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Jun 1 USAC Files Data On Third Quarter 2023 USF Contribution Base: $8,534,205,926

June 1, 2023 – The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) has filed projected universal service fund (USF) contribution base data for the third quarter of calendar year 2023.[1] The data will be used to determine the next USF contribution factor.

For the third quarter of 2023, USAC has determined that the total projected collected interstate and international end user revenue base for the USF support mechanisms is $8,534,205,926. The 3Q contribution base data was calculated using projected revenue amounts for July - September 2023 reported by telecommunications service providers on their FCC Forms 499-Q which were due May 1, 2023.

To provide a comparison, USAC’s total projected USF contribution base amounts for the first two quarters of 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were as follows:

**Quarterly USF Contribution Base Data - Total Projected Collected Interstate & International End-User Telecommunications Revenue**

For the third quarter of 2023, USAC received projected revenue data from 3,210 USF contributors who filed the February 2023 Form 499-Q. USAC estimated revenue data for 259 non-de minimis service providers that had previously submitted Form 499-Q information to USAC, but failed to make the latest filing. After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves the total USF contribution base, the quarterly funding requirements for USF support mechanisms, and projected USF administrative costs, the FCC will establish a USF contribution factor for the third quarter of 2023. The new contribution factor will be announced by an FCC Public Notice. USAC will then bill USF contributors on a monthly basis for their individual obligations based on the approved contribution factor.

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[1] Universal Service Administrative Company, Federal Universal Service Support Mechanisms Quarterly Contribution Base For The Third Quarter Of 2023, WC Docket No. 06-122, CC Docket No. 96-45 (June 1, 2023), https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10601130605651/1.