USF Fees Now Apply to Conferencing Services

摘要

Attention telecom managers at enterprises that use audio-conference providers: If you're not already paying the 11.4% Universal Service Fund fee on your conferencing bills, you most likely will be soon.rnThe FCC issued an 11-page order June 27 mandating that Chicago-based audio-bridge provider InterCall Inc. contribute to the USF, despite its protests. And the commission instructed the Universal Service Administrative Company - which runs the USF - to reach out to other teleconferencing service providers by July 27 to advise them they must pay up, too.