Paging cooks in court

The paging industry closed 1999 with a major victory against LECs that could mean as much as $60 million in annual savings for paging companies. The Telecom Act requires carriers to pay other carriers for completion or terminating calls made by their subscribers. Pacific Bell argued that these recip...

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Published in:Wireless Review 2000-02, Vol.17 (3), p.7
Main Author: Rockhold, John A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access charges
Federal court decisions
Federal regulation
Paging systems
Service introduction
State court decisions
Telecommunications Act 1996-US
Wireless networks
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Summary:The paging industry closed 1999 with a major victory against LECs that could mean as much as $60 million in annual savings for paging companies. The Telecom Act requires carriers to pay other carriers for completion or terminating calls made by their subscribers. Pacific Bell argued that these reciprocal compensation agreements do not apply to calls that terminate on a paging carrier's network, specifically Cook Telecom's. In August 1996, an arbitrator ruled that Cook should not charge Pacific Bell for terminating calls to Cook pagers. California regulators overturned that decision in May 1997. In December 1999, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals also overturned the arbitrator's interpretation.
ISSN:1099-9248
2162-0288