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The Illinois Public Telecommunications Association was disappointed by...

The Illinois Public Telecommunications Association was disappointed by Friday’s U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling in Illinois Public Telecommunications Association v. FCC (http://1.usa.gov/1ltd6Bf)(docket 13-1059)(CD June 16 p9), IPTA attorney Michael Ward told us. The court upheld a…

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FCC decision not to grant payphone service providers refunds from AT&T and Verizon. “The court didn’t uphold the integrity of the administrative process,” said Ward Friday, arguing the payphone companies had met the FCC order’s obligations but didn’t get the refunds they felt entitled to receive. IPTA hasn’t decided whether to appeal the ruling, he said.