DC Circuit Stays FCC Application of 2013 ICS Caps to Intrastate Rates
A court stayed FCC application of 2013 rate caps to intrastate inmate calling services. The interim 2013 rate caps had applied to interstate ICS rates, but the FCC said they extended to intrastate rates due to an ICS definitional change…
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in a 2015 order. Securus and other ICS providers then asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to extend its previous stay of tougher 2015 rate caps to prevent the FCC from applying the 2013 rate caps to intrastate ICS, pending further judicial review. A three-judge panel of the court agreed Wednesday in a brief ruling shortly after a comment deadline (Global Tel*Link v. FCC, No. 15-1461).