CCA Members Seek Delay of TTY-to-RTT Deadline
The Competitive Carriers Association asked the FCC to waive the June 30 deadline to offer real-time text (RTT) instead of traditional text technology (TTY). Commissioners approved an order on a common standard for the transition in December 2016 (see 1612150048).…
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CCA members are committed to accessible communications, said a petition posted Wednesday in docket 16-145. “While CCA and the Commission expected RTT solutions to be readily available after being developed for Tier 1 providers, this has not been the case,” the group said. “The core network upgrades required to support RTT have proven to be substantially more complex than anticipated. Despite their diligent efforts in working with their existing network vendors and exploring third-party options, the Petitioning Members have not been successful in obtaining an RTT solution or have only recently done so and have not yet had time to implement and test the solution.” CCA sought delay until one year after a member executes an agreement with a network vendor for an RTT solution that can be implemented on its network. Executives from Viaero Wireless, Inland Cellular, Southern Linc, GCI, Nex-Tech Wireless and Cellcom supported the waiver.