Wyo. PSC Calls Skype for Hearing on Possible Violations
Microsoft’s Skype must appear for a Jan. 12 hearing at the Wyoming Public Service Commission “to show cause why its registration authority to provide interexchange telecommunications services within the state … should not be revoked and canceled due to the…
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Company's violation of certain requirements and provisions of Wyoming law,” said a PSC order posted Saturday. Wyoming’s Department of Revenue (DOR) advised the PSC that Skype “failed to meet the reporting requirements of Wyoming Statutes §§ 37-2-106 through 37-2-109, relating to the uniform assessment of public utilities,” it said. The DOR said the company failed to respond to assessment statements, to complete statutorily mandated reporting requirements and to respond to notice statements. Microsoft didn’t comment Monday. The hearing starts at 10 a.m. MST.