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RIN: 3060-AJ97

Publication ID: Spring 2015

Title: Reform of Rules and Policies on Foreign Carrier Entry Into the U.S. Telecommunications Market (IB Docket 12-299)
Abstract: FCC is considering proposed changes in the criteria under which it considers certain applications from foreign carriers or affiliates of foreign carriers for entry into the U.S. market for international telecommunications services. It proposes to eliminate or in the alternative simplify the effective competitive opportunities test (ECO Test) adopted in 1995 for Commission review of foreign carrier applications.
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.767 47 CFR 1.768 47 CFR 63.11 47 CFR 63.18
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 47 U.S.C. 152 47 U.S.C. 154(i) to (j) 47 U.S.C. 201 to 205

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/26/2012	77 FR 70400
NPRM Comment Period End	12/26/2012
NPRM Reply Comment Period End	01/15/2013
R&O	06/03/2014	79 FR 31873
Final Rule (Announcement of Effective Date)	03/03/2015	80 FR 11326
Final Rule Effective	03/03/2015
Next Action Undetermined	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Howard Griboff Attorney Advisor Federal Communications Commission 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554 Phone:202 418-0657 Fax:202 418-2824 Email: howard.griboff@fcc.gov