The FCC fined Northbrook, Ill.-based Globcom $715,000 for not pay...
The FCC fined Northbrook, Ill.-based Globcom $715,000 for not paying into the Universal Service Fund or Telecom Relay Service Fund and not filing accurate revenue information on which payments are assessed. The FCC in late 2003 warned Globcom, a…
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reseller of long distance telecom service, that it owed more than $681,000. The FCC said Globcom responded that it owed about that because its revenue filings were overstated through negligence. Communication between the FCC and Globcom continued since then. The FCC sought more information, for example on whether enough of Globcom’s revenue is international to reduce its payments into the funds. Globcom, meanwhile, missed filing deadlines. “Despite Globcom’s admission that it owes at least some portion of the invoiced amounts to the USF, and despite [a commitment] to make such payments to the universal service and TRS funds, Globcom has paid nothing to either fund since February 2003,” the FCC said. “In addition… the company has failed to file a single timely report” since the FCC issued the warning notice in 2003.