T-Mobile Seeks Better Compensation for TRS Offerings in Call With FCC Staff
T-Mobile Accessibility representatives raised concerns about telecommunications relay service compensation rates in a call with staff from the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics, said a filing posted Friday in docket 03-123. The carrier…
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discussed “that IP Relay service continues to provide an essential communications link to certain segments of the TRS user community, including DeafBlind individuals,” the filing said: T-Mobile indicated it “would like to maintain and expand its IP Relay offering for those consumers. To do so, the company must be adequately compensated for providing the service.” T-Mobile urged a ratemaking methodology “based on a modified version of the Multistate Average Rate Structure that is used to set the rate for traditional TRS offerings.”