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Telecom relay service provider Purple Communications urged the FC...

Telecom relay service provider Purple Communications urged the FCC to reject a Sorenson petition seeking a rule that only one TRS provider may assign phone numbers to any one device or IP address (CD Aug 6 p4). In an…

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opposition filing Monday, Purple said the petition is “another attempt by Sorenson to leverage its near monopolistic control over the video relay service (VRS) endpoint -- or VRS customer premises equipment (CPE) -- market to strengthen its dominant position (estimated at between 70-80 percent) in the VRS services market.” Granting the petition would hurt competition and violate the civil rights of consumers to choose their own relay provider, Purple said.