APCC Services Files Complaints Against Twenty Five (25) Carriers for Failure to Pay FCC Mandated Compensation for Coinless Calls Made from Payphones.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The American Public Communications Council, Inc. (APCC APCC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. ) today announced that its subsidiary, APCC Services, Inc., which serves as a clearing house and aggregator for the independent payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt operators in America, has begun actions at the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. against twenty five carriers for their failure to comply with the FCC's payphone compensation requirements. These actions target the twenty five most egregious e·gre·gious adj. Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant. [From Latin and largest non-payors, which have refused to pay the compensation that is critical to the survival of the independent payphone industry. In addition, APCC Services' earlier litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. against Radiant radiant: see meteor shower. Telecom, Inc. and its subsidiaries for their failure to pay compensation remains pending at the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. . Under the FCC's rules, those switch based resellers of telephone service that complete coinless payphone calls, such as credit card and prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. card calls, are responsible for compensating payphone
providers for the use of their phones.APCC Services has identified from FCC mandated Intermediate Carrier reports a large number of telephone resellers which are failing to comply with their payment obligations. In commenting on the carriers' noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance , Willard R. Nichols, president of APCC, stated:
"This failure to comply with the FCC's rules could not be more
egregious and the incredible arrogance these carriers have
shown in thumbing their noses at the FCC is truly profound. In
addition to collecting our unpaid compensation, we hope and
expect the FCC will soon begin imposing significant penalties
and sanctions on these and the other non-paying carriers."
Mr. Nichols went on to note that the FCC's payment rules are designed to implement the long standing congressional mandate supporting the widespread deployment of payphones, which remain a critical component of the communications infrastructure relied on by the American public, and that APCC Services is committed to collecting all of the payments that independent payphone operators are entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to receive:
"Prior to filing these Complaints, we had contacted each and every
one of these carriers on numerous occasions to obtain their
compliance with the FCC rules. Unfortunately, although we have
made every effort to engage these carriers, they have not been
forthcoming. Our customers can be assured that we will not be
blocked in continuing our aggressive efforts to collect all of
the compensation that they are owed."
APCC is the national trade association representing over 1,200 owners, operators, suppliers and manufacturers of public communications equipment and services. APCC's primary membership base consists of independent, non-telephone company affiliated, payphone service providers. Its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , APCC Services, Inc., is by far the largest dial-around compensation clearinghouse clearinghouse Institution established by firms engaged in similar activities to enable them to offset transactions with one another in order to limit payment settlements to net balances. serving the payphone industry in America. On behalf of its customers, it bills and collects the compensation that carriers are required to pay to payphone operators for toll-free calls made from their payphones. Independent payphone services providers help ensure that all Americans have low-cost access to a telephone when and where they need it. To learn more about the APCC, log on to www.apcc.net. Complaints filed June 2006 -------------------------- 1. Access International, Westlake Village, CA 2. AllCom USA, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3. BAK Communications, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 4. CCI Network Services, Salt Lake City, UT 5. Compass Global, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 6. Economy Telephone, Inc., San Diego, CA 7. Fone Corp International, Inc., Lincolnwood, IL 8. Geo Group Communications, Inc., Commerce, CA 9. Intelco Communications, Montreal Quebec Canada 10. International Telecom Exchange Group, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA 11. LataOne LLC, Beverly Hills, CA 12. Macro Communications, Inc., Duluth, GA 13. Multiphone Latin America, Inc., Miami, FL 14. Network Management, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 15. Next-G Communications, Inc., Houston, TX 16. Red River Networks LLC, Oklahoma City, OK 17. Southwest Communications, Inc., Kansas City, MO 18. Southwest iNet, Inc., Fort Worth, TX 19. Network US, Inc., Naperville, IL 20. Telecents Communications, Inc., Walled Lake, MI 21. Telefyne, Inc., Pace, FL 22. Volume Telecom, Littleton, CO 23. WestStar Telecommunications LLC, Sandy, UT 24. Wildgate Wireless, Inc.-FL, Culver City, CA 25. WorldOne Telecommunications LLC, Los Angeles, CA |
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