47 C.F.R. § 54.706 Contributions.
Title 47 - Telecommunication
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 43673, Aug. 2, 2006. (a) Entities that provide interstate telecommunications to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public, for a fee will be considered telecommunications carriers providing interstate telecommunications services and must contribute to the universal service support mechanisms. Certain other providers of interstate telecommunications, such as payphone providers that are aggregators, providers of interstate telecommunications for a fee on a non-common carrier basis, and interconnected VoIP providers, also must contribute to the universal service support mechanisms. Interstate telecommunications include, but are not limited to: (1) Cellular telephone and paging services; (2) Mobile radio services; (3) Operator services; (4) Personal communications services (PCS); (5) Access to interexchange service; (6) Special access service; (7) WATS; (8) Toll-free service; (9) 900 service; (10) Message telephone service (MTS); (11) Private line service; (12) Telex; (13) Telegraph; (14) Video services; (15) Satellite service; (16) Resale of interstate services; (17) Payphone services; and (18) Interconnected VoIP services. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, every entity required to contribute to the federal universal service support mechanisms under paragraph (a) of this section shall contribute on the basis of its projected collected interstate and international end-user telecommunications revenues, net of projected contributions. (c) Any entity required to contribute to the federal universal service support mechanisms whose projected collected interstate end-user telecommunications revenues comprise less than 12 percent of its combined projected collected interstate and international end-user telecommunications revenues shall contribute based only on such entity's projected collected interstate end-user telecommunications revenues, net of projected contributions. For purposes of this paragraph, an “entity” shall refer to the entity that is subject to the universal service reporting requirements in §54.711 and shall include all of that entity's affiliated providers of interstate and international telecommunications and telecommunications services. (d) Entities providing open video systems (OVS), cable leased access, or direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services are not required to contribute on the basis of revenues derived from those services. The following entities will not be required to contribute to universal service: non-profit health care providers; broadcasters; systems integrators that derive less than five percent of their systems integration revenues from the resale of telecommunications. [63 FR 70575, Dec. 21, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 60358, Nov. 5, 1999; 67 FR 11260, Mar. 13, 2002; 67 FR 79532, Dec. 30, 2002; 71 FR 38796, July 10, 2006] Effective Date Note: 1. At 71 FR 38796, July 10, 2006, §54.706 was amended by revising paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(16), (a)(17), by adding paragraph (a)(18), and by revising paragraphs (b) and (c). This text contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.
2. At 71 FR 43673, Aug. 2, 2006, §54.706 was amended by adding paragraph (a)(19), effective Oct. 31, 2006.
Title 47: Telecommunication
PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Subpart H—Administration
§ 54.706 Contributions.
