FCC: IP Relay

DA 09-749 - In this Order the FCC extends for 90 days (until June 29, 2009) the limited waiver granted in the 2008 TRS 711 Waiver Order1 of the requirement that traditional TRS providers must automatically and immediately call an appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) when receiving an emergency 711-dialed call placed by an interconnected VoIP user. The FCC also seeks comment on the remaining technical, operational, or other issues that currently prevent traditional TRS providers from being able to reliably identify the appropriate PSAP to call when receiving an emergency call via 711 and an interconnected VoIP service. It also seeks comment regarding the usage of traditional TRS to place calls through interconnected VoIP service, particularly the incidence of such calls for purposes of obtaining emergency assistance

DA 08-292 %u2013 2/4/08Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment on Request for Clarification that Internet Protocol Speech-to-Speech Service is a Form of Telecommunications Relay Service Compensable from the Interstate TRS Fund. (Docket No 06-181)Comments Due: 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.Reply Comments Due: 45 days after publication in the Federal Register.

DA 07-5098 %u2013 12/26/07Telecommunications Relay Services And Speech-to-Speech Services For Individuals With Hearing And Speech Disabilities. In this Order, we address current waivers of certain telecommunications relay services (TRS) mandatory minimum standards for Video Relay Service (VRS) and Internet Protocol Relay.Service (IP Relay) that will expire on January 1, 2008.

DA 07-4178 %u2013 10/9/07In the Matters of IP-Enabled Services; Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities; TRS and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; and The Use of N11 Codes and Other Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements. Granted in part and denied in part several petitions for waiver relating to the Commission%u2019s recent VoIP TRS Order. Comments sought. (Dockets Number WC 04-36, WT 96-198, CG 03-123, and CC 92-105)Comments due 30 days after publication in the Federal Register and Reply Comments may be filed 45 days after publication in the Federal Register.

DA 07-2006 %u2013 5/4/07FCC Alerts Public and Merchants of Fraudulent Credit Card Purchases Through Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service, a Form of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS).

DA 06-182 %u2013 1/11/07Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service Eligible for Compensation from Interstate TRS Fund.

DA 06-2578 %u2013 12/22/06Notice of Certification of Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc. as a Provider of Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay) and Video Relay Service (VRS) Eligible for Compensation from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund. Docket No. 03-123

DA 06-1244 %u2013 Notice of Certification of GoAmerica, Inc. as a Provider of Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay) and Video Relay Service (VRS) Eligible for Compensation from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund. (CG Docket No. 03-123)

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Internet TRS Fraud News Release - 05/03/06, The FCC has opened a proceeding requesting comment on ways to curtail the abuse of the two Internet-based forms of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) --Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service and Video Relay Service (VRS). Such misuse, including,using IP Relay to make telephone purchases from merchants using stolen, fake, or otherwiseinvalid credit cards, or improperly using VRS as a substitute for in-person interpreters, results inimproper compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund.