Trade Law Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.

InnoCaption Objects to Further Cut in IP CTS Compensation

An IP captioned telephone service provider objected to the FCC’s scheduled 10 percent cut in a compensation rate July 1, saying an initial 10 percent cut last July “created substantial hardship” for the company. MezmoCorp (dba InnoCaption) urged the FCC…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

to retain an interim $1.75 per minute compensation rate at least through June 30, 2020, said a filing posted Monday in docket 03-123 on meeting Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and Office of Managing Director staff. InnoCaption recently joined with other providers seeking to keep the $1.75 rate (see 1903010005). Longer term, InnoCaption proposed a tiered rate structure that would save “over $170 million based on 2018/2019 call volume projections and would help drive efficiency gains" industrywide.