03-13233. Annual Adjustment of Revenue Thresholds

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces that the 2002 revenue threshold between Class A carriers and Class B carriers is increased to $121 million. The 2002 revenue threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is increased to $7.083 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 May 13, 2003. This notice announces the inflation-adjusted 2002 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 $121 million. The revenue threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is increased to $7.083 billion. The revenue thresholds for 2002 were determined as follows:

	Mid-sized threshold	Larger Class A threshold
(1) GDP-CPI Base	91.62	109.37
(2) 2002 GDP-CPI	110.66	110.66
(3) Inflation Factor (line 2 ÷ 1)	1.2078	1.0118
(4) Original Revenue Threshold	$100 million	$7 billion
(5) 2002 Revenue Threshold (line 3 * 4)	$121 million	$7.083 billion

Federal Communications Commission.

Tamara L. Preiss,

Chief, Pricing Policy Division.