Tyco’s regulatory fee proposal should be ‘expanded to encompass a...
Tyco’s regulatory fee proposal should be “expanded to encompass all international bearer circuits, without regard to whether they are provided via submarine cable or via satellite,” the Satellite Industry Assn. told the FCC. A number of communications providers submitted…
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comments to the FCC concerning regulatory fees proposed for fiscal year 2004 (CD April 26 p3). Tyco said private submarine cable operators should pay less in fees than facilities-based common carriers because private operators aren’t as regulated as the common carriers. “Tyco’s proposal, however, does not go far enough, because the operators of private submarine cables are not the only private carriers that are subject to international bearer circuit fees,” SIA said. If satellite operators aren’t included in the new fee category, it “would force non-common carrier satellite service providers to shoulder an even greater proportion of common carrier costs, while exempting the essentially equivalent private submarine cable service from those costs.”