• Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• TRS Rules (47 C.F.R. § 64.601 - 64.605).

• Factsheets and FAQs.
  • IP Relay Factsheet.
  • Payphone Relay Service Factsheet.
  • TRS Factsheet.
  • Using TRS and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• TRS History Docket.

• Orders and Notices.

• TRS By State.
  This includes the Complaint Log Summaries and TRS Recertification Applications.

• Contact List For TRS Complaints.

• TRS Relay Telephone Numbers.
  • Speech-to-Speech Relay Telephone Numbers.
  • State Relay Telephone Numbers.

• TRS Providers.

• Consumers' Guide.

NOTE: To view filed TRS comments, go to ECFS and key in the Proceeding (i.e., 98-67) and retrieve the document list. Also note that comments are ordered by "date submitted" with the most recent submitted listed first.

TRS Headlines

10/25/04
Telco Group, Inc. Files Petition for Declaratory Ruling or Waiver to Exclude International Revenues from the Revenue Base used to Calculate Payment to the Interstate TRS Fund. Pleading cycle established. (CC Docket No. 98-67, DA 04-3352)
Comments due November 26, 2004; reply comments due December 10, 2004.
[ Telco Group, Inc. Petition in pdf || DA 04-3352 in Word || DA 04-3352 in PDF ]

10/15/04
CSD, Hands on Video Relay Service, Inc., National Video Relay Service Coalition, and Hamilton Relay, Inc. file Petitions For Reconsideration of TRS requirements from the Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration and FNPRM, FCC 04-137. Pleading cycle established.
Comments due November 15, 2004; reply comments due November 30, 2004.
[ DA 04-3266 in Word || DA 04-3266 in PDF ]
Petitions: [ CSD; Hands on Video Relay Service, Inc.; National Video Relay Service Coalition; Hamilton Relay, Inc. ]

09/01/04
Dates Set for Comments on Telecommunications Relay Services Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Comments due October 18, 2004; reply comments due November 15, 2004.
[ News Release Announcing TRS Comment Dates in Word || News Release Announcing TRS Comment Dates in PDF ]

07/28/04
Telecommunications Relay Services and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; Coin Sent-Paid TRS Call from Payphones. (DA No. 04-2333)
[ DA 04-2333 in Word || DA 04-2333 in PDF ]

07/09/04
Petition for Declaratory Ruling Filed Regarding Provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) Video Mail. (CG Docket No. 03-123) (DA 04-2062)
[ DA 04-2062 in Word || DA 04-2062 in PDF ]

The Federal Communications Commission Reminds TRS Providers of Upcoming Deadlines Concerning Captioned Telephone VCO Service. (CC Docket 98-67) (DA 04-2061)
[ DA 04-2061 in Word || DA 04-2061 in PDF ]

06/30/04
Telecommunications Relay Services Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket Numbers 90-571, 98-67 and 03-123) (FCC No. 04-137) Adopted June 10, 2004 and Released by the Commission on June 30, 2004.
[ FCC 04-137 in Word || FCC 04-137 in PDF ]

The Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau conditionally approved NECA's proposed TRS provider compensation rates for traditional TRS and IP Relay, STS, and VRS for the July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005, fund year. (Docket No. 98-67) (DA 04-1999)
[ DA 04-1999 in Word || DA 04-1999 in PDF ]

06/18/04
FCC Reminds Public of Requirements Regarding Internet Relay Service and Issues Alert
[ DA 04-1738 in Word || DA 04-1738 in PDF ]

06/16/04
Clarification of the use of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
[ DA 04-1716 in Word || DA 04-1716 in PDF ]

06/10/04
FCC Takes Further Steps Toward Fulfilling Goals of ADA by Refining Rules Governing Provision of TRS.
[ TRS News Release in Word || TRS News Release in PDF || Statement of Chairman Michael K. Powell in Word || Chairman Powell's Statement in PDF || Separate Statement of Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein Approving in Part, Dissenting in Part (Word Document) || Adelstein Statement in PDF|| Separate Statement of Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy in Word || Abernathy Statement in PDF || Separate Statement of Commissioner Michael J. Copps Approving in Part, Dissenting in Part (Word Document) || Copps Statement in PDF ]

06/02/04
The Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Reminds States and Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Providers that the Annual Summary of Consumer Complaints Concerning TRS is Due Thursday, July 1, 2004. (DA No. 04-1599)
[ DA 04-1599 in Word || DA 04-1599 in PDF ]

See TRS History Docket for a complete list of TRS documents.

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