The FCC should make clear that Short Message Service revenue...
The FCC should make clear that Short Message Service revenue is exempt from the USF and “will remain so until all competing services (such as iMessage, Facebook messaging, and Google’s GChat, among others) are required to contribute, in order to…
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prevent competitive imbalance,” MetroPCS officials said in a meeting with aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Robert McDowell. MetroPCS also made other suggestions (http://xrl.us/bnprp4). The FCC should also “create a system where carriers can seek informal guidance on USF contribution matters, perhaps in a manner similar to the Internal Revenue Services’ private letter ruling process” and “extend the time for carriers to seek refunds on USF contribution overpayments and eliminate the asymmetry between a carrier’s ability to file for a refund and the Commission’s ability to recoup past underpayments, as the current system artificially encourages carriers to be more aggressive in their revenue classification positions,” the carrier said.