Smaller Carriers Struggling to Complete RTT Transition
Rural and small carriers reported mixed progress in response to December questions from the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (see 2012220031) about their requests to waive the June 30 deadline to offer real-time text. Most said they hadn’t picked…
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a vendor for the RTT transition, in responses posted through Thursday in docket 16-145. Viaero cited its use of a Huawei core as the reason it hasn’t picked such a vendor. “Huawei does not support RTT,” the carrier said: “Over the last 18 months, Viaero has been limited with respect to further investments and integration to upgrade the services offered, due to the fact that other vendors are not willing to integrate with Huawei.” Appalachian Wireless is talking to two network vendors “on potential solutions for implementing RTT for IP-based calls.” Both are working on a solution, Appalachian said. One said “it may have something available in 2022,” the carrier said: “Appalachian Wireless plans to adopt the solution from the first vendor to make such solution available.” GCI “has not yet contracted with its network vendor to deploy RTT because [the] Vendor has not finalized a compliant RTT solution for GCI” yet, the carrier said. Southern Linc redacted the identity of the company it's using and cited “good progress toward RTT deployment.” Parts of the transition are “complex and time consuming,” Southern Linc said. Nex-Tech Wireless said it didn’t have an RTT vendor. Cellcom reported it launched RTT in September.