Mercedes-Benz USA weighed in on the debate over reform of the uni...
Mercedes-Benz USA weighed in on the debate over reform of the universal service fund contributions process, urging the FCC to exempt “core telematics” from any numbers-based system. Mercedes said core telematics is a vehicle-based public safety service relying on…
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phone numbers and network airtime mobile carriers provide. Mercedes Tele Aid service, which links occupants of Mercedes vehicles to an emergency call center, is offered free for the first year, then costs $240 yearly, the car firm said. If the FCC wanted to levy USF contributions on telecom providers involved in core telematics transmission it could assess them under today’s revenue-based system, Mercedes said: “Although Tele Aid relies on phone numbers and CMRS airtime to enable customer vehicles to communicate with… call centers, Tele Aid does not provide the ability to call, or be called from, any other locations. Tele Aid is a public safety ‘information’ service, not telecommunications.”