Sec. 43.21  Annual reports of carriers and certain affiliates.

    (a) Communication common carriers having annual operating revenues 
in excess of the indexed revenue threshold, as defined in Sec. 32.9000, 
and certain companies (as indicated in paragraph (b) of this section) 
directly or indirectly controlling such carriers shall file with the 
Commission annual reports or an annual letter as provided in this 
section. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each 
annual report required by this section shall be filed no later than 
April 1 of each year, covering the preceding calendar year. It shall be 
filed on the appropriate report form prescribed by the Commission (see 
Sec. 1.785 of this chapter) and shall contain full and specific answers 
to all questions propounded and information requested in the currently 
effective report forms. The number of copies to be filed shall be 
specified in the applicable report form. At least one copy of this 
report shall be signed on the signature page by the responsible 
accounting officer. A copy of each annual report shall be as retained in 
the principal office of the respondent and shall be filed in such manner 
to be readily available for reference and inspection.
    (b) Each company, not itself a communication common carrier, that 
directly or indirectly controls any communication common carrier that 
has annual operating revenues equal to or above the indexed revenue 
threshold, as defined in Sec. 32.9000, shall file annually with the 
Commission, not later than the date prescribed by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for its purposes, two complete copies of any annual 
report Forms 10-K (or any superseding form) filed with that Commission.
    (c) Each miscellaneous common carrier (as defined by Sec. 21.2 of 
this chapter) with operating revenues for a calendar year in excess of 
the indexed revenue threshold, as defined in Sec. 32.9000, shall file 
with the Common Carrier Bureau Chief a letter showing its operating 
revenues for that year and the value of its total communications plant 
at the end of that year. This letter must be filed no later than April 1 
of the following year. Those miscellaneous common

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carriers with annual operating revenues that equal or surpass the 
indexed revenue threshold for the first time may file the letter up to 
one month after publication of the adjusted revenue threshold in the 
Federal Register, but in no event shall such carriers be required to 
file the letter prior to April 1.
    (d) Each communications common carrier required by order to file a 
manual allocating its costs between regulated and nonregulated 
operations shall file, on or before April 1:
    (1) A three-year forecast of regulated and nonregulated use of 
network plant for the current calendar year and the two calendar years 
following, and investment pool projections and allocations for the 
current calendar year; and
    (2) A report of the actual use of network plant investment for the 
prior calendar year.
    (e) Each local exchange carrier with annual operating reveunes equal 
to or above the indexed revenue threshold shall file, no later than 
April 1 of each year, reports showing:
    (1) Its revenues, expenses and investment for all accounts 
established in part 32 of this chapter, on an operating company basis,
    (2) The same part 32 of this chapter, on a study area basis, with 
data for regulated and nonregulated operations for those accounts which 
are related to the carrier's revenue requirement, and
    (3) The separations categories on a study area basis, with each 
category further divided into access elements and a nonaccess interstate 
category.
    (f) Each local exchange carrier with operating revenues for the 
preceding year that equal or exceed the indexed revenue threshold shall 
file, no later than April 1 of each year, a report showing for the 
previous calendar year its revenues, expenses, taxes, plant in service, 
other investment and depreciation reserves, and other such data as are 
required by the Commission, on computer media prescribed by the 
Commission. The total operating results shall be allocated between 
regulated and nonregulated operations, and the regulated data shall be 
further divided into the following categories: State and interstate, and 
the interstate will be further divided into common line, traffic 
sensitive access, special access, and nonaccess.
    (g) Each local exchange carrier for whom price cap regulation is 
mandatory and every local exchange carrier that elects to be covered by 
the price cap rules shall file, by April 1 of each year, a report 
designed to capture trends in service quality under price cap 
regulation. The report shall contain data relative to network measures 
of service quality, as defined by the Common Carrier Bureau, from the 
previous calendar year on a study area basis.
    (h) Each local exchange carrier for whom price regulation is 
mandatory shall file, by April 1 of each year, a report designed to 
capture trends in service quality under price cap regulation. The report 
shall contain data relative to customer measures of service quality, as 
defined by the Common Carrier Bureau, from the previous calendar year on 
a study area basis.
    (i) Each local exchange carrier for whom price regulation is 
mandatory shall file, by April 1 of each year, a report containing data 
from the previous calendar year on a study area basis that are designed 
to capture trends in telephone industry infrastructure development under 
price cap regulation.
    (j) Each local exchange carrier with annual operating revenues that 
equal or exceed the indexed revenue threshold shall file, no later than 
April 1 of each year, a report containing data from the previous 
calendar year on an operating company basis. Such report shall combine 
statistical data designed to monitor network growth, usage, and 
reliability.
    (k) Each designated interstate carrier with operating revenues for 
the preceding year that equal or exceed the indexed revenue threshold 
shall file, no later than April 1 of each year, a report showing for the 
previous calendar year its revenues, expenses, taxes, plant in service, 
other investments and depreciation reserves, and such other data as are 
required by the Commission, on computer media prescribed by the 
Commission. The total operating results shall be allocated between 
regulated and nonregulated operations, and the regulated data shall be 
further divided into the following categories:

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State and interstate, and the interstate will be further divided into 
common line, traffic sensitive access, special access, and nonaccess.

[ 28 FR 13214 , Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at  49 FR 10122 , Mar. 19, 1984;  50 FR 41153 , Oct. 9, 1985;  51 FR 37024 , Oct. 17, 1986;  52 FR 35918 , Sept. 
24, 1987;  58 FR 36143 , July 6, 1993;  61 FR 50245 , Sept. 25, 1996;  62 FR 39778 , July 24, 1997]