The FCC fined a company $1.7 million for “willfully or...

The FCC fined a company $1.7 million for “willfully or repeatedly failing to contribute fully” to the universal service, North American Numbering Plan, and local number portability funds; failing to pay regulatory fees when due; and filing inaccurate form 499s (http://xrl.us/bnb54d). The Florida-based telecom provider, Telseven, sold a service allowing consumers to obtain information about recently disconnected or out-of-service toll free numbers. Telseven charged a “Federal Universal Service Fund charge” and an “administrative recovery fee” to consumers, but according to the Universal Service Administrative Co., Telseven hadn’t made any USF payments since November 2007, and owed over $1 million in “delinquent USF contributions.” Telseven filed for bankruptcy in April and its website indicates it is no longer providing telecom services. Our efforts to reach Telseven for comment were unsuccessful.