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47 CFR Part 64
[PS Docket Nos. 18–261, 17–239; GN Docket
No. 11–117; FCC 19–76; FRS 16425]
Implementing Kari’s Law and RAY
BAUM’S Act; Inquiry Concerning 911
Access, Routing, and Location in
Enterprise Communications Systems;
Amending the Definition of
Interconnected VoIP Service;
Corrections
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
This document corrects the
final rules portion of a Federal Register
document published on December 5,
2019. That Federal Register document
inadvertently removed definitions from
the Commission’s rules for
telecommunications relay services.
DATES: Effective on February 19, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Scott, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202)
418–1264, or email Michael.Scott@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document corrects the final rules
document published at 84 FR 66716,
December 5, 2019.
SUMMARY:
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Individuals with disabilities,
Telecommunications,
Telecommunications relay services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 64 is
corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES
RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
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1. The authority citation for part 64
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 217,
218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 228, 251(a),
251(e), 254(k), 262, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620,
and 1401–1473, unless otherwise noted.
2. Amend § 64.601 by adding
paragraphs (a)(1) through (51) to read as
follows:
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§ 64.601 Definitions and provisions of
general applicability.
(a) * * *
(1) 711. The abbreviated dialing code
for accessing relay services anywhere in
the United States.
(2) ACD platform. The hardware and/
or software that comprise the essential
call center function of call distribution,
and that are a necessary core component
of internet-based TRS.
(3) American Sign Language (ASL). A
visual language based on hand shape,
position, movement, and orientation of
the hands in relation to each other and
the body.
(4) ANI. For 911 systems, the
Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
identifies the calling party and may be
used as the callback number.
(5) ASCII. An acronym for American
Standard Code for Information
Interexchange which employs an eight
bit code and can operate at any standard
transmission baud rate including 300,
1200, 2400, and higher.
(6) Authorized provider. An iTRS
provider that becomes the iTRS user’s
new default provider, having obtained
the user’s authorization verified in
accordance with the procedures
specified in this part.
(7) Baudot. A seven bit code, only five
of which are information bits. Baudot is
used by some text telephones to
communicate with each other at a 45.5
baud rate.
(8) Call release. A TRS feature that
allows the CA to sign-off or be
‘‘released’’ from the telephone line after
the CA has set up a telephone call
between the originating TTY caller and
a called TTY party, such as when a TTY
user must go through a TRS facility to
contact another TTY user because the
called TTY party can only be reached
through a voice-only interface, such as
a switchboard.
(9) Common carrier or carrier. Any
common carrier engaged in interstate
Communication by wire or radio as
defined in section 3(h) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (the Act), and any common
carrier engaged in intrastate
communication by wire or radio,
notwithstanding sections 2(b) and
221(b) of the Act.
(10) Communications assistant (CA).
A person who transliterates or interprets
conversation between two or more end
users of TRS. CA supersedes the term
‘‘TDD operator.’’
(11) Default provider. The iTRS
provider that registers and assigns a tendigit telephone number to an iTRS user
pursuant to § 64.611.
(12) Default provider change order. A
request by an iTRS user to an iTRS
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provider to change the user’s default
provider.
(13) Direct video customer support. A
telephone customer support operation
that enables callers with hearing or
speech disabilities to engage in real-time
direct video communication in ASL
with ASL speakers in a call center
operation.
(14) Enterprise videophone. A
videophone maintained by a business,
organization, government agency, or
other entity, and designated for use by
its employees or other individuals in
private or restricted areas.
(15) Hearing carry over (HCO). A form
of TRS where the person with the
speech disability is able to listen to the
other end user and, in reply, the CA
speaks the text as typed by the person
with the speech disability. The CA does
not type any conversation. Two-line
HCO is an HCO service that allows TRS
users to use one telephone line for
hearing and the other for sending TTY
messages. HCO-to-TTY allows a relay
conversation to take place between an
HCO user and a TTY user. HCO-to-HCO
allows a relay conversation to take place
between two HCO users.
(16) Hearing point-to-point video
user. A hearing individual who has been
assigned a ten-digit NANP number that
is entered in the TRS Numbering
Directory to access point-to-point
service.
(17) Interconnected VoIP service. The
term ‘‘interconnected VoIP service’’ has
the meaning given such term under § 9.3
of this chapter, as such section may be
amended from time to time.
(18) internet-based TRS (iTRS). A
telecommunications relay service (TRS)
in which an individual with a hearing
or a speech disability connects to a TRS
communications assistant using an
internet Protocol-enabled device via the
internet, rather than the public switched
telephone network. Except as
authorized or required by the
Commission, internet-based TRS does
not include the use of a text telephone
(TTY) or RTT over an interconnected
voice over internet Protocol service.
