PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 09-817
Released: April 10, 2009
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF THE 2009 FCC FORM 
499-Q AND ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS
On April 10, 2009, the Commission released the FCC Form 499-Q and accompanying 
instructions.1 The instructions incorporate nonsubstantive clarifications to ensure that all contributors are 
properly reporting revenues and are treating similar revenues uniformly.  These nonsubstantive 
modifications are listed below.
Instructions to the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-Q :
· Who Must File:  Section II.A (page 4):  Added a footnote citing the Wireline Competition 
Bureau’s August 2008 Waterway Communication System Contribution Order.2
· Who Must File:  Section II.A (page 4):  Amended to spell out “asynchronous transfer mode” and 
to include Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). 
· Who Must File:  Section II.A (page 4):  Amended to include audio bridging services and added a 
footnote citing the Commission’s June 2008 InterCall Order.3
· Figure 1 (page 6):  Language added stating the public notices announcing the quarterly 
contribution factors for 2008 are available at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/contribution-factor.html.
· When and Where to File:  Section II.C (page 9):  Language added to clarify that there is no fee to
file the FCC Form 499-Q.
· Section III.A.:  Line 101 and corresponding instructions (page 13):  Internet addresses updated.
· Column (a) - total revenues:  Section III.C.2 (page 15):  Amended to clarify that international 
settlement and settlement-like receipts for foreign-billed service should not be included in U.S. 
telecommunications revenues.
  
1 The information collections included in this form have received prior approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget.  See List of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Approved Information Collection Requirements, 73 
Fed. Reg. 57543 (Oct. 3, 2008) (establishing an expiration date of September 30, 2010 for FCC Forms 499-A and 
499-Q, OMB control number 3060-0855).
2 See Request for Review by Waterway Communication System, LLC and Mobex Network Services, LLC of a 
Decision of the Universal Service Administrator, WC Docket No. 06-122, Order, 23 FCC Rcd 12836 (Wireline 
Comp. Bur. 2008) (Waterway Communications System Contribution Order).
3 Request for Review by InterCall, Inc. of Decision of Universal Service Administrator, CC Docket No. 96-45, 
Order, 23 FCC Rcd 10731, 10737-38, para. 22 (2008) (InterCall Order).  
2
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(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
For further information, please contact Cindy Spiers, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Cindy.Spiers@fcc.gov, (202) 418-1593.
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