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FCC 3.2
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§ 3.2 Terms and definitions.
(a) Accounting Authority. The Administration of the country that has issued
the license for a mobile station or the recognized operating agency or other
entity/entities designated by the Administration in accordance with ITR,
Appendix 2 and ITU-T Recommendation D.90 to whom maritime accounts in
respect of mobile stations licensed by that country may be sent.
(b) Accounting Authority Certification Officer. The official designated by
the Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission, who is
responsible, based on the coordination and review of information related to
applicants, for granting certification as an accounting authority in the
maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satellite radio services. The Accounting
Authority Certification Officer may initiate action to suspend or cancel an
accounting authority certification if it is determined to be in the public's
best interest.
(c) Accounting Authority Identification Codes (AAICs). The discrete
identification code of an accounting authority responsible for the
settlement of maritime accounts (Annex A to ITU-T Recommendation D.90).
(d) Administration. Any governmental department or service responsible for
discharging the obligations undertaken in the Convention of the
International Telecommunication Union and the Radio Regulations. For
purposes of these rules, “Administration” refers to a foreign government or
the U.S. Government, and more specifically, to the Federal Communications
Commission.
(e) Authorization. Approval by the Federal Communications Commission to
operate as an accounting authority. Synonymous with “certification”.
(f) CCITT. The internationally recognized French acronym for the
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, one of the
former sub-entities of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The
CCITT (ITU-T)1 is responsible for developing international
telecommunications recommendations relating to standardization of
international telecommunications services and facilities, including matters
related to international charging and accounting principles and the
settlement of international telecommunications accounts.
1At the ITU Additional Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva (December,
1992), the structure, working methods and construct of the basic ITU treaty
instrument were modified. The result is that the names of the sub-entities
of the ITU have changed (e.g., the CCITT has become the Telecommunication
Standardization Sector—ITU-T and Recognized Private Operating Agency has
become Recognized Operating Agency-ROA). The changes were placed into
provisional effect on March 1, 1993 with the formal entry into force of
these changes being July 1, 1994. We will refer to the new nomenclatures
within these rules, wherever practicable.
Such recommendations are, effectively, the detailed implementation
provisions for topics addressed in the International Telecommunication
Regulations (ITR).
(g) Certification. Approval by the FCC to operate as an accounting
authority. Synonymous with “authorization”.
(h) Coast Earth Station. An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or,
in some cases, in the maritime mobile-satellite service, located at a
specified fixed point on land to provide a feeder link for the maritime
mobile-satellite service.
(i) Coast Station. A land station in the maritime mobile service.
(j) Commission. The Federal Communications Commission. The FCC.
(k) Gold Franc. A monetary unit representing the value of a particular
nation's currency to a gold par value. One of the monetary units used to
effect accounting settlements in the maritime mobile and the maritime
mobile-satellite services.
(l) International Telecommunication Union (ITU). One of the United Nations
family organizations headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland along with several
other United Nations (UN) family organizations. The ITU is the UN agency
responsible for all matters related to international telecommunications. The
ITU has over 180 Member Countries, including the United States, and provides
an international forum for dealing with all aspects of international
telecommunications, including radio, telecom services and telecom
facilities.
(m) Linking Coefficient. The ITU mandated conversion factor used to convert
gold francs to Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). Among other things, it is used
to perform accounting settlements in the maritime mobile and the maritime
mobile-satellite services.
(n) Maritime Mobile Service. A mobile service between coast stations and
ship stations, or between ship stations, or between associated on-board
communication stations. Survival craft stations and emergency position-
indicating radiobeacon stations may also participate in this service.
(o) Maritime Mobile-Satellite Service. A mobile-satellite service in which
mobile earth stations are located on board ships. Survival craft stations
and emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations may also participate
in this radio service.
(p) Public Correspondence. Any telecommunication which the offices and
stations must, by reason of their being at the disposal of the public,
accept for transmission. This usually applies to maritime mobile and
maritime mobile-satellite stations.
(q) Recognized Operating Agencies (ROAs).2 Individuals, companies or
corporations, other than governments or agencies, recognized by
administrations, which operate telecommunications installations or provide
telecommunications services intended for international use or which are
capable of causing interference to international telecommunications. ROAs
which settle debtor accounts for public correspondence in the maritime
mobile and maritime mobile-satellite radio services must be certified as
accounting authorities.
2Id.
(r) Ship Station. A mobile station in the maritime mobile service located on
board a vessel which is not permanently moored, other than a survival craft
station.
(s) Special Drawing Right (SDR). A monetary unit of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) currently based on a market basket of exchange rates for
the United States, West Germany, Great Britain, France and Japan but is
subject to IMF's definition. One of the monetary units used to effect
accounting settlements in the maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satellite
services.
(t) United States. The continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or any territory or possession of the United
States.
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