(19) internet Protocol Captioned
Telephone Service (IP CTS). A
telecommunications relay service that
permits an individual who can speak
but who has difficulty hearing over the
telephone to use a telephone and an
internet Protocol-enabled device via the
internet to simultaneously listen to the
other party and read captions of what
the other party is saying. With IP CTS,
the connection carrying the captions
between the relay service provider and
the relay service user is via the internet,
rather than the public switched
telephone network.
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(20) internet Protocol Relay Service
(IP Relay). A telecommunications relay
service that permits an individual with
a hearing or a speech disability to
communicate in text using an internet
Protocol-enabled device via the internet,
rather than using a text telephone (TTY)
and the public switched telephone
network.
(21) IP Relay access technology. Any
equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided
by an internet-based TRS provider that
can be used to make and receive an IP
Relay call.
(22) iTRS access technology. Any
equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided
by an internet-based TRS provider that
can be used to make and receive an
internet-based TRS call.
(23) New default provider. An iTRS
provider that, either directly or through
its numbering partner, initiates or
implements the process to become the
iTRS user’s default provider by
replacing the iTRS user’s original
default provider.
(24) Non-English language relay
service. A telecommunications relay
service that allows persons with hearing
or speech disabilities who use languages
other than English to communicate with
voice telephone users in a shared
language other than English, through a
CA who is fluent in that language.
(25) Non-interconnected VoIP service.
The term ‘‘non-interconnected VoIP
service’’—
(i) Means a service that—
(A) Enables real-time voice
communications that originate from or
terminate to the user’s location using
internet protocol or any successor
protocol; and
(B) Requires internet protocol
compatible customer premises
equipment; and
(ii) Does not include any service that
is an interconnected VoIP service.
(26) Numbering partner. Any entity
with which an internet-based TRS
provider has entered into a commercial
arrangement to obtain North American
Numbering Plan telephone numbers.
(27) Original default provider. An
iTRS provider that is the iTRS user’s
default provider immediately before that
iTRS user’s default provider is changed.
(28) Point-to-point video call. A call
placed via a point-to-point video
service.
(29) Point-to-point video service. A
service that enables a user to place and
receive non-relay video calls without
the assistance of a CA.
(30) Public videophone. A videophone
maintained by a business, organization,
government agency, or other entity, and
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made available for use by the public in
a public space, such as a public area of
a business, school, hospital, library,
airport, or government building.
(31) Qualified direct video entity. An
individual or entity that is approved by
the Commission for access to the TRS
Numbering Directory that is engaged in
direct video customer support and that
is the end-user customer that has been
assigned a telephone number used for
direct video customer support calls or is
the designee of such entity.
(32) Qualified interpreter. An
interpreter who is able to interpret
effectively, accurately, and impartially,
both receptively and expressively, using
any necessary specialized vocabulary.
(33) Real-Time Text (RTT). The term
real-time text shall have the meaning set
forth in § 67.1 of this chapter.
(34) Registered internet-based TRS
user. An individual who has registered
with a VRS, IP Relay, or IP CTS provider
as described in § 64.611.
(35) Registered Location. The most
recent information obtained by a VRS,
IP Relay, or IP CTS provider that
identifies the physical location of an
end user.
(36) Sign language. A language which
uses manual communication and body
language to convey meaning, including
but not limited to American Sign
Language.
(37) Speech-to-speech relay service
(STS). A telecommunications relay
service that allows individuals with
speech disabilities to communicate with
voice telephone users through the use of
specially trained CAs who understand
the speech patterns of persons with
speech disabilities and can repeat the
words spoken by that person.
(38) Speed dialing. A TRS feature that
allows a TRS user to place a call using
a stored number maintained by the TRS
facility. In the context of TRS, speed
dialing allows a TRS user to give the CA
a short-hand’’ name or number for the
user’s most frequently called telephone
numbers.
(39) Telecommunications relay
services (TRS). Telephone transmission
services that provide the ability for an
individual who is deaf, hard of hearing,
deaf-blind, or who has a speech
disability to engage in communication
by wire or radio with one or more
individuals, in a manner that is
functionally equivalent to the ability of
a hearing individual who does not have
a speech disability to communicate
using voice communication services by
wire or radio.
(40) Text telephone (TTY). A machine
that employs graphic communication in
the transmission of coded signals
through a wire or radio communication
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system. TTY supersedes the term
‘‘TDD’’ or ‘‘telecommunications device
for the deaf,’’ and TT.
(41) Three-way calling feature. A TRS
feature that allows more than two
parties to be on the telephone line at the
same time with the CA.
(42) TRS Numbering Administrator.
The neutral administrator of the TRS
Numbering Directory selected based on
a competitive bidding process.
(43) TRS Numbering Directory. The
database administered by the TRS
Numbering Administrator, the purpose
of which is to map each registered
internet-based TRS user’s NANP
telephone number to his or her end
device.
(44) TRS User Registration Database.
