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The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council commended the FCC for...

The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council commended the FCC for proposing millions of dollars in fines against prepaid calling card providers which target low-income and minority communities, MMTC said Sunday (http://xrl.us/bnvh2b). The FCC proposed a $5 million fine against NobelTel…

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earlier this month for allegedly deceptively marketing its prepaid calling cards, and has proposed $30 million in forfeitures since Sept. 2011 (CD Oct 3 p5). “MMTC applauds the FCC for taking strong action to protect consumers from calling card fraud and to preserve the integrity of telecommunications services to minority, low-income, and multilingual communities,” it said.