VRS Interoperability Effective Date, Compliance and Comment Deadlines Announced
The FCC announced a May 30 effective date for a video relay service order and rules issued in January that set interoperability and portability technical standards for services, equipment and software (see 1701180036). The compliance deadline is Oct. 24 for…
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meeting the standards of an Internet Engineering Task Force "xCard XML format" and April 27, 2018, for meeting the standards of an "Interoperability Profile for Relay User Equipment," said a Consumer and Governmental Affairs public notice Tuesday in docket 10-51. It noted the commission suspended the effectiveness of a compliance deadline for meeting the standards of a VRS provider interoperability profile, pending resolution of a separate proceeding that was recently launched. The PN also said comments are due June 12 and replies July 11 on a January Further NPRM on the scope and application of a technical standard for user equipment and software. A CGB letter posted Tuesday said confidential and highly confidential VRS provider business data is now available, subject to a protective order, to parties in the rulemaking on VRS compensation rates and other issues, after no objections were filed in response to an earlier PN (see 1704070026).