CPUC Draft Would OK Securus Sale
Securus would get California approval for its sale to Platinum Equity. under a proposed decision posted Tuesday by the California Public Utilities Commission. Commissioners plan to vote on the item as part of their consent agenda at Thursday’s meeting (see…
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1708150014). No one opposed the application for indirect transfer of control, the draft said. It didn’t mention controversy over last month’s claims by Securus to the FCC that it already had received all necessary state approvals (see 1708140040). Securus still needs approval from Alaska. Meanwhile, the CPUC held until Sept. 14 an item on its Thursday agenda that would impose $1,000 fines on some VoIP providers that failed to report and remit public purpose program surcharges.