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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  April  12,  2004  Linda  Haller,  202-  418-  1408 
 FCC  PROPOSES  TO  STREAMLINE  REPORTING  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  U.  S.  INTERNATIONAL  CARRIERS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Commission  proposed  to  simplify  the  reporting  requirements  for  carriers  providing  U.  S.  international  telecommunications  services  in 
 order  to  ensure  the  usefulness  of  the  data  collected  by  the  Commission.  Carriers  are  currently  required  to  file  traffic  and  revenue  reports,  circuit-  status  reports,  and  toll  data 
 regarding  international  telegraph  service.  In  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (NPRM),  the  Commission  seeks  comment  on  the  continued  need  for  these  reports  in  light  of 
 changes  in  the  market  for  U.  S.-  international  telecommunications  services  since  the  Commission’s  last  comprehensive  review  of  the  reporting  requirements  in  1992.  The 
 NPRM  seeks  comment  on  a  variety  of  streamlining  suggestions,  including  whether  to  establish  a  $5  million  revenue  threshold  for  a  carrier  to  file  annual  traffic  and  revenue 
 reports  for  pure  resale  services;  consolidate  certain  reports  and  filing  dates;  and  remove  the  requirement  for  U.  S.  carriers  to  report  their  contracts  with  foreign  carrier 
 correspondents  concerning  the  division  of  international  tolls  for  telegraph  communications. 


 Comments  on  the  proposals  are  due  60  days  after  publication  of  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  the  Federal  Register,  with  reply  comments  due  30  days  later. 


 Action  by  the  Commission  March  24,  2004,  by  Report  and  Order  (FCC  04-  70).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners,  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin,  and  Adelstein. 
 IB  Docket  No.  04-  112 
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 International  Bureau  Contacts:  John  Copes  (418-  1460)  or  David  Krech  (418-  7443). 
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