The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau sought...
The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau sought comment on a request by Purple Communications regarding use of the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service through Web or wireless technologies (http://bit.ly/19L50Ng). Purple requested the commission clarify that footnote 122 of the…
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Video Relay Service reform order, stating that “calls that are completed using a technology that does not provide both inbound and outbound functionality are not compensable from the TRS Fund,” doesn’t apply when users access IP CTS through Web and wireless services. Purple said the footnote, if left intact, “would force Purple and other IP CTS providers to cease the provision of IP CTS using web and wireless applications,” as no technology currently allows inbound IP CTS over Web or wireless technologies to be captioned without some intermediary step. Comments on the petition are due 15 days after publication in the Federal Register, replies 25 days later, in docket 10-51. Separately Monday, the commission released an order on IP CTS rules. (See separate report above in this issue.)