Telecom relay service providers urged the FCC, in meetings this w...
Telecom relay service providers urged the FCC, in meetings this week with the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau and aides to all three commissioners, to delay the June 30 deadline for TRS users to register 10-digit numbers, said an…
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ex parte. The meetings were attended by AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Hamilton Relay, Purple Communications and Snap Telecommunications. The agency should grant the providers’ petition to indefinitely delay the registration deadline (CD May 1 p5), they said. Providers also urged establishment of a “vendor-neutral source” for information on the 10-digit transition. “Despite providers’ extensive outreach and education efforts, many relay users remain confused or uneducated about the registration process,” the companies said. In addition, they said “many public institutions, including the FCC, have not yet registered for 10-digit numbers for their public videophones.”