Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON TerraCom/YourTel SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, July 09, 2015. — Today’s announcement of the TerraCom/YourTel 
settlement highlights the problem of making policy through enforcement actions. I am 
certain that attempts will be made to cite the Consent Decree as precedent for an entire 
industry even though it was the product of company-specific negotiations. Other 
interested parties had no opportunity to comment at any point in time on the substance of 
the Commission’s claims or legal theories, but will now be forced to embrace the product 
of a closed and slanted process that will be portrayed as consensus practices and rules.
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @MikeOFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).