FCC says four telecom firms will pay $6M to settle 911 probes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday that four telecom suppliers will pay an entire of $6 million to settle investigations into compliance with the corporate’s 911 reliability tips all through 2020 group outages.
AT&T, CenturyLink, now Lumen Technologies, Intrado, and Verizon Communications will implement compliance plans to assure adherence to FCC emerency identify tips. Lumen will pay $3.8 million, whereas Intrado will pay $1.75 million. AT&T will pay an entire of $460,000 to settle two investigations, whereas Verizon will pay $274,000 settlement.

(Reporting by David Shepardson)

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