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RULES: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,
Published: 2008-07-08
In this document, the Commission clarifies its restrictions on
the use of consumer or call database information by telecommunications
relay service (TRS) providers to contact consumers of interstate TRS.
The Commission concludes that TRS providers may use information derived
from a consumer or call database to contact TRS users for purposes
RULES: Request for Stay Pending Judicial Review,
Published: 2008-04-23
In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
(Bureau) grants a request to stay the effectiveness of paragraphs 95
and 96 of the 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Declaratory Ruling, which restrict
telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers from using consumer or
call databases to contact TRS users. Because these paragraphs have been
RULES: Rules and Regulations Implementing the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act,
Published: 2008-07-14
In this document, the Commission amends its rules under the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to require telemarketers to honor registrations with the National DoNotCall Registry
indefinitely. This action is consistent with Congress's mandate in the
DoNotCall Improvement Act of 2007, which prohibits the removal of
numbers from the Registry
RULES: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, etc.,
Published: 2008-04-21
In this document, the Commission adopts emergency call
handling requirements for Internetbased telecommunications relay
service (TRS) providers. These measures will ensure that persons using
Internetbased forms of TRS, i.e., Video Relay Service (VRS), Internet
Protocol (IP) Relay, and IP captioned telephone relay service (IP CTS),
can promptly
RULES: Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers’ Long Distance Carriers,
Published: 2008-07-30
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection associated with the Commission's Subscriber
Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of
1996, Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers'
Long
RULES: Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, etc.,
Published: 2008-03-12
In this document, the Commission revises its requirements
concerning verification of a consumer's intent to switch carriers.
These new requirements will ensure that each verification includes the date; expand
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the disclosure obligations of third party verifiers when consumers have
questions during the verification; and otherwise
RULES: Telecommunications Relay and Speech-to-Speech Services for Hearing and Speech Disabilities,
Published: 2008-07-30
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection associated with the Commission's
Telecommunications Relay Services and SpeechtoSpeech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order and
Declaratory Ruling
RULES: Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities,
Published: 2008-02-19
In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
(Bureau) extends for an additional year waivers of certain
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) mandatory minimum standards for
Video Relay Service (VRS) and Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay). The
waived TRS mandatory minimum standards are: Oneline voice carry over
(VCO);
RULES: Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Clarifies the Transferability of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Provider Certification,
Published: 2008-08-05
In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) responds to requests for guidance concerning the
transferability of Commission certification of Internetbased TRS
providers as eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund
(Fund). The Bureau clarifies that such certification is not
transferable.
RULES: Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers Long Distance Carriers—; LEC Coalition Application for Review Regarding Carrier Change Rules,
Published: 2008-02-04
In this document, the Commission denies an Application for
Review filed by a coalition of local exchange carriers (``LEC
Petitioners'') regarding the Commission's carrier change verification
rules. Specifically, the Commission affirms that it is not permissible
for an executing carrier to block a carrier change submission by a
submitting carrier,
PROPOSED RULES: Speech-to-Speech and Internet Protocol (IP) Speech-to-Speech Telecommunications Relay Services,
Published: 2008-08-13
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on ways to
improve the provision of SpeechtoSpeech (STS), including, for
example, whether to modify the minimum time period a Communications
Assistant (CA) should be required to stay on a call, and ways to
improve outreach associated with STS. The Commission also seeks comment
on the tentative
RULES: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; Clarification,
Published: 2008-02-01
In this document, the Commission addresses a Petition for
Expedited Clarification and Declaratory Ruling filed by ACA
International (ACA). Specifically, the Commission clarifies that
autodialed and prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers that are
provided by the called party to a creditor in connection with an
existing debt are permissible
RULES: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,
Published: 2008-01-17
In this document, the Commission adopts new cost recovery methodologies regarding compensation for the provision of
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) from the Interstate TRS Fund
(the Fund). Those cost recovery methodologies will result in fairer,
more predictable rates that better reflect the actual costs and market
realities of providing
RULES: Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers.,
Published: 2008-01-08
In this document, the Commission declines to adopt rules and
regulations implementing minimum customer account record exchange
obligations on all local carriers. This action is necessary because the
Commission does not believe mandating the exchange of customer account
information between LECs is appropriate at this time.
RULES: Multiunit Premises,
Published: 2008-05-15
The Commission adopts rules prohibiting telecommunications
carriers from entering into contracts that would make them the
exclusive provider of telecommunications services in residential
multiple tenant environments (MTEs), e.g., apartment buildings, condominiums, and cooperatives. The rules also prohibit
telecommunications carriers from enforcing
RULES: Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol; Extension of Time to Route 711-Dialed Calls,
Published: 2008-05-15
In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
(Bureau) grants interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
providers an extension of time to route 711dialed calls to an
appropriate telecommunications relay service (TRS) center in the
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number may
RULES: Compensation From Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund for IP CTS Providers,
Published: 2008-04-30
In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
(Bureau) clarifies the eligibility requirement for compensation from
the TRS Fund (Fund) for providers of Internet Protocol (IP) captioned
telephone service (IP CTS). The Bureau also clarifies that an IP CTS
provider seeking compensation from the Fund must notify the Interstate
TRS
