CenturyLink Backs Legal Challenges to FCC Inmate Calling Service Order
CenturyLink asked to intervene in support of Global Tel*Link's court challenge to an FCC inmate calling service order and in cases consolidated with it. The order restricting ICS rates will require providers such as CenturyLink to operate at a loss,…
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the telco said in a motion Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. CenturyLink said its harm would be redressed by GTL's challenge. The D.C. Circuit Thursday consolidated GTL's case with a Securus Technologies case (Global Tel*Link v. FCC, No. 15-1461, and Securus Technologies v. FCC, No. 15-1498) (see 1601140068). Both companies and Telmate have asked the FCC to stay its rules pending further judicial review.