*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 49897.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 DA 05- 1679 June 16, 2005 U. S.- CAMBODIA ROUTE TO BE EXEMPTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS POLICY IB Docket Nos. 02- 324, 96- 261 Comment Due Date: July 18, 2005 By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau: We hereby request comment regarding our intention to remove the International Settlements Policy (ISP) from the U. S.- Cambodia route pursuant to the ISP Reform First Report and Order and sections 0.51 and 0.261 of the Commission’s rules. 1 On March 30, 2004, the Commission released the ISP Reform Order that revised its policy and rules to remove the International Settlements Policy from benchmark- compliant routes. 2 In the ISP Reform Order, the Commission found that those routes that had not yet met the benchmarks standard would be added to the list of routes exempt from the ISP once a showing is made that the route has become benchmark compliant. 3 The ISP Reform Order provided that a showing of benchmark compliance could be demonstrated through an effective accounting rate modification filed pursuant to section 64.1001 of the Commission’s rules. 4 Pursuant to the ISP Reform Order, upon receipt of an accounting rate modification that complies with section 64.1001, and that the Commission deems to be benchmark- compliant, the Commission will issue a public notice announcing its intention to remove the ISP from the route in question and provide a thirty- day comment period. 5 1 See International Settlements Policy Reform: International Settlement Rates, First Report and Order, FCC 04- 53, 19 FCC Rcd 5709 (2004) (ISP Reform Order); 47 C. F. R. §§ 0. 51, 0. 261. 2 See ISP Reform Order, 19 FCC Rcd 5709. 3 See ISP Reform Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 5724- 25, ¶ 30. 4 Id. 5 See ISP Reform Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 5724- 25, ¶ 30. 1 2