2010 International Telecommunications Data (Filed as of October 31, 2011) March 2012 Strategic Analysis and Negotiations Division Multilateral Negotiations and Industry Analysis Branch International Bureau This report is available for reference in the FCC’s Reference Information Center at 445 12th Street, S.W., Courtyard Level. Copies may be purchased by calling the FCC’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160, facsimile 202-488-5563, or via e-mail at www.bcpiweb.com. The report can also be downloaded [file name: CREPOR10.ZIP or CREPOR10.PDF] at www.fcc.gov/international-bureau. 2010 Annual Section 43.61 International Telecommunications Data Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....….. 1 Definitions………....……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 3 Reporting Requirements………………………………………………………………………………...….……………………………………….. 6 Presentation of Data…………………………………………………………………………..……………….…...………………..…………….. 10 Statistical Tables: Combined Data for Facilities-Based and Facilities-Resale Services A: Switched Services B: Private Line C: International Detailed Traffic Data (for carriers not requesting Telephone Services Miscellaneous Services confidential treatment*) (Table / Page) (Table / Page) (Table / Page) All U.S. Points; All U.S. Carriers A1 (p1) B1 (p1) C1 (p1) American Samoa Telecommunications Authority A2 (p7) Bharti Airtel Limited A3 (p8) BringCom International, LLC C2 (p2) Cable & Wireless Americas Operations, Inc. B2 (p7) Carrier PB Telco, Inc. A4 (p14) CenturyLink, Inc. B3 (p8) China Telecom (Americas) Corporation B4 (p9) Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc. B5 (p10) Cincinnati Bell, Inc. B6 (p11) Citizens Communications Company B7 (p12) Colt Telecommunications B8 (p13) Columbus Networks Telecomm. Svcs., USA, Inc. B9 (p14) Comcast Corporation B10 (p15) EKU Solutions, LLC B11 (p16) EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P. A5 (p15) B12 (p17) France Telecom Long Distance USA, LLC A6 (p16) C3 (p3) Global Caribbean Fiber B13 (p18) Global Crossing North America, Inc. B14 (p19) Global Telecom and Technology Americas, Inc. B15 (p20) iBasis, Inc A7 (p21) B16 (p21) KDDI America, Inc. A8 (p27) B17 (p22) Level 3 Communications, LLC B18 (p23) New Edge Networks B19 (p24) NTT America, Inc. B20 (p25) Pacifica Telecom Inc. (PTI) A9 (p28) B21 (p26) Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., Ltd. B22 (p27) C4 (p4) PREPA.Net International Wholesale Transport B23 (p28) Reliance Communications, Inc. A10 (p33) B24 (p29) Satellite Communication Systems, Inc. A11 (p38) B25 (p30) Smitcoms, Inc. A12 (p40) Stratos Holdings, Inc. B26 (p31) Telecom Argentina USA, Inc. A13 (p45) Telecom Colombia USA, Inc. A14 (p46) Telecom Italia Sparkle of North America, Inc A15 (p49) Telefonica Larga Distancia, Inc. (TLD) A16 (p54) B27 (p32) Telenor Global Services AS A17 (p55) * Please see the addendum to Table 5, pages 40-41 herein, for a list of reporting carriers requesting confidential treatment. 2010 Annual Section 43.61 International Telecommunications Data Table of Contents -- Continued Statistical Tables: Combined Data for Facilities-Based and Facilities-Resale Services A: Switched Services B: Private Line C: International Detailed Traffic Data (for carriers not requesting Telephone Services Miscellaneous Services confidential treatment*) (Table / Page) (Table / Page) (Table / Page) Telmex B28 (p33) Tricom USA, Inc. A18 (p56) All U.S. Points; All U.S. Carriers Traditional Settlement A19 (p60) Non-Traditional Settlement A20 (p66) Excludes Country-Beyond, Country-Direct, and Reorigination A21 (p72) Country-Beyond and Country-Direct A22 (p78) Reorigination A23 (p84) Facilities-Based traffic B29 (p34) Facilities-Resale traffic B30 (p40) Summary Traffic Data D: Pure Resale Services (Table / Page) International Message Telephone D (p1) E: Switched Services Market F: Private Line Services Shares - Shares - Market Shares Telephone Facilities-Based Service Only (Table / Page) (Table / Page) Bharti Airtel Limited E (p1) CenturyLink, Inc. F (p1) EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P. E (p1) Global Crossing North America, Inc. F (p1) Level 3 Communications, LLC F (p1) Reliance Communications, Inc. E (p1) Telecom Italia Sparkle of North America, Inc. E (p1) Telmex F (p1) * Please see the addendum to Table 5, pages 40-41 herein, for a list of reporting carriers requesting confidential treatment. 