The Ad Hoc Coalition of International Telecommunications Companie...
The Ad Hoc Coalition of International Telecommunications Companies received support on two proposed declaratory rulings it said are needed to end discriminatory universal service obligations imposed on international carriers and prepaid calling-card providers (CD May 8 p11). The coalition…
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complained that international long distance companies considered de minimis providers exempt from paying USF often face indirect USF obligations resulting from pass-through charges from their underlying carriers. In comments Monday, international carriers agreed the FCC should stop such charges. The Ad Hoc Coalition also received support on its objections to an FCC rule requiring prepaid calling card providers to report revenue based on the price that the end- user pays the distributor, rather than the discounted price the distributor pays the provider. The FCC has no basis to force prepaid calling card providers to report more than actual revenue received, said iBasis, an international VoIP carrier. “In no case other than prepaid calling cards are carriers required to report revenues greater than those they actually collect.”