05-9211. Annual Adjustment of Revenue Thresholds

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This document announces that the 2004 revenue threshold between Class A carriers and Class B carriers is increased to $125 million. The 2004 revenue threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is increased to $7.403 billion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debbie Weber, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a summary of the Commission's public notice released April 28, 2005. This notice announces the inflation-adjusted 2004 revenue thresholds used for classifying carrier categories for various accounting and reporting purposes: (1) Distinguishing Class A carriers from Class B carriers; and (2) distinguishing larger Class A carriers from mid-sized carriers. The revenue threshold between Class A carriers and Class B carriers is increased to $125 million. The revenue threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is increased to $7.403 billion. The revenue thresholds for 2004 were determined as follows:

	Mid-sized threshold	Larger Class A threshold
(1) GDP-CPI Base	86.68	102.40.
(2) 2004 GDP-CPI	108.30	108.30.
(3) Inflation Factor (line 2÷1)	1.2494	1.0576.
(4) Original Revenue Threshold	$100 million	$7 billion.
(5) 2004 Revenue Threshold (line 3*4)	$125 million	$7.403 billion.

Federal Communications Commission.

Tamara L. Preiss,

Chief, Pricing Policy Division.