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Attachment 1 Table of Billing Codes Billing Codes for Facilities-Based and Facilities-Resale Services * Switched Services Traditional Settlement Non-Traditional Settlement Arrangements ** Arrangements ** public proprietary public proprietary I. Service originates from the U.S. point served A. Billed by U.S. carrier 1. Settled with a carrier in destination point; or exchanged with an affiliate in destination point a. Direct routing to destination point: traffic exchanged directly with 1 1 11 11 a carrier in destination point. b. Indirect routing: switched transit through an intermediate international point. (U.S. carrier owes settlement to carrier in destination point and transit fee to intermediate carrier.) 1 1 n.a. n.a. 2. Hubbed by a carrier in an intermediate international point *** n.a. n.a. 11 11 B. Billed by foreign carrier 1. Collect call 2 2 12 12 2. Subscriber toll free (800, 888, etc) 2 2 12 12 3. Calling card or other billing arrangement 2 2 12 12 II. Service originates from international point A. And terminates in the U.S. point served 1. Billed by foreign carrier 2 2 12 12 2. Billed by U.S. carrier a. Collect call 1 1 11 11 b. Subscriber toll free (800, 888, etc) 1 1 11 11 c. Calling card or other billing arrangement (Country-beyond or Country-direct) 1 4 11 14 B. And transits the U.S. point served 1. Billed by U.S. carrier: Calling card or other billing arrangement (country-beyond or country-direct) 1 4 11 14 2. Billed by foreign carrier a. Foreign carrier settles with country of termination directly or through cascade arrangement 3 3 n.a. n.a. b. Reoriginated by U.S. carrier and treated as U.S. carrier traffic for settlement purposes (i) originating leg (regardless of how terminated) exclude 6 exclude 16 (ii) terminating leg - terminated via facilities-based or facilities-resale circuits 1 5 11 15 (iii) terminating leg - terminated via pure resale of another carrier's The terminating leg of this traffic is included with the carrier's other switched service pure resale traffic in the public version of the data. Minutes, messages and receipts from the foreign carrier must be reported on a world total basis in the carrier's proprietary filing using billing code 35. Private Line Services Facilities-Based Facilites-Resale public proprietary public proprietary All circuits from U.S. point to theoretical midpoint of circuit 1 1 11 11 See Notes to Table of Billing Codes attached. 5 Notes to Table of Billing Codes: * Facilities-based services are provided using international transmission facilities owned in whole or in part by the carrier providing service. Facilities-resale services are provided by a carrier using non-switched international circuits leased from other reporting carriers. These are distinct from pure resale services, which are switched services that are provided by reselling the international switched services of other carriers. ** Traditional settlement arrangements consist of traffic settled pursuant to the Commission's International Settlement's Policy (ISP). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 43.51(e), 64.1001, 64.1002 (2011). In 2004, the Commission lifted the ISP requirements from agreements involving foreign carriers that do not have market power and on routes where the termination rates for U.S.-international services were below benchmark. See International Settlements Policy Reform, International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No. 02-234, First Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 5709, 5723-25, ¶¶ 27-28 (2004). In 2012, the Commission acted to eliminate the ISP. International Settlements Policy Reform, IB Docket Nos. 11-80, 05-254, 09-10, RM-11322, Report and Order, FCC 12-145, 27 FCC Rcd 15521 (2012) (2012 ISP Reform Order). The ISP was eliminated on March 18, 2013. See 78 Fed. Reg. 11109 (Feb 15, 2013). For a discussion of benchmarks, see International Settlement Rates, IB Docket No. 96-261, Report and Order, FCC 97-280, 12 FCC Rcd 19806, 19806, ¶ 1 (1997); Report and Order on Reconsideration and Order Lifting Stay 14 FCC Rcd 9256 (1999); aff’d sub nom. Cable & Wireless P.L.C. v. FCC, 166 F.3d 1224 (D.C. Cir. 1999). Non-Traditional settlement arrangements consist of all traffic other than traditionally settled traffic. *** The U.S. carrier does not make a settlement or settlement-like payment directly to the carrier in the country of termination. The U.S. carrier reports as settlement payments for the country of termination any amounts owed to the carrier(s) in the intermediate point. This amount should include any amounts paid by affiliates to the terminating carrier associated with this traffic. 