AT&T, Concert and WorldCom jointly petitioned FCC, requesting tha...
AT&T, Concert and WorldCom jointly petitioned FCC, requesting that agency enforce benchmark settlement rate of 15 cents per min for service on U.S.-Qatar route. Rate is required under Commission’s 1997 benchmarks order, companies said. Order requires carriers in countries…
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that are classified as upper income nations, including Qatar, have settlement rate that doesn’t exceed 15 cents per min to conduct revenue settlements on service provided with U.S., companies said. AT&T, Concert and WorldCom told FCC they hadn’t been able to reach agreement with Qatar Telecom that complied with benchmark rate. AT&T and WorldCom asked that Commission enforce its benchmarks order by requiring that no U.S. carrier pay settlement rate that exceeded 15 cents for service with Qatar. Comments are due March 22, replies April 6.