TCD - Operator Service Providers/Operator Service Disclosures Enforcement Actions

OPERATOR SERVICE PROVIDERS/OPERATOR SERVICE DISCLOSURES
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
 Detailed Information
03-19-2004 ASC Telecom, Inc. $125,000 Consent Decree   concerning possible violations by ASC of the Communications Act and Commission’s rules regarding branding and rate disclosure for operator service provider-assisted calls
12-12-2003 $500,000 Consent Decree with OCMC, Inc. d/b/a/ One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom   concerning possible violations by OCMC of the Communications Act and Commission's rules regarding branding and rate disclosure for operator service provider-assisted calls
09-23-2002 $5,120,000 fine proposed against One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, and $1,440,000 fine proposed against ASC Telecom, Inc.   for apparent violations of the Commission's rules governing consumer disclosure requirements for operator-assisted calls made from payphones
11-01-2000 Nationwide Operator Service Investigation,   regarding Compliance with the Communications Act's consumer protection measures for telephone operator services, results in three Consent Decrees totaling payments of $311,000 and Citations issued to 97 separate locations.
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