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The FCC should assess all voice service providers’ regulatory fees...

The FCC should assess all voice service providers’ regulatory fees on the basis of revenue, and use updated fee methodology to ensure that fees are applied in a competitively neutral manner, the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance (ITTA) told FCC…

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officials Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/X5o6Fq). Providers of wireless services should be included in the International Telecommunications Service Provider category, ITTA said. Wireline providers are at a competitive disadvantage compared to wireless providers, as they face “an ever-increasing fee burden on a declining revenue and subscriber base,” the alliance said. By ensuring that fee collections from each category are more closely aligned to actual costs, the commission can ensure regulatory fee burdens are equitable and do not distort the marketplace, ITTA said.