VoIP Intercarrier Compensation Rules Should Be Applied Retroactively, Level 3 Says
Any order requiring calls originating or terminating over VoIP to be subject to intercarrier compensation requirements should be applied retroactively, despite AT&T's and Verizon’s arguments to the contrary (see 1412090017), representatives of Bandwidth.com and Level 3 told officials with the…
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FCC general counsel’s office and Wireline Bureau Dec. 8, said an ex parte filing posted Wednesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in Qwest v. FCC that adjudications are presumed to be applied retroactively unless there’s a “‘manifest injustice’” in doing so, and neither AT&T nor Verizon has made that case, said the filing in docket 10-90. Representing Level 3 were Joseph Cavender, assistant general counsel, and Harris Wiltshire’s John Nakahata, Chris Wright and Tim Simeone. Morgan Lewis’ Tamar Finn represented Bandwidth.com.