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RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay service marketing and call handling and video relay procedures; clarification,
Published: 2005-02-17
This document clarifies that certain telecommunications relay
services (TRS) practices violate the TRS rules, and that video relay
services (VRS) may not be used as a video remote interpreting service
by persons at the same location. This document also instructs the TRS
Fund administrator that, any provider found to be engaging in the
improper
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-08-31
In this document, the Commission concludes that because speed
of answer is central to the provision of ``functionally equivalent''
telecommunications relay service (TRS), and video relay service (VRS)
is now widely usedif not the preferred form of TRS, VRS providers
must provide service in compliance with the speed of answer rule
adopted to be
RULES: Common carrier services;; Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation—; Consumers’ long distance carriers, unauthorized changes (slamming),
Published: 2005-03-23
In this document, the Commission addresses issues raised in
petitions for reconsideration regarding the implementation of the subscriber carrier selection changes provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) which addresses policies and
rules concerning unauthorized changes of consumers' long distance
carriers.
PROPOSED RULES: Local and interexchange carriers; minimum customer account record exchange obligations,
Published: 2005-06-01
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on issues
relating to the exchange of customer account information between Local
Exchange Carriers. The Commission specifically questions whether we
should require all local service providers to participate in the
exchange of customer account information and if so, what information
local service
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services; interpretation,
Published: 2005-02-25
In this document, the Commission addresses a Petition for
Declaratory Ruling filed by Petitioner Hands On Video Relay Services,
Inc. (Hands On) on December 29, 2004. Hands On requests a Declaratory
Ruling that is ``Brown Bag Rewards Program,'' offered in connection
with its provision of video relay service (VRS), a form of
telecommunications relay
PROPOSED RULES: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation—; Interstate telemarketing calls; declaratory ruling petitions,
Published: 2005-06-29
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a petition
for declaratory ruling filed by a coalition of 33 organizations,
including trade associations, individual companies, and nonprofit
entities engaged in interstate telemarketing activities (``Joint
Petitioners''), raising issues concerning the scope of the Commission's
jurisdiction over
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services; clarification,
Published: 2005-03-23
In this document, the Commission addresses the current waiver
of the telecommunications relay services (TRS) requirement that TRS
providers (including providers of captioned telephone service) offer
threeway calling functionality as a TRS mandatory standard. Also in
this document, the Commission clarifies the manner in which TRS
providers may
RULES: Minimum customer account record exchange obligations on all local and interexchange carriers; implementation,
Published: 2005-06-02
In this document, the Commission adopts new rules to
facilitate the exchange of customer account information between Local
Exchange Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and to
establish carriers' responsibilities with respect to such exchanges.
RULES: Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation—; TSA Stores, Inc.; Florida Statutes; declaratory ruling petition,
Published: 2005-03-01
This document seeks comment on a Petition for Declaratory
Ruling filed by TSA Stores, Inc. asking the Federal Communications
Commission (``Commission'') to preempt a provision of the Florida
Statutes as applied to interstate telephone calls.
PROPOSED RULES: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation—; Interstate telemarketing calls; declaratory ruling petitions,
Published: 2005-06-29
In this document, the Commission reopens the public comment
period for six declaratory ruling petitions that seek Commission
preemption under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (``TCPA'') of
the application of particular state laws to interstate telemarketing
calls.
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-04-06
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved for three years the information collection requirements
contained in the Telecommunications Relay Services and SpeechtoSpeech
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report
and Order and
RULES: Local and interexchange carriers; minimum customer account record exchange obligations,
Published: 2005-09-21
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the
information collection requirements contained in the Rules and
Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange
Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order
and Further Notice of
RULES: Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 and Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 2000; implementation—; Wireless domain names available to public; list,
Published: 2005-03-07
In this document the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau,
on delegated authority from the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission), announces the publication of the list of wireless domain
names, in accordance with an order previously approved by the
Commission and information collections requirements previously approved
by the Office of
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-04-06
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) grants petitions filed by Sprint Corporation (Sprint) and
WorldCom, Inc. (MCI) seeking reconsideration of the Commission's March
14, 2003, Order on Reconsideration (IP Relay Reconsideration Order).
This matter derives from the April 2002 IP Relay DeclaratoryRuling and
Further
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-09-14
In this document, the Commission concludes that two-line
captioned telephone service is a type of telecommunications relay
service (TRS) eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund.
The Commission also approves the National Exchange Carrier Association,
Inc. (NECA), the Interstate TRS Fund Administrator, proposed allocation
methodology
PROPOSED RULES: Video relay services—; Speed of answer requirement,
Published: 2005-03-07
This document seeks public comment on a speed of answer
requirement for the provision of Video Relay Service (VRS). The speed
of answer requirement is currently waived as a mandatory minimum
standard for VRS. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission)
has reviewed the comments provided in response to the Further Notice of
Proposed
RULES: Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation—; Do-not-call lists; maintenance requirements,
Published: 2005-04-13
This document addresses certain issues raised in petitions for
reconsideration of regarding the national donotcall registry and the
Commission's other telemarketing rules implementing the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-09-14
In this document, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (the Bureau) clarifies under delegated authority, that
telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers offering free or
discount long distance service to TRS consumers as an incentive to use
a particular TRS provider's relay service, or as an incentive for a
consumer to make more or
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-12-29
In this document, the Commission adopts the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund administrator's (the
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA)), proposed
interstate allocation factor of 11 percent for determining the number
of inbound twoline captioned telephone minutes compensable from the
Interstate TRS Fund. Also,
RULES: Commercial mobile radio services—; Truth-in-billing and billing format; descriptions and plain language requirements,
Published: 2005-10-26
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the
information collections contained in the TruthinBilling and Billing
Format; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates'
Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding TruthinBilling, Second
Report and Order,
PROPOSED RULES: Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation—; Interstate telephone calls; Florida statute and telemarketing law; declaratory ruling petition,
Published: 2005-01-03
This document seeks comment on a Petition for Expedited
Declaratory Ruling filed by the National City Mortgage Co. (NCMC),
asking the Commission to preempt a Florida telemarketing law, Florida
Statute Section 501.059, prohibiting prerecorded messages without
consent.
RULES: Minimum customer account record exchange obligations on all local and interexchange carriers; implementation; Correction,
Published: 2005-09-14
On June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32258), the Commission published a
final rule in the Federal Register, which adopted new rules to
facilitate the exchange of customer account information between Local
Exchange Carriers (LECs) and Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and to
establish carriers' responsibilities with respect to such exchanges.
This document corrects
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2005-12-28
In this document, the Commission extends for an additional
year the waiver of the emergency (911) call handling requirement for
providers of Video Relay Service (VRS). The Commission extends the
waiver for one year in view of continued technological challenges to
determining the geographic location of telecommunications relay service
(TRS) calls
PROPOSED RULES: Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation—; Dial-around calls from payphones, default compensation rate update,
Published: 2005-05-11
In this document, the Commission seeks current and accurate
data on the average number of compensable dialaround calls made from
payphones on a monthly basis. This average monthly data will be used to
calculate a monthly perpayphone default compensation rate, which will
apply to payphones that are not connected to Flex ANI, a calltracking
PROPOSED RULES: Interstate telephone calls; Indiana revised statutes and administrative code; declaratory ruling petition,
Published: 2005-01-03
This document seeks comment on a Petition for Declaratory
Ruling filed by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), asking the
Commission to preempt certain sections of the Indiana Revised Statutes
and Indiana Administrative Code as it relates to interstate telephone
calls.
