GTL Adds to ICS Providers Seeking FCC Stay of Recent Rate Cap Order
Global Tel*Link became the third inmate calling service provider to seek an FCC stay of its August order raising ICS rate caps to account for correctional facility costs without restricting industry site-commissions payments (see 1608040037). GTL said the "performance" of…
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the commission's previous ICS orders at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit "is not a pretty sight." The D.C. Circuit has issued three stays, effectively sending a message that the agency's rate decisions need to be subject to judicial review before taking effect, GTL told the FCC in a stay petition Thursday in docket 12-375. A commission stay of its most recent order "is the only course that pays due respect" to the prior court stays, said the company, which also lobbied an aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and other agency staffers in support of a stay (here). Securus and Telmate had sought an FCC stay (see 1608250064 and 1608310042). Inmate Calling Solutions and the Wright Petitioners filed stay oppositions against Securus bid (see 1609010071). Parties still can weigh in on the Telmate and GTL requests.