PUBLIC NOTICE News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: June 15, 2009 Arthur Lechtman (202) 418-0437 FCC RELEASES 2007 INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC DATA Washington, D.C. - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released a report entitled 2007 International Telecommunications Data regarding international message telephone, private line and miscellaneous services between the United States and other countries. Statistical Findings · International facilities-based and facilities-resale traffic together decreased slightly from 72.4 billion minutes in 2006 to 70.0 billion minutes in 2007. For purposes of categorizing traffic, a facilities- based carrier provides service using its own international transmission facilities, while a facilities- resale carrier provides service utilizing international circuits leased from other reporting international carriers. · Collectively, U.S. billed minutes decreased 3.3%. · Carriers expressed various different reasons for the decrease in their U.S. billed minutes. Most commonly, carriers indicated the overall U.S. economy, decreases in calling card minutes, and minutes lost to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) seemed to influence the decrease in minutes. · U.S. billed revenues for international telephone, private line and other miscellaneous services decreased collectively 10.5%, from $8.1 billion in 2006 to $7.2 billion in 2007. International Services Billed Revenues (Shown in Thousands of Dollars) 2006 2007 Percent Change Telephone $7,298,888 $6,524,486 -10.6% Private Line and Other Miscellaneous 792,361 716,516 -9.6% Total Billed Revenues $8,091,249 $7,241,002 -10.5% · U.S. carriers’ net settlement payments (the amount they pay foreign carriers to terminate traffic overseas) increased 1.8%. Receipts from foreign carriers dropped 32% from $516 thousand in 2006 to $352 thousand in 2007. As a result, net settlement payments increased during the same period. Retained international revenues (revenues after settlement payments are made) decreased 18.9% from 2006 to 2007. Total Billed Revenues, Net Settlement Payments, and Retained Revenues (Shown in Thousands of Dollars) 2006 2007 Percent Change Total Billed Revenues $8,091,249 $7,241,002 -10.5% Net Settlement (3,291,722) (3,350,238) 1.8% Retained $4,799,527 $3,890,764 -18.9% · Resale traffic grew 40.1% from 54.1 billion minutes in 2006 to 75.8 billion minutes in 2007. Billed revenues for resale services increased from $6.1 billion in 2006 to $7.0 billion in 2007. The total number of carriers reporting resale services increased 15.2% from 927 in 2006 to 1,068 in 2007. The report is available for reference in the FCC’s Reference Information Center at 445 12th Street, S.W., Courtyard Level, Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies may be purchased by contacting the FCC’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington D.C. 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160, facsimile 202-488-5563, or via e-mail www.bcpiweb.com. The report can also be downloaded [file name: CREPOR07.ZIP or CREPOR07.PDF] from www.fcc.gov/ib. -FCC- International Bureau contact: Linda Blake at (202) 418-0945; TTY (202) 418-0484.