Video relay service providers urged the FCC to reject a request b...
Video relay service providers urged the FCC to reject a request by a consumer group representing the deaf for access to confidential company cost data. Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing asked for the data so it…
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and other consumer groups could comment on new compensation rates for VRS proposed by the National Exchange Carrier Association (CD May 21 p5). VRS providers receive federal funding under the interstate telecom relay service fund. In an opposition filing Monday, Sorenson Communications, the biggest VRS provider in the U.S., said revealing the data could harm competition because it “would expose rivals’ market shares, as well as details indicative of individual business strategies, priorities and allocations of financial resources.” AT&T, Hamilton Relay and Sprint Nextel concurred in a separate filing. “The TRS Providers, while reluctant to oppose consumer group involvement in Commission proceedings, must respectfully object to the motion because of the potential damage that could be caused by the essentially limitless number of proposed parties seeking to review the TRS Providers’ confidential data submissions.”