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Wheeler Reassures Pallone on Inmate Calling, LNPA Selection

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler reassured House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., in two letters the agency released Friday, on inmate calling services and local number portability administrator selection. “The goal of the Further Notice is to reform the…

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ICS system comprehensively, while also ensuring appropriate cost recovery and transition periods for correctional facilities,” Wheeler said in one letter on inmate calling rates. “I am committed to a competitive, fair, and transparent process” regarding the choice of LNPA, Wheeler told Pallone in another letter. “The Commission is currently reviewing the record of the proceeding, including the recommendation from the North American Numbering Council on the LNPA selection and its assessment of the selection process, and we are taking into account the factors you point out in your letter. I also agree with you about the importance of a timely decision.”