Telecommunications relay service provider Sorenson asked the FCC to act...
Telecommunications relay service provider Sorenson asked the FCC to act on a Nov. 18 request for clarification that data submission rules should be interpreted to mean that TRS providers must submit only the data they receive to be compensated. TRS…
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providers “have no control over whether they receive a complete telephone number or IP address from the interconnecting carrier on any particular call,” Sorenson said (http://xrl.us/bmp8oi). “The request remains pending, and resolution is pressing as the TRS Fund administrator is withholding payment on video relay service call submissions that do not include all of the data listed.” Sorenson noted that it filed the petition on the same day the FCC released its intercarrier compensation reform order. “The Order addresses issues related to Sorenson’s request, but it fails to resolve the central issue for which Sorenson seeks clarification,” the company said. In a second filing on the TRS, executives of Purple, which also provides relay services for the deaf and hard of hearing, met with FCC officials to express general support for a recent further notice of proposed rulemaking from the FCC. Purple supports “the FNPRM’s objectives of creating a predictable outlook on the industry that encourages continued investment and innovation and market competition,” the company said in an ex parte. filing (http://xrl.us/bmp8ox).