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Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: As part of its
Universal Licensing System (ULS), the
Commission seeks additional
information from licensees. Specifically,
the Commission seeks to request the
following information from licensees:
(1) Whether the Public Safety or
Commercial Licensee is identified by a state,
county, and/or local emergency authority to
provide ‘‘first responder’’ emergency
services;
(2) What type of first responder the Public
Safety or Commercial Licensee is identified
as;
(3) The identity, by name and contact
information, of the Public Safety or
Commercial Licensee’s designated point-ofcontact; and
(4) The identity, by name and contact
information, of the relevant state, county,
and/or local emergency authority that
designated the Public Safety or Commercial
Licensee as a ‘‘first responder.’’
This information will assist the
Commission in providing quality
assistance to first responders in the
event of an emergency. With this
information, the Commission will be
able to enhance its targeted assistance to
first responders in the affected areas.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary. Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0741]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
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burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before February 5, 2016.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts below as soon as
possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to
Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as
shown in the ‘‘Supplementary
Information’’ section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the Web page ,
(2) look for the section of the Web page
called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow
in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0741.
Title: Technology Transitions, GN
Docket No. 13–5, et al.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently
approved collection.
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Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,767
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–8
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements; recordkeeping;
third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 575,840 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222
and 251.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
the respondents submit confidential
information to the FCC. Respondents
may, however, request confidential
treatment for information they believe to
be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to
accelerate private sector development
and deployment of telecommunications
technologies and services by spurring
competition. Section 222(e) is also
designed to spur competition by
prescribing requirements for the sharing
of subscriber list information. These
OMB collections are designed to help
implement certain provisions of
sections 222(e) and 251, and to
eliminate operational barriers to
competition in the telecommunications
services market. Specifically, these
OMB collections will be used to
implement (1) local exchange carriers’
(‘‘LECs’’) obligations to provide their
competitors with dialing parity and
non-discriminatory access to certain
services and functionalities; (2)
incumbent local exchange carriers’
(‘‘ILECs’’) duty to make network
information disclosures; and (3)
numbering administration. The
Commission estimates that the total
annual burden of the entire collection,
as revised, is 575,840 hours. This
revision relates to a change in one of
many components of the currently
approved collection—specifically,
certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or
third party disclosure requirements
under section 251(c)(5). In August 2015,
the Commission adopted new rules
concerning certain information
collection requirements implemented
under section 251(c)(5) of the Act,
pertaining to network change
disclosures. The changes to those rules
apply specifically to a certain subset of
network change disclosures, namely
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notices of planned copper retirements.
The changes are designed to provide
interconnecting entities adequate time
to prepare their networks for the
planned copper retirements and to
ensure that consumers are able to make
informed choices. There is also a change
in the number of potential respondents
to the rules promulgated under that
section. The number of respondents as
to the information collection
requirements implemented under
section 251(c)(5) of the Act, has changed
from 1,300 to 750, a decrease of 550
respondents from the previous
submission. Under section 251(f)(1) of
the Act, rural telephone companies are
exempt from the requirements of section
251(c) ‘‘until (i) such company has
received a bona fide request for
interconnection, services, or network
elements, and (ii) the State commission
determines . . . that such request is not
unduly economically burdensome, is
technically feasible, and is consistent
with section 254. . . .’’ The
Commission has determined that the
number of potential respondents set
forth in the previous submission
inadvertently failed to take this
exemption into account. There are 1,429
ILECs nationwide. Of those, 87 are nonrural ILECs and 1,342 are rural ILECs.
The Commission estimates that of the
1,342 rural ILECs, 679 are entitled to the
exemption and 663 are not entitled to
the exemption and thus must comply
with rules promulgated under section
251(c) of the Act, including the rules
that are the subject of this information
collection. Thus, the Commission
estimates that there are 87 (non-rural) +
663 (rural) = 750 potential respondents.
The Commission estimates that the
revision does not result in any
additional outlays of funds for hiring
outside contractors or procuring
equipment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Order Declares Wypoint Telecom,
Inc.’s International Section 214
Authorization Terminated
Federal Communications
Commission
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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In this document, we declare
the international section 214
authorization granted to Wypoint
Telecom, Inc. (‘‘Wypoint’’ and formerly
known as Sage VOIP Solutions, Inc.)
terminated given Wypoint’s inability to
comply with an express condition for
holding the authorization. We also
conclude that Wypoint failed to comply
with those requirements of the
Communications Act of 1934 (the Act)
and the Commission’s rules that ensure
that the Commission can contact and
communicate with the authorization
holder, which failures have prevented
any way of addressing Wypoint’s
inability to comply with the condition
of its authorization.
DATES: November 20, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara
Grayer, Telecommunications and
Analysis Division, International Bureau,
at (202) 418–2960 or Cara.Grayer@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
27, 2007, the International Bureau
granted Wypoint an international
section 214 authorization to provide
global or limited global facilities-based
service and global or limited global
resale service in accordance with
sections 63.18(e)(1) and 63.18(e)(2) of
the Commission’s rules. The
International Bureau granted the
application on the express condition
that Wypoint abide by the commitments
and undertakings contained in its Letter
of Assurance (LOA) to the U.S.
