FCC Amends International Settlement Policy

The FCC took another deregulatory step regarding its International Settlement Policy (ISP) by exempted a substantial number of additional routes from the ISP. This action provides U.S. carriers greater commercial flexibility to take advantage of a constantly changing global telecommunications market. The FCC expects the action will translate into lower rates for consumers.



The International Settlement Policy was designed to ensure nondiscriminatory treatment of U.S. carriers by foreign carriers with market power and serves as a framework by which carriers negotiate commercial agreements to exchange traffic between the U.S. and other countries. http://www.fcc.gov