ICS Providers Divided Over Reforms
The “widespread” comments filed on inmate calling service overhauls are “not consistent” and “plague the industry” with much regulatory uncertainty, Global Tel*Link said in a letter to the FCC posted Tuesday in docket 12-375. The company continues to back a…
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joint proposal made by itself, Securus and Telmate (see 1410100086), the letter said. The joint proposal ”would lead to windfall profits for the largest companies,” Pay-Tel Communications President Vincent Townsend and company counsel Marcus Trathen of Brooks, Pierce told Wireline officials April 2, according to an ex parte filing also posted Tuesday. The joint proposal supports inmate calling rate caps that favor their clientele in prisons, said Pay-Tel, which serves more jails.