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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 May  2,  2001 
 INTERNATIONAL 
 DETARIFFING  ORDER  TAKES  EFFECT 


 NINE-  MONTH  TRANSITION  PERIOD  BEGINS 
 DA  01-  1126 
 IB  Docket  No.  00-  202 


 On  April  27,  2001  the  Commission’s  Report  and  Order  detariffing  the  international 
 interexchange  services  of  nondominant  interexchange  carriers  (IXCs)  became  effective.  1  In 
 accordance  with  the  policy  and  rules  adopted  in  the  International  Detariffing  Order,  all  tariffs  for 
 the  provision  of  international  interexchange  services  by  non-  dominant  providers,  with  limited 
 exceptions  as  set  forth  in  the  order,  must  be  cancelled  by  January  28,  2002.  During  the  interim 
 nine-  month  transition  period,  non-  dominant  carriers  may  continue  to  file  new  or  revised  tariffs  for 
 mass  market  international  interexchange  services  only.  Carriers  may  not  file  new  or  revised 
 contract  tariffs  or  tariffs  for  other  long-  term  international  service  arrangements.  Parties  may 
 obtain  further  information  about  the  requirements  of  the  nine-  month  transition  period  in  the 
 International  Detariffing  Order,  which  is  also  available  on  the  Commission’s  web  site  at 
 http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  Bureaus/  International/  Orders/  2001/  fcc01093.doc 


 Parties  with  questions  about  the  tariff  cancellation  process  should  contact  the  Tariff  and 
 Price  Analysis  Branch  in  the  Competitive  Pricing  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  (202) 
 418-  1520.  Parties  with  questions  about  this  Public  Notice  or  the  International  Detariffing  Order 
 should  contact  Peggy  Reitzel  in  the  Telecommunications  Division  of  the  International  Bureau, 
 (202)  418-  1460. 


 1  In  the  Matter  of  2000  Biennial  Regulatory  Review;  Policy  and  Rules  Concerning  the  International, 
 Interexchange  Marketplace,  Report  and  Order,  IB  Docket  No.  00-  202,  FCC  01-  93  (rel.  Mar.  20,  2001) 
 (International  Detariffing  Order). 
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