Companies should only have to pay universal service for the local...
Companies should only have to pay universal service for the local transmission line aspects of multi-protocol label switching, said Masergy Communications. The FCC added MPLS to the list of telecom services subject to USF contribution in this year’s Form…
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499-A. In a petition Friday, the international network operator asked the FCC to clarify the form’s instructions to explain what aspects of MPLS are subject to USF contribution. “In addition to a transmission component which can be included, MPLS is, among other things, a traffic information management service that can be sold and marketed separately from transmission and access services,” Masergy said. Information services aren’t subject to USF contributions, it said.