International Settlement Rates, Report and Order on Reconsideration and Order Lifting Stay
telecom-common-carrier · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1999-09-01 · Effective 1999-10-01 · 64 FR 47699
Document
Document number
99-22722
Federal Register citation
64 FR 47699
CFR reference
47 CFR 63
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; reconsideration.
Category
telecom-common-carrier
Publication date
1999-09-01
Effective date
1999-10-01
FCC docket
IB Docket No. 96-261
Abstract
This document affirms a previous finding that the Commission has authority under the Communications Act to establish settlement rate benchmarks and to require U.S. carriers to negotiate settlement rates that comply with those benchmarks. In addition, the Commission amended the Section 214 condition for facilities-based service to affiliated markets, so that it applies only to U.S. affiliates of carriers that have market power in the destination country. The Commission took this action in response to petitions for reconsideration filed in this proceeding.