Technologie i telekomunikacja · 22.06.1998

Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff Requirements

On May 11, 1998, the Telecommunications Division of the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order modifying the exclusion list that prohibits U.S. carriers from making use of non-U.S. licensed facilities. The Commission removed the following facilities from the exclusion list: U.K.-German-6, FLAG, all cables on the Sweden-Finland route, Ulysses, and HERMES. This decision will reduce the regulatory burden on U.S. carriers seeking to obtain capacity on these facilities and should make the market for cable access more competitive, leading to lower prices for U.S. carriers' end users.