FCC Lobbying Period Ends on NCIC USF Forbearance Petition

The time to lobby the FCC on Network Communications International Corp.'s USF forbearance petition ended Monday, said an FCC public notice Wednesday. NCIC's request was made Aug. 9 and deals with inmate calling services, the PN noted. The statutory date the forbearance is deemed granted, "in the absence of Commission action on the petition," is Aug. 10, the agency said. A draft, an FCC official told us, would reject the change the ICS provider sought (see 2007170049).