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The FCC Wireline Bureau denied a joint request...

The FCC Wireline Bureau denied a joint request from CenturyLink, GTL, ICSolutions, NCIC and Telmate seeking an extension of the Aug. 18 deadline for complying with the commission’s mandatory data collection requirement for all Inmate Calling Service providers. The bureau…

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had already extended the deadline from its original July 17 due date, so any additional extension would be an “undue delay,” the bureau said. The bureau found there was “no good cause” for a further extension, saying CenturyLink and the other ICS providers had repeated arguments in its new extension petition that the bureau had considered when it originally extended the deadline (http://bit.ly/1sZSFiD).