The FCC adopted a 10-digit numbering plan for Internet- based rel...
The FCC adopted a 10-digit numbering plan for Internet- based relay services for the deaf, the commission said late Wednesday. The press release gave no technical specifics, but the original draft order most closely resembled a proposal by AT&T…
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and GoAmerica (CD June 9 p7). Once it is implemented, telecom relay service users will be able to use 10-digit phone numbers to call and be called by hearing and TRS users, the FCC said. Relay users will be able to buy service from any IP Relay company, and port numbers from one provider to another, it said. The order requires providers to obtain and maintain information on their users’ physical locations, and to automatically route emergency calls to use the information to route them the appropriate emergency service authorities. The FCC previously imposed that obligation on interconnected VoIP carriers, it said. IP Relay providers have until Dec. 31 to comply with the order, the FCC said. As expected, the FCC attached a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the potential application of slamming, CPNI and other related rules to IP relay.