FCC 64.1320 Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 64.1320 Payphone call tracking system audits.
(a) Unless it has entered into an alternative compensation arrangement
pursuant to Sec. 64.1310(a) that relieves it of its Sec. 64.1310(a)(1) tracking
system obligation, each Completing Carrier must undergo an audit of its
Sec. 64.1310(a)(1) tracking system by an independent third party auditor whose
responsibility shall be, using audit methods approved by the American
Institute for Certified Public Accountants, to determine whether the call
tracking system accurately tracks payphone calls to completion.
(b) By the effective date of these rules, each Completing Carrier in
paragraph (a) of this section must file an audit report from the auditor
(the “System Audit Report”) regarding the Completing Carrier's compliance
with Sec. 64.1310(a)(1) as of the date of the audit:
(1) With the Commission's Secretary in CC Docket No. 96–128;
(2) With each payphone service provider for which it completes calls and a
Completing Carrier may comply with this paragraph's requirement to file
copies of the System Audit Report with each payphone service provider by
posting the System Audit Report on its website or a clearinghouse website;
and
(3) With each facilities-based long distance carrier from which it receives
payphone calls.
(c) The Completing Carrier must comply with, and the third-party auditor
must verify, the Completing Carrier's compliance with the following factors
in establishing a call tracking system pursuant to Sec. 64.1310(a)(1):
(1) Whether the Completing Carrier's procedures accurately track calls to
completion;
(2) Whether the Completing Carrier has a person or persons responsible for
tracking, compensating, and resolving disputes concerning payphone completed
calls;
(3) Whether the Completing Carrier has effective data monitoring procedures;
(4) Whether the Completing Carrier adheres to established protocols to
ensure that any software, personnel or any other network changes do not
adversely affect its payphone call tracking ability;
(5) Whether the Completing Carrier has created a compensable payphone call
file by matching call detail records against payphone identifiers;
(6) Whether the Completing Carrier has procedures to incorporate call data
into required reports;
(7) Whether the Completing Carrier has implemented procedures and controls
needed to resolve payphone compensation disputes;
(8) Whether the independent third-party auditor can test all critical
controls and procedures to verify that errors are insubstantial; and
(9) Whether the Completing Carriers has in place adequate and effective
business rules for implementing and paying payphone compensation, including
rules used to:
(i) Identify calls originated from payphones;
(ii) Identify compensable payphone calls;
(iii) Identify incomplete or otherwise noncompensable calls; and
(iv) Determine the identities of the payphone service providers to which the
Completing Carrier owes compensation.
(d) Consistent with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants for attestation engagements, the System Audit
Report shall consist of:
(1) The Completing Carrier's representation concerning its compliance; and
(2) The independent auditor's opinion concerning the Completing Carrier's
representation of compliance. The Completing Carrier's representation must
disclose
(i) Its criteria for identifying calls originating from payphones;
(ii) Its criteria for identifying compensable payphone calls;
(iii) Its criteria for identifying incomplete or otherwise noncompensable
calls;
(iv) Its criteria used to determine the identities of the payphone service
providers to which the completing carrier owes compensation;
(v) The identity of any clearinghouses the Completing Carrier uses; and
(vi) The types of information that the Completing Carrier needs from the
payphone service providers in order to compensate them.
(e) At the time of filing of a System Audit Report with the Commission, the
Completing Carrier shall file with the Commission's Secretary, the payphone
service providers and the facilities-based long distance carriers identified
in paragraph (b) of this section, a statement that includes the name of the
Completing Carrier, and the name, address and phone number for the person or
persons responsible for handling the Completing Carrier's payphone
compensation and for resolving disputes with payphone service providers over
compensation, and this statement shall be updated within 60 days of any
changes of such persons. If a Completing Carrier chooses to notify payphone
service providers of this statement and its System Audit Report by posting
these two documents on its website or a clearinghouse website, then this
statement shall include the web address for these two documents.
(f) One year after the filing of the System Audit Report, and annually
thereafter, the Completing Carrier shall engage an independent third-party
auditor to:
(1) Verify that no material changes have occurred concerning the Completing
Carrier's compliance with the criteria of the prior year's System Audit
Report; or
(2) If a material change has occurred concerning the Completing Carrier's
compliance with the prior year's System Audit Report, verify that the
material changes do not affect compliance with the audit criteria set forth
in paragraph (c) of this section. The Completing Carrier must fully disclose
any material changes concerning its call tracking system in its
representation to the auditor. The Completing Carrier shall file and provide
copies of all System Audit Reports pursuant to the procedures set forth in
paragraph (b) of this section.
(g) Subject to protections safeguarding the auditor's and the Completing
Carrier's confidential and proprietary information, the Completing Carrier
shall provide, upon request, to the payphone service provider for inspection
any documents, including working papers, underlying the System Audit Report.
[ 68 FR 62756 , Nov. 6, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 723 , Jan. 5, 2005]
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