Verizon Wireless Gen. Counsel Steven Zipperstein said the carrier...
Verizon Wireless Gen. Counsel Steven Zipperstein said the carrier isn’t sure what wireless carriers will get out of the FCC’s intercarrier compensation (ICC) proceeding, which is to kick off next week in a major way with the release of…
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a rulemaking. “The situation is fluid,” Zipperstein told reporters: “There are a lot of competing interests at stake. It’s a very, very highly political issue. What I would say is we're absolutely on top of it.” Zipperstein compared ICC to wireless carriers ongoing campaign to cut taxes on wireless services. “Our concern is… that wireless customers are treated fairly,” he said. “Just like in the tax area where wireless customers have been unfairly burdened with discriminatory taxation where the states have been foisting on our customers unfair obligations… the same core principle holds true in the intercarrier comp and USF area.”