Department of Justice, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, and Federal
Bureau of Investigation (collectively, the
Agencies) dated July 11, 2007. We
determine that Wypoint’s section 214
authorization to provide international
services issued under File No. ITC–214–
20070601–00211 has terminated for
Wypoint’s inability to comply with an
express condition for holding the
section 214 international authorization.
The International Bureau has afforded
Wypoint with notice and opportunity to
respond to the allegations in the
Executive Branch May 9, 2014 Letter
concerning Wypoint’s non-compliance
with the condition of its grant. Wypoint
has not responded to any of our requests
or requests from the Agencies. We find
that Wypoint’s failure to respond to our
multiple requests demonstrates that it is
unable to satisfy the LOA conditions
concerning the availability of U.S.
customer records, upon which the
Agencies gave their non-objection to the
grant of the authorization to Wypoint,
and which were a condition of its
section 214 authorization.
Furthermore, after having received an
international 214 authorization, a carrier
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‘‘is responsible for the continuing
accuracy of the certifications made in its
application’’ and must promptly correct
information no longer accurate, ‘‘and in
any event, within thirty (30) days.’’
Wypoint’s address is no longer valid
and thus Wypoint has failed to inform
the Commission of any changes in the
continuing accuracy of its prior
certifications, referencing the FCC file
number of the original certification. Nor
is there any record of Wypoint’s having
complied with section 413 of the Act
and the Commission’s rules requiring it
to designate an agent for service after
receiving its authorization on July 27,
2007. Finally, as part of its
authorization, Wypoint ‘‘must file
annual international
telecommunications traffic and revenue
as required by § 43.62.’’ Section 43.62(b)
states that ‘‘[n]ot later than July 31 of
each year, each person or entity that
holds an authorization pursuant to
section 214 to provide international
telecommunications service shall report
whether it provided international
telecommunications services during the
preceding calendar year.’’ Our records
indicate that Wypoint failed to file an
annual international
telecommunications traffic and revenue
report indicating whether or not
Wypoint provided services in 2014, as
required by section 43.62(b) of the
Commission’s rules. In these
circumstances, and in light of Wypoint’s
failure to respond to the Commission’s
repeated inquiries, we conclude that
this failure to comply with the basic
requirements of the Commission’s rules
designed to ensure its ability to
communicate with the holder of the
authorization also warrants termination,
wholly apart from demonstrating
Wypoint’s inability to satisfy the LOA
conditions of its authorization.
By this Order, we grant the Executive
Branch agencies’ request to the extent
set forth in this Order. A copy of this
Order was sent by return receipt
requested, to Wypoint at its last known
addresses.
Further requests should be sent to
Denise Coca, Chief,
Telecommunications and Analysis
Division, International Bureau via email
at Denise.Coca@fcc.gov and file it in File
No. ITC–214–20121210–00323 via IBFS
at https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/
pleading.do.
Federal Communications Commission.
Francis Gutierrez,
Deputy Chief, Telecommunications and
Analysis Division, International Bureau.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0741]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject
to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 5,
2016. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via
email PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the comments
the OMB control number as shown in the ``Supplementary Information''
section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted
to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called
``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading,
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when
the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number.
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
Title: Technology Transitions, GN Docket No. 13-5, et al.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,767
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements;
recordkeeping; third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 575,840 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of
subscriber list information. These OMB collections are designed to help
implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, and to
eliminate operational barriers to competition in the telecommunications
services market. Specifically, these OMB collections will be used to
implement (1) local exchange carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to
provide their competitors with dialing parity and non-discriminatory
access to certain services and functionalities; (2) incumbent local
exchange carriers' (``ILECs'') duty to make network information
disclosures; and (3) numbering administration. The Commission estimates
that the total annual burden of the entire collection, as revised, is
575,840 hours. This revision relates to a change in one of many
components of the currently approved collection--specifically, certain
reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements
under section 251(c)(5). In August 2015, the Commission adopted new
rules concerning certain information collection requirements
implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, pertaining to network
change disclosures. The changes to those rules apply specifically to a
certain subset of network change disclosures, namely
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notices of planned copper retirements. The changes are designed to
provide interconnecting entities adequate time to prepare their
networks for the planned copper retirements and to ensure that
consumers are able to make informed choices. There is also a change in
the number of potential respondents to the rules promulgated under that
section. The number of respondents as to the information collection
requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, has
changed from 1,300 to 750, a decrease of 550 respondents from the
previous submission. Under section 251(f)(1) of the Act, rural
telephone companies are exempt from the requirements of section 251(c)
``until (i) such company has received a bona fide request for
interconnection, services, or network elements, and (ii) the State
commission determines . . . that such request is not unduly
economically burdensome, is technically feasible, and is consistent
with section 254. . . .'' The Commission has determined that the number
of potential respondents set forth in the previous submission
inadvertently failed to take this exemption into account. There are
1,429 ILECs nationwide. Of those, 87 are non-rural ILECs and 1,342 are
rural ILECs. The Commission estimates that of the 1,342 rural ILECs,
679 are entitled to the exemption and 663 are not entitled to the
exemption and thus must comply with rules promulgated under section
251(c) of the Act, including the rules that are the subject of this
information collection. Thus, the Commission estimates that there are
87 (non-rural) + 663 (rural) = 750 potential respondents. The
Commission estimates that the revision does not result in any
additional outlays of funds for hiring outside contractors or procuring
equipment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-33239 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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