(a) All transactions, including payments, incident to the receipt or transmission of mail between the United States and Cuba by persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized.
(b) All transactions, including payments, incident to the provision of telecommunications services related to the transmission or the receipt of telecommunications involving Cuba, including the entry into and performance under roaming service agreements with telecommunications services providers in Cuba, by persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized. This paragraph does not authorize any transactions addressed in paragraphs (c) or (d) of this section, nor does it authorize the entry into or performance of a contract with or for the benefit of any particular individual in Cuba.
(c) All persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized to enter into, and make payments under, contracts with telecommunications service providers, or particular individuals in Cuba, for telecommunications services provided to particular individuals in Cuba, provided that such individuals in Cuba are not prohibited officials of the Government of Cuba, as defined in Sec. 515.337 of this part, or prohibited members of the Cuban Communist Party, as defined in Sec. 515.338 of this part. The authorization in this paragraph includes payment for activation, installation, usage (monthly, pre-paid, intermittent, or other), roaming, maintenance, and termination fees.
(d) General license for telecommunications facilities. Transactions, including payments, incident to the establishment of facilities, including fiber-optic cable and satellite facilities, to provide telecommunications services linking the United States or third countries and Cuba, including facilities to provide telecommunications services in Cuba, are authorized.
(e) Any entity subject to U.S. jurisdiction relying on paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall notify OFAC in writing within 30 days after commencing or ceasing to offer such services, as applicable, and shall furnish by January 15 and July 15 of each year semiannual reports providing the total amount of all payments made to Cuba or a third country related to any of the services authorized by this section during the prior six months. These notifications and reports must be captioned ``Section 515.542 Notification'' or ``Section 515.542 Report'' and faxed to 202/622-6931 or mailed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Attn: Regulatory Affairs Division, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Annex, Washington, DC 20220.
(f) For purposes of this section, the term ``telecommunications services'' includes data, telephone, telegraph, internet connectivity, radio, television, news wire feeds, and similar services, regardless of the medium of transmission, including transmissions by satellite.
(g) Nothing in this section authorizes the exportation or reexportation of any items to Cuba. For the rules related to authorization of exports and reexports to Cuba, see Sec. Sec. 515.533 and 515.559.
(h) Nothing in this section authorizes transactions related to travel to, from, or within Cuba.
Note 1 to Sec. 515.542: For an authorization of travel-related transactions that are directly incident to the conduct of market research, commercial marketing, sales negotiation, accompanied delivery, or servicing in Cuba of items consistent with the export or reexport policy of the Department of Commerce, see Sec. 515.533(d). For an authorization of travel-related transactions that are directly incident to participation in professional meetings, including where such meetings are for the market research for, commercial marketing of, sales negotiation for, accompanied delivery of, servicing of, or performance under contracts for the provision of telecommunications services, or the establishment of facilities to provide telecommunications services, authorized by paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) of this section, see Sec. 515.564(a).
Note 2 to Sec. 515.542: For an authorization of certain internet-related services, see Sec. 515.578. [80 FR 2293, Jan. 16, 2015]