The state of Pennsylvania has turned to the FCC for help in convincing wireless carrier TracFone Wireless Inc. to resume paying 911 surcharges that it collects from its subscribers. According to a filing with the FCC, TracFone is a wireless services reseller, but feels that it has a “unique business model” that does not make it liable to collect the surcharges. But the state says that the company does fall under the definition of a wireless carrier who must collect the monthly $1 surcharge for 911 services, and to pass that along to the state. The company stopped paying the surcharges to the state back in 2005, and now Pennsylvania is asking the FCC to consider withdrawing TracFone’s authorization to operate as a wireless carrier. Download (pdf) the full state complaint here.
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