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Adoption of Real-Time Text (RTT) Rules

  • Full Title:
    Transition from TTY to Real-Time Text Technology; Petition for Rulemaking to Update the Commission's Rules for Access to Support the Transition from TTY to Real-Time Text Technology and Petition for Waiver of the Rules Requiring Support for TTY Technology
  • Document Type:
    Statement
  • Bureau(s):
    Commissioner
    Office of Former Chairman Wheeler
    Bureau(s):
    Consumer and Governmental Affairs
    Public Safety and Homeland Security
    Wireless Telecommunications
  • Description
    Amended the rules to facilitate a transition from text telephone (TTY) technology to real-time text (RTT) as a reliable and interoperable universal text solution over wireless Internet protocol (IP) networks for people with hearing and speech disabil
  • DA/FCC #:
    FCC-16-169
Related Document(s) R&O/NPRM - Adoption of Real-Time Text (RTT) Rules

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