FCC Plans $493,327 Fine Against Philadelphia Phone Card Company for Customer Privacy, Federal Fund Rules and Other Violations of FCC Rules

The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine PTT Phone Cards, Inc., a Philadelphia company, $493,327 for allegedly providing international telecommunications services without FCC authority and disregarding virtually all of its regulatory obligations for over three years. The FCC found that PTT apparently failed to certify that the company had protected customers’ proprietary network information and failed to contribute to the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund, a government fund designed to help people with hearing and speech disabilities make phone calls.