Oppositions to Petition for Reconsideration of User Interfaces Order Due...
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau has announced the pleading cycle for the petition for reconsideration of the FCC’s User Interfaces Order. The User Interfaces Order implements the...
View ArticleAgenda Announced for Feb. 18 Workshop on IP-Based Relay Technologies
On Tuesday February 18, 2014, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, the FCC, along with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will hold a workshop on IP-based relay technologies. A tentative agenda and list of...
View ArticleFCC Waives IP Relay 911 Exception to Crack Down on Swatting
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) has granted an interim waiver of the requirement that providers of Internet protocol relay service (IP Relay) handle 911 calls initiated by...
View Article“Lot$a Money” and “Myname Yourname” Lead to $11.9M TRS Fine
The FCC plans to bring down an $11.9 million hammer on Purple Communications, Inc. (Purple) after finding that the company improperly billed the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund, which aims...
View ArticleFCC Explains Applicability of IP CTS Rules That Survived Judicial Challenge
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) has issued a Public Notice in which it affirms the applicability of certain provisions of the FCC’s telecommunications relay services (TRS)...
View ArticleATI Facing $1.6 Million Penalty for Failure to Contribute to USF and Other...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture which proposes a penalty of $1,588,988 against Advanced Tel, Inc. (ATI) for apparent failures to...
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Emergency Accessibility and Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution on FCC’s...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its May open meeting, scheduled for March 21, 2015. It contains the following items: Accessible Emergency...
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Emergency Accessibility and Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution on FCC’s May...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its May open meeting, scheduled for May 21, 2015. It contains the following items: Relay Services for Deaf-Blind...
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FCC Votes to Make Permanent the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution...
At its May Open Meeting earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to make permanent its program that distributes communications equipment to low-income individuals who are deaf-blind....
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FCC Adopts TRS Rates
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently adopted per-minute compensation rates to be paid from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund for the Fund Year...
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Companies Fined $1.4 Million for Failing to Properly Handle IP CTS 911 Calls
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Enforcement Bureau has reached settlements totaling $1.4 million with Hamilton Relay, InnoCaption, and Sprint Corp. for failing to to...
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FCC Announces Lengthy October Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) will hold its October Open Meeting on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 10:30 am. The agenda includes the following items: Rates for Interstate Inmate...
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“Lot$a Money” Costs TRS Provider $11.9M
The FCC has issued an $11.9 million Forfeiture Order against California-based Purple Communications, Inc. (Purple) after finding that the company improperly billed the Telecommunications Relay Service...
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FCC Makes Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program Permanent
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted an order to make permanent its program that provides communications equipment to low-income individuals who are deaf-blind. The Commission launched the...
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FCC Gives Video Relay Services a Facelift
The FCC has adopted new rules to improve the quality and efficiency of video relay services (VRS). VRS enables people with hearing and speech disabilities to make calls over broadband through...
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FCC Seeks Comment on ITTA Petition Concerning TRS Contributions
The FCC has released a public notice seeking comment on a petition for declaratory rulemaking filed by ITTA – The Voice of America’s Broadband Providers (ITTA). In its petition, ITTA asked the...
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IP CTS Reforms Adopted; Comment Sought on Additional Measures
At its June Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry to reform Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service...
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FCC Eliminates Outdated Telecommunications Relay Service Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that eliminates the equal access and multiple billing options...
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FCC Order Implements Rules to Expand Contribution Base That Supports IP CTS
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Report and Order (Order) that implements new rules to broaden the support mechanism for IP Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS)....
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FCC Makes Permanent At-Home Call Handling by Sign Language Interpreters for VRS
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has authorized compensating video relay service (VRS) providers for calls handled by at-home sign language interpreters by adopting a Report...
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