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and bill for the provider's USF contribution obligations.25 Carriers must pay their contribution invoices in
a timely manner," and the Commission's rules explicitly warn contributors that failure to file forms or
submit payments potentially subjects them to enforcement action.
7. Telseven is a Florida-based company that held itself out and registered with the
Commission" as a "provider of interstate telecommunications services."29 Telseven described its
telecommunications service as an "interstate Enhanced Number Assistance Directory Service"
(ENADA).0 This service, according to Telseven, offered consumers the ability to obtain information
about recently disconnected or out-of-service toll free numbers.3' A consumer using this service would
25 See 47 C.F.R. 1.1154 (regulatory fees), 52.17 (numbering), 52.32 (LNP), 54.709 (USF).
26 See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. 54.711(a) ("The Commission shall announce by Public Notice published in the Federal
Register and on its website the manner of payment and the dates by which payments must be made."); Proposed
Fourth Quarter 2011 Contribution Factor, Public Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 12943, 12946 (Off. Managing Dir. 2011)
("Contribution payments are due on the date shown on the invoice."); see also 47 C.F.R. 54.713(b) (noting that if a
USF "contributor fails to make full payment on or before the date due of... monthly invoice provided by the
Administrator, the payment is delinquent"). The Act and our rules, however, do not condition payment on receipt of
an invoice or other notice from USAC, other program administrator, or the Commission. See, e.g., 47 U.S.C.
254(d); 47 C.F.R. 54.706(b). For instance, a carrier that does not file Form 499-A or Form 499-Q may not
receive an invoice from USAC, but is nonetheless required to contribute to the USF, unless its revenues are
considered de minimis. See Globcom, Inc., Notice of Apparent Liability'for Forfeiture and Order, 18 FCC Red
19893, 19896, para. 5 n.22 (2003) (Globcom NAL) (subsequent history omitted). In the case of USF contributions,
providers whose contribution obligation in a given year is less than $10,000 are considered de minimis and
exempted from contributing to the USF for that year. See 47 C.F.R. 54,708. Filers do not calculate the amounts
that they must contribute in the Quarterly and Annual Worksheets. Rather, the USF, TRS, NANP, and LNP
administrators use the revenue information on these Worksheets to calculate a funding base and individual
contributions for each support mechanism. See, e.g., 2012 Telecommunications Worksheet Instructions (FCC Form
499-A) at 31, available at http://www.fcc.gov/document/2012-form-499-instructions (last visited May 9, 2012).
27 47 C.F.R. 54.713.
28 See Telseven, LLC "Registration Detail," available at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/coresWeb/searchDetail.do?frn=
0009834466 (last visited May 15, 2012). Telseven also obtained authorization, pursuant to Section 214 of the
Communications Act and Section 63.18 of the Commission's rules, to provide international telecommunications
services. See International Authorizations Granted, Public Notice, 19 FCC Rcd 4036 (Int'l Bur. 2004).
29 Telseven, LLC, d/b/a Calling 101 10 275, Calling 10 1515 800, Calling 10 10 141, Application for Authority to
Provide Service in Accordance with Section 63.18(e)(2) of the Rules, Attach. 1 at Response to Question 9 (filed Feb.
6, 2004) ("Telseven ... is a competitive provider of interstate telecommunications services."), available at
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgibin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr03 I b.hts?qset=VSITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file
numberC/File+Number/%3D/ITC2142004020900047&prepare=&column=V_SITEANTENNAFREQ.filenumb
erC/File+Number (last visited May 14, 2012); FCC Form 499 Filer Database Detailed Information, Filer
Identification for Telseven, available at http://apps.fcc.gov/cgb/form499/499detail.cfm?FilerNum=823700 (last
visited May 11, 2012) (based on Telseven's Form 499 filings, listing all states except Alaska and Nevada as
jurisdictions in which Telseven provides telecommunications services); see Letter from Wendy M. Creeden,
Counsel for Telseven. LLC, Sullivan & Worcester, LLP, to Elizabeth Mumaw, Attorney Advisor, Investigations &
Hearings Division, FCC Enforcement Bureau, at Responses to Questions 1-2 (Sept. 22, 2008) (on file in EB-08-IH-
1386) (Telseven Sept. 22 Letter).
30 Telseven Sept. 22 Letter at Response to Question 2.
3' See Telseven, LLC, Calling 10, LLC d/b/a California Calling 10. and Patrick Hines. Response to the Order
Instituting Investigation and Denial of All Assertions of Possible Violation of California Law of Telseven, LLC,
Calling 10, LLC d/b/a California Calling 10, and Patrick Hines, an Individual. Case No. 1.10-12-010, at 9-10 (Cal.
Pub. Util. Common, filed Jan. 21, 2011) (Telseven Response to Cal. Pub. Util. Comm 'n Investigation Order).6639
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