RTT Transition Tough for Smaller Carriers, CCA Says
The Competitive Carriers Association warned the FCC its nationwide carrier members may not meet a Dec. 31, 2017, deadline for deployment of real-time text (RTT) technology as a substitute for legacy text telephone (TTY) service. Members are “actively working to…
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ensure functionality, accessibility, and interoperability between networks and with legacy TTY devices,” CCA said. But RTT deployment “is largely dependent on other participants in the wireless ecosystem, including but not limited to original equipment manufacturers,” CCA said in a report to the agency. “CCA, on behalf of its participating members, especially rural and regional carriers, reiterates the challenges its members might face with respect to implementation and deployment of new network features, as well as the availability of RTT-capable devices, on the same time frame as the largest carriers like AT&T and, particularly, the largest carriers with wireline infrastructure, capabilities, and resources.” CCA filed the report of a requirement imposed by the agency after the group got an unusual association-wide waiver of the commission’s current TTY rules, the filing in docket 15-178 noted. The deadline also was part of the waiver order. In April, the FCC approved an NPRM on the TTY-to-RTT transition (see 1604080053).