Movistar prices investigated following consumer complaints

US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it has found four pre-paid calling card companies liable for USD20 million in fines for violating the Communications Act by using deceptive marketing practices to sell pre-paid calling cards to low-income and minority communities; the watchdog has proposed USD5 million in forfeitures each for STi Telecom (formerly Epana Networks), Lyca Tel, Touch-Tel USA and Locus Telecommunications. The guilty parties predominantly offer cut-price pre-paid tariffs to Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. [More]

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