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Securus Technologies is a technology communications firm serving prisons across the United States. [1] [2] The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies.In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly [3] and product innovation.
On August 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a report on the high cost of inmate calling services, with proposed reforms. [16] A 2013 FCC analysis, described how, in some cases, long-distance calls are charged six times the rate on the outside, or in other instances, a fifteen-minute call could cost upwards of $15. [17]
Two inmate calling service companies agreed to drop a merger bid after U.S. regulators recommended blocking the deal because of significant competitive concerns, the Federal Communications ...
The company charges €2.99 to connect the call, including the first 60 seconds of the call, and €0.593 for every subsequent minute. Eircom offered national and international reverse charge calling services until 24 February 2009. [ 13 ]
At a time when most consumers enjoy free or low-cost calling, prison phone calls at their peak in California cost more than $6 per 15 minutes via a private telecommunications provider.
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Global Tel Link (GTL), formerly known as Global Telcoin, Inc. and Global Tel*Link Corporation, is a Reston, Virginia–based telecommunications company, founded in 1989, that provides Inmate Calling Service (ICS) through "integrated information technology solutions" for correctional facilities [1] [2] which includes inmates payment and deposit, facility management, and "visitation solutions". [2]
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