Fcc Form 499-A - Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet

Instructions to the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, Form 499-A

Block 2: Contact Information

Block 2-A: Regulatory Contact Information

Lines (201-202) -- copy the Filer 499 ID from Line (101) into Line (201). Copy the legal name of the reporting

entity from Line (102) into Line (202).

Lines (203-206) -- enter the name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the person who filled out

the Form 499. This should be a person who can provide clarifications or additional information, and, if necessary,

who could serve as the first point of contact in the event that either the Commission or an administrator should

choose to verify or audit information provided in the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet.

Line (207) -- provide the contact person name, office name, and mailing address of a corporate office to which

future Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets should be sent. The next Telecommunications Reporting

Worksheet will be mailed to this address unless other arrangements are made.

Failure to receive a

Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet from an administrator or the FCC does not relieve the filer from its

obligation to file in a timely fashion.

Line (208) -- provide a billing contact person name and address for administrators to send billing information for

contributions to the mechanisms. Information on establishing electronic fund transfer and bills for universal service,

TRS, NANPA or local number portability administration contributions will be sent to this address unless other

arrangements are made via written request.

Block 2-B: Agent for Service of Process

Section 413 of the Act requires each carrier “to designate in writing an agent in the District of Columbia” upon

whom all notices, process, orders, and decisions made by the Commission may be served on behalf of that carrier

in any proceeding pending before the Commission.

Lines (209-218) -- The second part of Block 2 contains information on the filer's agents for service of process,

including the agent located in the District of Columbia ("D.C. Agent"). All carriers must enter the name, business

address, telephone or voicemail number, facsimile number, and, if available, Internet e -mail address for their

designated D.C. Agent. Note that service of any notice, process, orders, decisions, and requirements of the

Commission may be made upon the reporting carrier by leaving a copy thereof with this designated agent during

normal business hours at the agent's office or other usual place of residence. In addition to providing the required

information on the carrier's D.C. Agent, the carrier may elect to provide a local or alternate agent for service of

process located outside the District of Columbia. Reporting entities other than carriers need only report one agent

for service of process, whether located inside the District of Columbia or otherwise.

Carriers must designate a single agent for service of process in the District of Columbia for all Commission

business. Although FCC Form 499-A permits carriers to designate alternate or local agents for service of process,

each designated agent for a particular carrier must accept service for all purposes relating to Commission

business. A carrier may not limit a designated agent’s ability to accept service on behalf of the carrier by subject

matter, by jurisdiction, or by any other grounds. The Commission may assume that the local or alternate agent is

the filer’s preferred destination for all service of process.

47 U.S.C. § 413. See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.47(h) (stating that every common carrier subject to the Act “shall designate

an agent in the District of Columbia” for service of process).

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