6 Attachment 2 NOTES FOR PREPARING A DATA FILE Save file using the file type "Formatted text (space delimited)" Then rename the file using the naming convention in the manual. Note: anything with a space as the left most character in column A is treated as a comment record. RECORD FORMAT Each Data record should contain the following fields: Field Justification Field size Record Field Contents within field (column width) Positions 1. Filing Carrier Name Characters Left 15 1-15 note that character 15 in the name field should be a blank or an "A" for annual data. 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 (Country name) 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 EXAMPLE OF A 43.61 REPORT FOR A FACILITIES-BASED/FACILITIES-RESALE CARRIER 43.61 Report for: New Carrier International (a facilities-based/facilities-resale carrier) Data as of 12/31/2003 filed as of October 31, 2004 <<<<<<<<<<<<<Data entered as numeric fields>>>>>>>>>>>> 15((left) 2 5 5 3 3 36(left) 2 12 12 12 12 12 Data 1 Data2 Data 3 Data4 Data5 *PROPRIETARY VERSION OF DATA* Billed & Service Code Billing Code Settlement Settlement Retained Carrier Yr Footnote Field Messages Minutes Revenue Payments Revenue Description Field International Message Telephone Service: U.S. billed facilities-based/facilities-resale service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 1 1125 7031 4100 4500 -400 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 1 1125 7031 4100 4500 -400 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 1 1125 7031 4100 4500 -400 Calls Originate Outside the U.S., Billed by U.S. Carrier as "Country Direct/Country Beyond" Service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 4 275 1375 2750 900 1850 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 4 275 1375 2750 900 1850 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 4 275 1375 2750 900 1850 Calls Originated Outside the U.S., Billed by Foreign Carrier, Reoriginated by U.S. Carrier, Terminated via facilities-based/facilities-resale service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 5 275 1375 2750 900 1850 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 5 275 1375 2750 900 1850 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 5 275 1375 2750 900 1850 NewCarrier 06 1327 84 1 Dominican Republic 6 275 1375 NewCarrier 06 1327 9004 1 Caribbean 6 275 1375 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 6 275 1375 International Message Telephone Service: Foreign billed facilities-based/facilities-resale service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 2 1000 4000 2560 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 2 1000 4000 2560 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 2 1000 4000 2560 International Message Telephone Service: Traditional Transiting facilities-based/facilities-resale service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 1 United Kingdom 3 14000 7000 4000 3000 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 1 Western Europe 3 14000 7000 4000 3000 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 1 World Total 3 14000 7000 4000 3000 # of circuits #of 64kbps Billed Rev. International Private Line Video (converted to 64 kbps equivalent circuits): U.S. Billed facilities-based service NewCarrier 06 1327 326 11 United Kingdom 1 10 54 2500 NewCarrier 06 1327 9001 11 Western Europe 1 10 54 2500 NewCarrier 06 1327 9999 11 World Total 1 10 54 2500 7 Attachment 3 Points that Receive International Telecommunications Traffic: Alphabetic Listing FCC reporting Codes ITU-T FIPS Census Country Country Summary Dialing 10-3 Schedule C Comments, including other Code Code Code Plan names commonly used Abu Dhabi 3 1 325 971 TC 520.0 Included with United Arab Emirates Admiralty Islands 8 2 237 675 PP 604.0 inc. Papua New Guinea (Bismarck A.) Afghanistan 7 3 93 AF 531.0 Ajman 3 4 325 971 TC 520.0 Included with United Arab Emirates Albania 9 6 355 AL 481.0 Alderney 1 7 326 44 GK 412.0 Guernsey (Channel Islands) Algeria 2 8 213 AG 721.0 Andaman Islands 7 355 141 91 IN 533.0 included with India Andorra 1 10 376 AN 427.1 Anegada Islands 4 11 337 1 VI 248.2 included with Virgin Islands, British Angola 2 12 244 AO 762.0 Anguilla 4 13 1 AV 248.1 Dependent territory of United Kingdom Antarctica 10 14 672 AY Includes Scott & Casey U.S. bases Antigua and Barbuda 4 15 1 AC 248.4 Antipodes Islands 8 356 217 64 NZ 614.1 included with New Zealand Argentina 6 16 54 AR 357.0 Armenia 9 17 374 AM 463.1 Aruba 4 18 297 AA 277.9 part of the Netherlands realm Ascension Island 2 19 264 247 SH 758.0 included with Saint Helena Auckland Islands 8 357 217 64 NZ 614.1 included with New Zealand Australia 8 20 61 AS 602.1 Austria 1 21 43 AU 433.0 Azerbaijan 9 22 994 AJ 463.2 Azores 1 23 245 351 PO 471.0 included with Portugal Bahamas, The 4 24 1 BF 236.0 Bahrain 3 25 973 BA 525.0 Balearic Islands