FCC Fines Simple Network for Offering Telecom Service Without Registering
FCC staff fined Simple Network $100,000 for not registering with the commission, which allowed the company to avoid paying into federal funding programs such as USF despite providing interstate telecom services. In response to a May 4, 2015, notice of…
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apparent liability, Simple Network argued the Enforcement Bureau "did not adequately justify and explain the nature of the violation or the proposed penalty against the Company," said a bureau order Wednesday in File No. EB-IHD-13-00011486. "We disagree. After reviewing Simple Network’s response to the NAL, we find no reason to cancel, withdraw, or reduce the proposed penalty." The order said Simple Network's failure to register was "both willful and repeated, despite the Company's arguments to the contrary." In addition, it said, "notably, the Commission recently fined the Company $5 million for 'deceptively marketing its prepaid telephone calling cards'" (see 1510210053). Simple Network didn't comment Wednesday.