FCC: TRS Fund

DA 09-211 - 02/10/09, TRS providers requesting compensation from the interstate TRS fund must comply with standard routing principles in measuring the conversation time of TRS calls. Dkt No 03-123).

DA 08-1476 - 06/25/08 - FCC approves NECA proposed TRS rates:

$1.5938 per minute for interstate traditional TRS;

$2.7248 per minute for interstate Speech-to-Speech (STS)

$1.6569 per minute for interstate captioned telephone service (CTS)andd intrastate and interstate Internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone service (IP CTS)

$1.2865 per minute for intrastate and interstate IP Relay

Tiered rates of $6.7362 for the first 50,000 monthly minutes, $6.4675 for monthly minutes between 50,001 and 500,000, and $6.2685 for minutes above 500,000 for intrastate and interstate Video Relay Service (VRS) Based on these rates,the FCC approved a carrier contribution factor of 0.01012, and a Fund size requirement of approximately $805.5 million.

DA 08-303 - 2/6/08 Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities. Adopted a revised Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund size and carrier contribution factor for the July 2007 to June 2008 Fund year. (Docket No. 03-123)

DA 07-2904 - 6/29/07Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities. June 2007 Interim Rate Order. (Docket No. 03-123)

DA 07-1978 - 5/2/07National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Submits the Payment Formula and Fund Size Estimate for the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund for the July 2007 through June 2008 Fund Year. (Docket No. 03-123)Comments Due: 5/16/2007. Reply Comments Due: 5/23/07.

FCC 06-106 - 07/20/06FCC seek comment on a broad range of issues concerning the compensation of providers of telecommunications relay services from the Interstate TRS Fund for their costs of providing TRS. (Dkt No. 03-123)

DA 06-1345 - 06/30/06Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities. Order freezing VRS 2005-2006 rate of $6.644 per minute for a one-year period ending June 30, 2007, or until such time as the Commission adopts a new VRS rate pursuant to new VRS cost recovery rules, whichever is sooner. Docket No. 03-123

DA 06-1031 - 05/12/06National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Submits the Payment Formula and Fund Size Estimate for Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund for the July 2006 Through June 2007 Fund Year. CG Docket No. 03-123.