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Sprint, Hamilton Get TRS Wavier Extension Until 2020 or FCC Action

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau extended temporary waivers of telecom relay service mandatory minimum standards for Sprint and Hamilton Relay, said an order released Tuesday in docket 03-123. The extension is until “the earlier of August 24, 2020,…

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or the effective date of a Commission decision as to the continuing application of the waived standards to the affected relay services,” the order said. The standards require state-program TRS providers to offer consumers their choice of long distance carrier and alternative billing options for TRS calls. The waivers were extended once, and were to expire Saturday.