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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
      1919 M STREET N.W.
      WASHINGTON, D.C.  20554
     
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                                                       DA 97-577

              ANNUAL CIRCUIT STATUS REPORTS DUE ON MARCH 31ST
                           CC Docket No. 93-157

                                   Released:  March 18, 1997

       Carriers are reminded that pursuant to Section 43.82 of
the Commission's rules, each facility-based carrier
providing international telecommunications services must file a
circuit status report by March 31, 1997.  The reports
should contain data as of the last business day of 1996.  The
information and filing format for the Circuit Status
Report is described in detail in the Circuit Status Filing Manual
developed by the International Bureau (10 FCC Rcd
8605, 1995).  

      All facility-based carriers need to file the report
regardless of whether or not they have activated circuits
at the year-end.  If carriers do not have any activated circuits
at year-end, they are still required to file a report
stating that they do not have any activated circuits.  The
Circuit Status Report will include the total number of
activated and the total number of idle circuits by the following
categories:  submarine cable, satellite, and landline.
Carriers are required to file the report in the format contained
in the Commission's Circuit Status Manual.  

      Under Section 43.82 of the Commission's rules,
facility-based carriers are required to file circuit status
reports.  Under Section 63.15 of our rules, non-dominant carriers
providing international resold private lines are
required to file annual circuit addition reports.  The Manual was
structured to guide the filing of both circuit status
and circuit addition reports.  Circuit addition reports will
follow the same format as used in the circuit status report
and carriers should report year-end additional circuits from the
previous year.  Circuit Addition reports also are to
be filed by March 31st.

      Last March was the first time that carriers filed the
Circuit Status reports in the new format.  Based on
our experience from this first time filing, there appears to be
some confusion when reporting the number of Derived
Circuits in Data field #2.  This data field should contain only
the number of derived additional circuits.  For example,
Carrier A has 30 bearer circuits to County X, and from these
circuits, 60 channels can be derived to provide services. 
Carrier A should report 30 bearer circuits in Data field #1, and
60 derived circuits in Data field #2.  Some carriers
have been incorrectly reporting the total number of both the
bearer circuits and derived circuits. 



      In addition, carriers are required to file the reports on a
common type and format of computer diskettes as
described in the Circuit Status Manual.  To assist carriers in
submitting the report, the Commission has a data
validation program that will enable carriers to detect errors
before they file the data with the Commission. The
program validates both the circuit status reports and the circuit
addition reports.  The data validation program as
well as the Circuit Status Manual are available on the Internet: 
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/td/pf/csmanual.html.  The
Manual is also available through the Commission's contractor for
public service records duplication:  ITS, Inc., 2100
M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C.  20037, (202)
857-3800. 
      
      For further information contact Cathy Hsu of the
Telecommunications Division, International Bureau, at (202)
418-2114.

                                  - FCC -