2010 International Telecommunications Data March 2012 Introduction This is the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) annual report on telecommunications service between the United States and international points. The data are for the year 2010. The data are compiled from reports submitted to the FCC by U.S. carriers pursuant to Section 43.61 of the Commission’s rules. Section 43.61(a) directs carriers to file reports by July 31 which summarize international telecommunications service provided during the preceding calendar year. Carriers submit corrections of the data by October 31. The specific filing requirements are set forth in the Manual for Filing Section 43.61 Data (June 1995). 1 Statistical Findings • U.S.-billed minutes decreased 14.5%, from 72.9 billion in 2009 to 62.4 billion in 2010. • In 2010, 66 U.S. facilities-based and “facilities-resale” carriers (providers of facilities- based services that lease their circuits rather than own them, see definitions on page 3) together reported that they billed $4.0 billion for international telephone service, and $534 million for international private line and other miscellaneous services, compared to $5.8 billion and $734 million, respectively, in 2009. • U.S. carriers’ net settlement payments – the amount paid to foreign carriers to compensate those carriers for completing calls less settlement amounts received from foreign carriers – decreased 18.0%, from $2.5 billion in 2009 to $2.1 billion in 2010. • Retained international revenues – revenues billed by U.S. carriers, less settlement amounts owed to foreign carriers for U.S.-billed traffic, plus settlement amounts due to U.S. carriers for foreign-billed traffic – decreased 38.0%, from $4.0 billion in 2009 to $2.5 billion in 2010. • Pure resale providers resell the services of underlying U.S. facilities-based and facilities- resale carriers. The number of reporting pure resale carriers decreased 1.7% from 1,232 in 2009 to 1,211 in 2010. Pure resale minutes decreased from 82.6 billion in 2009 to 80.8 billion in 2010. Billed revenues decreased 21.6%, from $7.4 billion in 2009 to $5.8 billion in 2010. Table 1 summarizes the traffic and revenue data reported by all U.S. facilities-based and facilities-resale carriers for 2010, but does not include pure resale service. Inclusion of pure resale would result in double-counting, since all minutes and revenue are reported by facilities-based and facilities-resale carriers. 1 In 2011, the Commission made changes to the Part 43 reporting requirements. Specifically, carriers are (1) no longer required to report traffic and revenue from off-shore U.S. points separately, and (2) no longer required to report traffic and circuits between the United States and off-shore U.S. points. See Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services, Amendment of Part 43 of the Commission’s Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 7274, 7295, ¶ 55 (2011). 1 Table 1. International Telecommunications Traffic Measures and Revenues, 2010* Traffic Revenues Billed Net Settlements Net Measures** by U.S. Carriers with Foreign Retained (millions) Carriers Revenues*** (millions) (millions) Message Telephone 87,742 $4,039 ($2,088) $1,951 (millions of minutes) Private Line 91,686 $515 not applicable $515 (number of circuits) International Other Miscellaneous**** $19 $(0) $19 Total $4,573 ($2,088) $2,485 * Traffic measures and revenues include information for all carriers, including those requesting confidential treatment for their individual data. ** Traffic measures for international message telephone include both U.S.-billed traffic and foreign-billed traffic that terminates in the United States, but excludes most traffic that transits the United States. *** Net U.S. carrier retained revenues equal billed revenues plus settlement amounts receivable from foreign carriers less amounts due to foreign carriers. See Table 3, below. Details may not match totals due to necessary rounding. **** In 2010, carriers reported frame relay/ATM, packet switching, switched ethernet, TDM/TDMA, virtual private network, and virtual private line services as international other miscellaneous services. Aggregated totals for international other miscellaneous services can be found in Section C (International Miscellaneous Services, page 1) of this report. 2 Definitions International services are provided either on a facilities-based, facilities-resale or pure resale basis. Facilities-based traffic refers to services provided using international transmission facilities owned in whole or in part by the carrier providing the service. Facilities-based carriers use one or more international channels of communications to provide international telecommunications service. An international channel (or circuit) is a wire or radio link that facilitates electronic communications between a U.S. point and a point outside the domestic United States (see Table 4, below). A facilities-based carrier is “a carrier that holds an ownership, indefeasible-right-of-user or