FCC VRS Order Extends TRS User Database Deadline, Clarifies 'Verification Check' Meaning
FCC staff took two video relay service actions responding to concerns about implementation of a telecom relay service user registration database (TRS-URD). "We clarify the meaning of 'verification check' for purposes of determining when [VRS] providers may seek compensation for…
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calls placed by users whose verification process has not been completed," said the docket 10-51 order Wednesday of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and the Office of the Managing Director. "We extend for 31 days, through March 31, 2018, the deadline for VRS providers to submit registration data for their registered users." Three of the five providers -- Convo Communications, and ZVRS jointly with Purple Communications -- filed temporary waiver petitions seeking relief from deadlines, including one Wednesday for submitting data to the TRS-URD.