RTT Transition Big Step Forward, FCC Official Says
The public should weigh in on the FCC NPRM on the text telephone technology to real-time text (RTT) transition, said Alison Cutler, chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, in a Thursday blog post. The FCC approved an NPRM…
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on the transition at its April 28 meeting (see 1604280055) and initial comments are due July 11. “The recent NPRM is an outgrowth of input and feedback that we have received from industry, the deaf and hard of hearing community, and other consumer groups,” Cutler wrote. “Our goal is to address the needs of people with disabilities who use text to communicate as we transition from circuit-switched to IP services.” The transition is also a step forward for public safety communications, she said. “Public safety operators who use IP networks would be able to gather crucial information more quickly,” she said. “They say seconds count. RTT would enable you to communicate during those precious seconds.”