“This page is a digitally archived AccessInfo Announcement”
On August 24, 2017, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau granted TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TracFone), a reseller of commercial mobile radio service (CMRS), a temporary, limited waiver of the Commission’s rules requiring support for TTY technology over IP-based wireless services.
As a condition to receiving the waiver, TracFone must comply with the following:
- Notifying consumers that their IP-based wireless services will not support TTY technology for calls to 911
- Providing consumers with information about alternative text-based accessibility solutions
The waiver expires on December 31, 2017.
Links to the Order:
Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-801A1.docx
PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-801A1.pdf
Text: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-801A1.txt
For more information, contact Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at 202-418-1264 or e‑mail 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).