FCC Orders Wide Voice to File Tariff Revisions After Verizon Dispute
The FCC found a Wide Voice tariff policy "unjust and unreasonable" after reviewing Verizon's complaint, in a Friday order on docket 19-121. Wide Voice must step down tariffed rates for terminating tandem-switched transport whenever it owns the tandem and terminates…
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the call. In a 2011 order, the FCC mandated how a competitive LEC can benchmark tandem-switched transport rates to those of a competing ILEC. Wide Voice and Verizon interpreted rules differently. Wide Voice must file a new interstate tariff with revisions within 60 days. Wide Voice didn't comment.