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Submarine cable operators face US levy

By ITNews

Pacific submarine cable operators Southern Cross, OPT French Polynesia, Level 3 and PIPE Network have objected to a US Government proposal that would see them charged a 15.7 percent levy on quarterly revenues.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sought to remove an exemption on international cable providers from having to contribute to the country’s Universal Service Fund.

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