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October 27, 2014                                                               Thomas Sullivan (202) 418-0437
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FCC RELEASES REVISED LIST OF INTERNATIONAL POINTS
The FCC has released a report titled International Points Used for FCC Part 43 
Reporting Purposes. The report was prepared by the International Bureau’s Strategic Analysis 
and Negotiations Division (SAND).
The report lists international points that are part of the global telecommunications market 
and that carriers should use for purposes of reporting their international traffic data under the 
Commission’s amended Part 43 rules.
1
  This revised list of international points identifies a 
number of new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) assigned country codes since this 
report was last published in 1994.  Additionally, because the Commission eliminated the 
requirement for carriers to include, in their Part 43 submissions, traffic and circuit data between 
U.S. domestic and U.S. off-shore points or traffic and circuit data between two U.S. off-shore 
points,
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this publication does not include any U.S. points (United States territories or 
possessions).  The new tables also do not include FCC country and summary codes, and directs 
carriers to no longer consolidate data for some international points.   Table 1 is a comprehensive 
list of all international points.  Table 2 shows the international points that must be consolidated 
with the international points listed in Table 3.  Table 3 lists the foreign points for which statistics 
shall be aggregated for Section 43.62 reporting purposes, and Table 4 lists ten world regions.  
Carriers should contact SAND Division personnel at (202) 418-0945 if they have questions 
regarding this publication.
The report is available for reference in the FCC’s Reference Information Center at 445 12
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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 12
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Street, S.W., 
Room CY-B402, Washington D.C. 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160, or via e-mail at 
fcc@bcpiweb.com or at http://www.bcpiweb.com.  This report can also be downloaded [file name: 
INTLPTS2014.PDF] at http://www.fcc.gov/international-bureau.
                                                
1
See Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services; Amendment of Part 
43 of the Commission’s Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112, Second Report and Order, FCC 13-6, 28 FCC Rcd 575 
(2013).
2
See Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services, Amendment of Part 
43 of the Commission’s Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 7274, 7295, ¶ 55 (2011).
For additional information, contact Linda Blake, International Bureau’s Strategic 
Analysis and Negotiations Division, (202) 418-0945, e-mail: Linda.Blake@fcc.gov.