[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR63.17]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
Sec.  63.17  Special provisions for U.S. international common carriers.

    (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by the terms of its Section 214 
certificate, a U.S. common carrier authorized under this part to provide 
international private line service, whether as a reseller or facilities-
based carrier, may interconnect its authorized private lines to the 
public switched network on behalf of an end user customer for the end 
user customer's own use.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, a U.S. 
common carrier, whether a reseller or facilities-based carrier, may 
engage in ``switched hubbing'' to countries for which the Commission has 
not authorized the provision of switched basic services over private 
lines provided the carrier complies with the following conditions:
    (1) U.S.-outbound switched traffic shall be routed over the 
carrier's authorized U.S. international private lines to a country for 
which the Commission has authorized the provision of switched services 
over private lines (i.e., the ``hub'' country), and then forwarded to 
the third country only by taking at published rates and reselling the 
international message telephone service (IMTS) of a carrier in the hub 
country;
    (2) U.S.-inbound switched traffic shall be carried to a country for 
which the Commission has authorized the provision of switched services 
over private lines (i.e., the ``hub'' country) as part of the IMTS 
traffic flow from a third country and then terminated in the United 
States over U.S. international private lines from the hub country;
    (3) Authorized carriers filing tariffs pursuant to Sec. Sec.  61.19 
or 61.28 of this chapter that route U.S.-billed traffic via switched 
hubbing shall tariff their service on a ``through'' basis between the 
United States and the ultimate point of origination or termination;
    (4) No U.S. common carrier may engage in switched hubbing to or from 
a third country where it has an affiliation with a foreign carrier 
unless and until it has received authority to serve

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that country under Sec.  63.18(e)(1), (e)(2), or (e)(3).

[60 FR 67339, Dec. 29, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 15728, Apr. 9, 1996; 63 
FR 64754, Dec. 9, 1997; 64 FR 19064, Apr. 19, 1999; 66 FR 16881, Mar. 
28, 2001; 67 FR 45390, July 9, 2002]