CTIA took issue with arguments the Independent Telephone...
CTIA took issue with arguments the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance made last week (http://bit.ly/11UtL9x) that wireless and wireline voice services should be lumped into a single interstate telecommunications service provider (ITSP) category for assessing regulatory fees, in a letter…
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to the FCC. “First, it is undisputed that the wireless industry supports a greater portion of the Commission’s budget than any other industry segment, including wireline carriers,” CTIA said in an ex parte filing posted by the FCC Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1aqA44J). “Second, ITTA’s reliance on the Commission’s decision to include interconnected VoIP providers in the ITSP regulatory fee is also misguided and uninformed. Prior to that decision, interconnected VoIP providers were not subject to any regulatory fees -- unlike wireless regulatees who have been paying regulatory fees since their inception. In fact, wireless regulatees that provide interconnected VoIP service also separately pay ITSP regulatory fees based upon their VoIP end user revenues."