The Commonwealth Telecommunications Commission has agreed to initiate a study of regulatory options pertaining to cellphone billings and service quality.<\/p>\n
During Monday\u2019s meeting, the commission adopted vice chairman J. Michael Fitzgerald\u2019s motion to develop an analysis of regulatory options related to wireless providers\u2019 non-preempted billing and service quality and the collection of a regulatory fee.<\/p>\n
Assistant Attorney General Alan Barak was tapped as lead counsel to conduct the study, with the assistance by CTC private legal counsel Sean Frink.<\/p>\n
CTC agreed to appropriate a budget allocation for Barak\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Barak told the Saipan Tribune that he was assigned to look into the options and to draft regulations that will be put out for public comment.<\/p>\n
Present at the hearing were Fitzgerald, chair Norman T. Tenorio, and secretary Josephine DLG. Mesta, Barak and Frink.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the commission agreed to hear for another month the motion filed by the Office of the Consumer Counsel to impose a $100,000 sanction on Pacific Telecommunications Inc. for alleged violation of CTC\u2019s order.<\/p>\n
Frink said the motion was set for a month so the parties can try to settle the issue.<\/p>\n
PTI maintained that it has complied with the requirements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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