[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: 47CFR63.21]

[Page 240-241]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
Sec.  63.21  Conditions applicable to all international Section 214 
authorizations.

    International carriers authorized under Section 214 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, must follow the following 
requirements and prohibitions:
    (a) Each carrier is responsible for the continuing accuracy of the 
certifications made in its application. Whenever the substance of any 
such certification is no longer accurate, the carrier shall as promptly 
as possible and in any event within thirty days file with the Secretary 
in duplicate a corrected certification referencing the FCC file number 
under which the original certification was provided. The information may 
be used by the Commission to determine whether a change in regulatory 
status may be warranted under Sec.  63.10 of this part. See also Sec.  
63.11 of this part.
    (b) Carriers must file copies of operating agreements entered into 
with their foreign correspondents as specified in Sec.  43.51 of this 
chapter and shall otherwise comply with the filing requirements 
contained in that section.
    (c) Carriers regulated as dominant for the provision of a particular 
international communications service on a particular route for any 
reason other than a foreign carrier affiliation under Sec.  63.10 shall 
file tariffs pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act, 47 
U.S.C. 203, and part 61 of this chapter. Except as specified in Sec.  
20.15(d) of this chapter with respect to commercial mobile radio service 
providers, carriers

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regulated as non-dominant, as defined in Sec.  61.3 of this chapter, and 
providing detariffed international services pursuant to Sec.  61.19 of 
this chapter must comply with all applicable public disclosure and 
maintenance of information requirements in Sec. Sec.  42.10 and 42.11 of 
this chapter.
    (d) Carriers must file annual reports of overseas telecommunications 
traffic as required by Sec.  43.61 of this chapter.
    (e) Authorized carriers may not access or make use of specific U.S. 
customer proprietary network information that is derived from a foreign 
network unless the carrier obtains approval from that U.S. customer. In 
seeking to obtain approval, the carrier must notify the U.S. customer 
that the customer may require the carrier to disclose the information to 
unaffiliated third parties upon written request by the customer.
    (f) Authorized carriers may not receive from a foreign carrier any 
proprietary or confidential information pertaining to a competing U.S. 
carrier, obtained by the foreign carrier in the course of its normal 
business dealings, unless the competing U.S. carrier provides its 
permission in writing.
    (g) The Commission reserves the right to review a carrier's 
authorization, and, if warranted, impose additional requirements on U.S. 
international carriers in circumstances where it appears that harm to 
competition is occurring on one or more U.S. international routes.
    (h) Subject to the requirement of Sec.  63.10 of this part that a 
carrier regulated as dominant along a route must provide service as an 
entity that is separate from its foreign carrier affiliate, and subject 
to any other structural-separation requirement in Commission 
regulations, an authorized carrier may provide service through any 
wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiaries. The carrier shall, within 
30 days after the subsidiary begins providing service, file a letter 
with the Secretary in duplicate referencing the authorized carrier's 
name and the FCC file numbers under which the carrier's authorizations 
were granted and identifying the subsidiary's name and place of legal 
organization. This provision shall not be construed to authorize the 
provision of service by any entity barred by statute or regulation from 
itself holding an authorization or providing service.
    (i) An authorized carrier, or a subsidiary operating pursuant to 
paragraph (h) of this section, that changes its name (including the name 
under which it is doing business) shall notify the Commission by letter 
filed with the Secretary in duplicate within 30 days of the name change. 
Such letter shall reference the FCC file numbers under which the 
carrier's authorization was granted.

[61 FR 15732, Apr. 9, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 45762, Aug. 29, 1997; 62 
FR 64758, Dec. 9, 1997; 64 FR 19065, Apr. 19, 1999; 66 FR 16881, Mar. 
28, 2001; 67 FR 45391, July 9, 2002; 67 FR 57344, Sept. 10, 2002]