[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR63.17]

[Page 238-239]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 63_EXTENSION OF LINES, NEW LINES, AND DISCONTINUANCE, REDUCTION, 
OUTAGE AND IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE BY COMMON CARRIERS; AND GRANTS OF 
RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCY STATUS--Table of Contents
 
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,

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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 that do not appear on the 
list of U.S. international routes exempted from the international 
settlements policy, set forth in Sec. 64.1002 of this chapter 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 circuits extending between the 
United States and a country that is exempt from the international 
settlements policy (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 that 
is exempt from the international settlements policy (i.e., the ``hub'' 
country) as part of the IMTS traffic flow from a third country and then 
terminated in the United States over the carrier's authorized U.S. 
international circuits extending between the United States and the hub 
country.

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    Note to Paragraph (b): The Commission's list of international routes 
exempted from the international settlements policy is available on the 
International Bureau's World Wide Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/ib.
    (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 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; 69 FR 23154, Apr. 28, 2004]