Please note that a prior AccessInfo on this issue (sent out yesterday) contained incorrect comment filing dates from the Public Notice. This AccessInfo provides corrected dates and links to the updated Public Notice.
Comments Due: 15 days from date of publication in the Federal Register
Reply Comments Due: 10 days after the time for filing comments has expired
The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on a petition for clarification or, in the alternative, reconsideration filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile).
On December 16, 2016, the Commission released an order to encourage the transition from text telephone (TTY) technology to real-time text (RTT) as a superior text solution over wireless Internet protocol (IP) enabled networks.
On February 24, 2017, T-Mobile filed a petition to ask the Commission to clarify that it did not intend to change the way carriers deliver calls to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) using an Emergency Services IP Network (ESINet) and, to the extent the Commission intended such a change, to reconsider that determination.
Comments may be filed using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings. The proceeding numbers are CG Docket No. 16-145 and GN Docket No. 15-178.
Links to the Public Notice:
Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-197A1.docx
PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-197A1.pdf
Text: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-197A1.txt
Link to T-Mobile’s Petition:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/102231846629100
For more information on RTT, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/real-time-text.
For further information, please contact Michael Scott, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-1264 or e-mail at Michael.Scott@fcc.gov. For those using videophones and fluent in American Sign Language, you may call the FCC’s ASL Consumer Support Line at 844-432-2275 (videophone).