[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: 47CFR64.1195]

[Page 296-297]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 64_MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart K_Changes in Preferred Telecommunications Service Providers
 
Sec.  64.1195  Registration requirement.

    (a) Applicability. A telecommunications carrier that will provide 
interstate telecommunications service shall file the registration 
information described in paragraph (b) of this section in accordance 
with the procedures described in paragraphs (c) and (g) of this section. 
Any telecommunications carrier already providing interstate 
telecommunications service on the effective date of these rules shall 
submit the relevant portion of its FCC Form 499-A in accordance with 
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.
    (b) Information required for purposes of part 64. A 
telecommunications carrier that is subject to the registration 
requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall provide the 
following information:
    (1) The carrier's business name(s) and primary address;
    (2) The names and business addresses of the carrier's chief 
executive officer, chairman, and president, or, in the event that a 
company does not have such executives, three similarly senior-level 
officials of the company;
    (3) The carrier's regulatory contact and/or designated agent;
    (4) All names that the carrier has used in the past; and
    (5) The state(s) in which the carrier provides telecommunications 
service.
    (c) Submission of registration. A carrier that is subject to the 
registration requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall 
submit the information described in paragraph (b) of this section in 
accordance with the Instructions to FCC Form 499-A. FCC Form 499-A must 
be submitted under oath and penalty of perjury.
    (d) Rejection of registration. The Commission may reject or suspend 
a carrier's registration for any of the reasons identified in paragraphs 
(e) or (f) of this section.
    (e) Revocation or suspension of operating authority. After notice 
and opportunity to respond, the Commission may revoke or suspend the 
authorization of a carrier to provide service if

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the carrier provides materially false or incomplete information in its 
FCC Form 499-A or otherwise fails to comply with paragraphs (a), (b), 
and (c) of this section.
    (f) Imposition of fine. After notice and opportunity to respond, the 
Commission may impose a fine on a carrier that is subject to the 
registration requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section if 
that carrier fails to submit an FCC Form 499-A in accordance with 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.
    (g) Changes in information. A carrier must notify the Commission of 
any changes to the information provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of 
this section within no more than one week of the change. Carriers may 
satisfy this requirement by filing the relevant portion of FCC Form 499-
A in accordance with the Instructions to such form.
    (h) Duty to confirm registration of other carriers. The Commission 
shall make available to the public a comprehensive listing of 
registrants and the information that they have provided pursuant to 
paragraph (b) of this section. A telecommunications carrier providing 
telecommunications service for resale shall have an affirmative duty to 
ascertain whether a potential carrier-customer (i.e., reseller) that is 
subject to the registration requirement pursuant to paragraph (a) of 
this section has filed an FCC Form 499-A with the Commission prior to 
offering service to that carrier-customer. After notice and opportunity 
to respond, the Commission may impose a fine on a carrier for failure to 
confirm the registration status of a potential carrier-customer before 
providing that carrier-customer with service.

[66 FR 12894, Mar. 1, 2001]