FCC Seeks Comment on GTL Bid for More Time To Comply With ICS Rule for Prisons
The FCC teed up a Global Tel*Link waiver petition seeking an extra 90 days to implement a "no minimum balance requirement" for prisons so it corresponds with the implementation deadline for jails -- duties that were imposed in the agency's…
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inmate calling service order (see 1510220059). The current ICS provider deadline for implementing the requirement for prisons is March 17. "If the waiver were granted, GTL would have until June 20, 2016, to comply with rule 64.6100(a) for both prisons and jails," the Wireline Bureau said in a public notice Wednesday in docket 12-375. Initial comments on the petition are due Jan. 25, replies Feb. 1. The rule says "no provider shall institute a minimum balance requirement for a Consumer to use Debit or Prepaid calling."