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A Summer Treat! The FCC Rules on Paging Complaints Against LECs and Unequivocally Reasserts Paging Carriers' Interconnection Rights.
On June 22, the FCC released a very favorable ruling in response to formal complaints that had been filed by PCIA member companies TSR Wireless and Metrocall.
If you haven't heard the good news yet, take note: the commission sided with PCIA's policy positions and decisively concluded, among other things, that local exchange carriers (LECs) cannot charge paging carriers for: (1) delivery of the LEC's own traffic; (2) the facilities used to deliver that traffic; or (3) code opening fees and/or use of telephone numbers.
In its order, the FCC asserted its lawful, federal jurisdiction over LEC-paging interconnection issues and asserted its authority to decide the complaints on the broadest possible grounds. Procedurally, the commission also declared that the LECs are barred from pursuing any paging interconnection claims in different fora. The most significant substantive aspect of the ruling is the FCC's reiteration that LECs may not charge one-way paging carriers for delivery of LEC-originated traffic to the paging carrier's point of interconnection or for the facilities used to deliver the LEG traffic to the paging carrier. Also ...
- California Paging Carriers To LECs: Pay Up.(Industry Trend or Event)
- Magazine article from: Wireless Week Lockwood, Judith February 14, 2000 700+ words
...company, what must paging carriers do now to collect...paging companies. Paging carriers that accepted the...He also advised paging carriers looking to add...the specifics of paging interconnection negotiations...
- PAGING INTERCONNECTION.
- Magazine article from: PCIA Washington Bulletin June 26, 2000 700+ words
...telephone companies may not charge paging carriers for: (1) delivery of the telephone...extremely pleased that the FCC confirmed paging carriers' fundamental right to fair interconnection...interconnection negotiations between paging carriers and LECs. The FCC, the federal courts...
- Paging carriers shoot for business market. (Paging Update).
- Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News Dano, Mike May 27, 2002 700+ words
...according to the Strategis Group--paging carriers decided they needed to add new features...Borrowing millions of dollars, nationwide paging carriers began building out advanced networks...attorney with the American Association of Paging Carriers, said he sees "a very strong ...
- The American Association of Paging Carriers is backing regional paging carriers...
- Magazine article from: Wireless Week June 24, 2002 700+ words
* The American Association of Paging Carriers is backing regional paging carriers fighting an attempt by Verizon Communications...the Paging Coalition, which represents 10 paging carriers in the Northeast and Midwest. AAPC says the...
- Messaging associations dig in: despite cellular's popularity, paging carriers...
- Magazine article from: Wireless Week Albright, Peggy September 2, 2002 700+ words
...notification or data messaging services. Paging carriers are reorganizing their businesses...Paging and the American Association of Paging Carriers. The two groups each are aiming to...compensation on behalf of national paging carriers. The group says one concern is the...
- Cooking up some long-term survival: small paging carriers hang on amid market...
- Magazine article from: Wireless Week Mendez-Wilson, Deborah December 31, 2001 700+ words
...carriers for years to come. National paging carriers have long been suffering financially...wireless voice services. Meanwhile, paging carriers are struggling to boost interest in...says Motorola ignored middle-tier paging carriers in its bid to build out large ReFlex...
- TSR Wireless Achieves Fastest Subscriber Growth Among Ten Largest Paging...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 15, 1998 700+ words
...among the nation's ten largest paging carriers. As reported by the 1998 Paging Leadership...TSR Wireless ahead of other major paging carriers in relation to annual subscriber growth...were ten of the nation's largest paging carriers, eight of which are publicly held...
- TekNow Installs Internet Paging Gateway at American Paging; Momentum for...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 9, 1997 700+ words
...paging via the Internet. It allows paging carriers, resellers, Internet Service Providers...terminals. TekNow recognizes that paging carriers are looking for technical alternatives...Phoenix, and counts many of the largest paging carriers in the nation plus Regional Bell Operating...