ITTA: Are Petition Opponents Seeking to Evade TRS Contributions?
ITTA shot back at Enterprise Users Commenters’ criticism (see 1905300053) of ITTA’s FCC petition for a declaratory ruling that carriers are permitted to recover telecom relay service (TRS) fund contributions through a cost recovery fee line item on consumer bills.…
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Kairos represents Enterprise Users Commenters, which includes dozens of companies. “Kairos Partners’ mission is to ‘identif[y] telecom tax reduction opportunities ... resulting in significant cost savings to [its] clients,’” emailed ITTA Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Michael Jacobs Thursday. “This begs the question of what the Kairos Partners is seeking to achieve ... specifically, whether, contrary to the specific provisions of the [Americans with Disabilities Act] they are attempting to evade contributing to the TRS Fund.” The proceeding is in docket 03-123. Kairos didn't comment Friday.