureau (202) 418-0945, email:
<Linda.Blake@fcc.gov>.

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