Numbers-Based USF Model Worries Telematics Companies

摘要

Telematics and automotive companies are expressing concern at the FCC over a proposal to adopt a numbers-based system for contributing to the Universal Service Fund. They say such a regime would harm telematics subscribers and thwart the deployment of such lifesaving offerings. For example, ATX Group, Inc., told the FCC in a recent ex parte filing that a numbers-based system for contributing to USF would have a "devastating effect" on the deployment of telematics services.