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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the per-minute compensation rates for Video Relay Service (VRS) from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund for each form of TRS for the 2010-2011 Fund year. Read More »
Washington, DC -- As part of its multi-pronged approach to ensuring the viability of the Video Relay Service (VRS), a crucial telecommunications link for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, the Commission today took decisive action to defend this vital program from the waste, fraud and abuse that has plagued the program and threatens its long-term viability. Read More »
On April 30, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent out a Public Notice about the new compensation formula to calculate the rate for Video Relay Service (VRS) providers. If this new rate is adopted, most VRS providers would lose money when handling VRS calls and some may go out of business. Read More »
Watch VideoLast week, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski named Karen Peltz Strauss as Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) Deputy Bureau Chief. Read More »
On Thursday, February 25, 2010, the FCC sent out a release reaffirming Rules and Policies of Video Relay Service. The Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau issued a Declaratory Ruling to reaffirm FCC's rules and policies for VRS reimbursement. Read More »
Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 800 (CSDVRS and Sorenson) and 866 (Sorenson) numbers be removed from the national database. Read More »
The deadline for Video Relay Service (VRS) and IP Relay users to choose a “default” provider was extended by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to November 12, 2009. Read More »
Video Relay Service is a wonderfully empowering technology that can be used to conduct conversations between hearing and deaf individuals who use sign language to communicate. But as the VRS industry is maturing, instances of abuse of the technology have begun to creep up. Read More »
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