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Globcom, Inc.                      )    NAL Acct. No.
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture            )    FRN No.
payment and reporting rules discussed herein.
a carrier's failure to contribute to the TRS fund.
contributions for 2001 on Globcom's reported revenues for 2000.
64.604 of the Commission's rules.
Failed To Pay Its Universal Service Contributions.
each month since January 2001 by failing to pay into the fund.
section 54.706 of the Commission's rules.
failed to make its annual contributions in 2002 and 2003.
its interstate and international revenues for 2001 were $187,343.
beyond the statute of limitations.
of Congress and one of the Commission's primary responsibilities.
$240,000 results in a proposed forfeiture of $580,918.
fund depends on carriers' timely payment of contributions.
contributions, for which the base forfeiture amount is $20,000.
the foundation of the universal service and TRS programs.
understated the company's revenues by more than $16 million.
so dramatic that we cannot attribute it to inadvertence.
upward adjustment from the $3,000 base amount is appropriate.
Globcom has done so only intermittently for more than two years.
subjecting Globcom to possible increased enforcement action.
payment and reporting rules discussed here.
above and FRN No. 0009652801.
D.C.  20554 and must include the NAL/Acct. No. referenced above.
Management Center, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
Enforcement Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
definitions set forth in the list in Attachment A of this NAL.
Sanders Rd., Suite 150, Northbrook, IL 60047.
1 47 U.S.C. § 254.
2 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.706(a); 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(A).
3 47 C.F.R. § 54.711(a).
Act of 1934.  See Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.
104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996).
5 47 U.S.C. § 254(d).
based on carriers projected, rather than historical, revenues.
7 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.706, 54.709.
18400, 18415, ¶ 25 (1997) (``NECA Changes Order''); 47 C.F.R.
(adding section 225 to the Act).
5301, ¶ 7 (1993) (TRS III Order).
12See 47 C.F.R. § 64.604(c)(5)(iii).
Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 5140, 5143, ¶ 5 (2000).
14NECA Changes Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 18442, ¶ 80.
All Telecommunications Carriers,'' Public Notice, CC Docket No.
98-171, 15 FCC Rcd 16434 (2000).
Q/499q.pdf (April 2003) (``Quarterly Worksheet Form'').
at 18442 n.165 (citing 47 U.S.C. §§ 206-209, 312, 403, 503).
20See 47 C.F.R. § 54.709(a).
Rcd 22423, 22425, ¶ 3 (1997) (``Second Reconsideration Order'').
Rcd 12518, 12518, ¶ 1 (1999) (``ConQuest'').
for Forfeiture, 15 FCC Rcd 13544, 13546, ¶ 7 (2000) (``Matrix'').
Globcom filed the Quarterly Worksheet for fourth quarter 2002.
revenues on its 2002 Annual Worksheet.
stating that the balance due, on June 13, 2003, was $536,422.36.
pre-2000 revenue and has not been billed by USAC for those years.
file or contribute prior to 2000.
33NECA bills contributors following the revenue data collection.
See Consolidated Reporting Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 16612-13, ¶ 18.
FCC Rcd at 16630-34, ¶¶ 59-67.
employee Joe Vitale called Bureau staff on February 26, 2003.
Commission (Apr. 16, 2003) (``Globcom April 16, 2003 Letter'').
5; Callais Cablevision., 16 FCC Rcd at 1362, ¶ 9.
3947 U.S.C. § 503(b); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(f).
Forfeiture, Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 7591, ¶ 4 (2002).
USAC, NECA, or the Commission for Globcom's outstanding balance.
46See Globcom March 14, 2003 Letter.
Reconsideration Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 22425, ¶ 3.
became past due on July 29, 2003.
and provide any suggested response.
59See Globcom's 2002 Annual Worksheet at 5.
return lists gross revenues of $21,406,048.
per 2001 Annual Worksheet) = $2,095,679 underreported revenue.
filed on October 10, 2002.
64See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.711, 54.713.
2002 on February 13, 2003.
quarter 2003 Quarterly Worksheet (due Aug. 1).
6947 U.S.C. § 503(b)(6).  See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(c)(3).
72ConQuest, 14 FCC Rcd at 12527, ¶ 19.
73Id. at 12528, ¶ 20.
13541, ¶ 7; Matrix, 15 FCC Rcd at 13546-47, ¶ 8.
75See, e.g., Intellicall, 15 FCC Rcd at 13542, ¶ 10.
76See ConQuest, 14 FCC Rcd at 12518, ¶ 1.
78ConQuest, 14 FCC Rcd at 12527, ¶ 19.
PTT Telekom, 16 FCC Rcd at 7479, ¶ 7.
80Matrix, 15 FCC Rcd at 13546-47, ¶ 8.
the unpaid balance) is $25,943.
8347 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(4), Note to paragraph (b)(4):  Section II.
Policy Statement, 12 FCC Rcd at 17117, Appendix A, Section II.
of Title 18 of the United States Code.''  47 C.F.R. § 54.711(a).
See, e.g., 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
and November 1 of each year.  See Quarterly Worksheet Form at 1.
late filing in future enforcement actions.
Hearing, 18 FCC Rcd 6881 at ¶ 36 (2003).
89See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.

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