64.5001—Reporting and certification requirements.

(a) All prepaid calling card providers must report prepaid calling card percentage of interstate use (PIU) factors, and call volumes from which these factors were calculated, based on not less than a one-day representative sample, to those carriers from which they purchase transport services. Such reports must be provided no later than the 45th day of each calendar quarter for the previous quarter.
(b) If a prepaid calling card provider fails to provide the appropriate PIU information to a transport provider in the time allowed, the transport provider may apply a 50 percent default PIU factor to the prepaid calling card provider's traffic.
(c) On a quarterly basis, every prepaid calling card provider must submit to the Commission a certification, signed by an officer of the company under penalty of perjury, providing the following information with respect to the prior quarter:
(1) The percentage of intrastate, interstate, and international calling card minutes for that reporting period;
(2) The percentage of total prepaid calling card service revenue (excluding revenue from prepaid calling cards sold by, to, or pursuant to contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity) attributable to interstate and international calls for that reporting period;
(3) A statement that it is making the required Universal Service Fund contribution based on the reported information; and
(4) A statement that it has complied with the reporting requirements described in paragraph (a) of this section.

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Effective Date Note: At 71 FR 43673, Aug. 2, 2006, part 64 was amended by adding subpart DD, effective Oct. 31, 2006. Section 64.5001(a), (b) and (c) contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.