A system of records containing TRS user
identification data capable of:
(i) Receiving and processing
subscriber information sufficient to
identify unique TRS users and to ensure
that each has a single default provider;
(ii) Assigning each VRS user a unique
identifier;
(iii) Allowing VRS providers and
other authorized entities to query the
TRS User Registration Database to
determine if a prospective user already
has a default provider;
(iv) Allowing VRS providers to
indicate that a VRS user has used the
service; and
(v) Maintaining the confidentiality of
proprietary data housed in the database
by protecting it from theft, loss or
disclosure to unauthorized persons. The
purpose of this database is to ensure
accurate registration and verification of
VRS users and improve the efficiency of
the TRS program.
(45) Unauthorized provider. An iTRS
provider that becomes the iTRS user’s
new default provider without having
obtained the user’s authorization
verified in accordance with the
procedures specified in this part.
(46) Unauthorized change. A change
in an iTRS user’s selection of a default
provider that was made without
authorization verified in accordance
with the verification procedures
specified in this part.
(47) Video relay service (VRS). A
telecommunications relay service that
allows people with hearing or speech
disabilities who use sign language to
communicate with voice telephone
users through video equipment. The
video link allows the CA to view and
interpret the party’s signed conversation
and relay the conversation back and
forth with a voice caller.
(48) Visual privacy screen. A screen
or any other feature that is designed to
prevent one party or both parties on the
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video leg of a VRS call from viewing the
other party during a call.
(49) Voice carry over (VCO). A form
of TRS where the person with the
hearing disability is able to speak
directly to the other end user. The CA
types the response back to the person
with the hearing disability. The CA does
not voice the conversation. Two-line
VCO is a VCO service that allows TRS
users to use one telephone line for
voicing and the other for receiving TTY
messages. A VCO-to-TTY TRS call
allows a relay conversation to take place
between a VCO user and a TTY user.
VCO-to-VCO allows a relay conversation
to take place between two VCO users.
(50) VRS access technology. Any
equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided
by an internet-based TRS provider that
can be used to make and receive a VRS
call.
(51) VRS Access Technology
Reference Platform. A software product
procured by or on behalf of the
Commission that provides VRS
functionality, including the ability to
make and receive VRS and point-topoint calls, dial-around functionality,
and the ability to update user
registration location, and against which
providers may test their own VRS access
technology and platforms for
compliance with the Commission’s
interoperability and portability rules.
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CTS Improvements and Program
Management
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective and compliance dates.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection associated with
rules adopted in the Commission’s
documents Misuse of Internet Protocol
(IP) Captioned Telephone Service et. al,
Report and Order and Declaratory
Ruling, FCC 18–79 and Report and
Order, FCC 19–11, (Orders) and that the
compliance with the modified rules
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associated in FCC 19–11 is now
required. This document is consistent
with the Orders, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document
in the Federal Register announcing the
effective and compliance dates of those
rules.
DATES:
Effective date: The amendments to
§ 64.604(c)(11)(v) and (c)(13)(iii) and
(iv), published at 83 FR 30082, June 27,
2018, are effective February 19, 2020.
Compliance date: Compliance with
§§ 64.611(j)(2), 64.615(a)(3) and (a)(5),
published at 84 FR 8457, March 8, 2019,
is required as of February 19, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, at (202) 418–1264, or email:
Michael.Scott@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on December
26, 2019, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s Orders, FCC 18–79,
published at 83 FR 30082, June 27, 2018
and FCC 19–11, published at 84 FR
8457, March 8, 2019. The OMB Control
Number is 3060–1053. The Commission
publishes this notice as an
announcement of the effective and
compliance dates of the rules. If you
have any comments on the burden
estimates listed below, or how the
Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Cathy
Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.
Please include the OMB Control
Number, 3060–1053, in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via the
internet if you send them to PRA@
fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice) or (202) 418–0432
(TTY).
This document also removes
§§ 64.611(k) and 64.615(c) of the
Commission’s rules, which advised that
compliance with §§ 64.611(j)(2) and
64.615(a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively, was
not required until OMB approval was
obtained.
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Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[PS Docket Nos. 18-261, 17-239; GN Docket No. 11-117; FCC 19-76; FRS
16425]
Implementing Kari's Law and RAY BAUM'S Act; Inquiry Concerning
911 Access, Routing, and Location in Enterprise Communications Systems;
Amending the Definition of Interconnected VoIP Service; Corrections
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects the final rules portion of a Federal
Register document published on December 5, 2019. That Federal Register
document inadvertently removed definitions from the Commission's rules
for telecommunications relay services.
DATES: Effective on February 19, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Scott, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 418-1264, or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects the final rules
document published at 84 FR 66716, December 5, 2019.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Individuals with disabilities, Telecommunications,
Telecommunications relay services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 64 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225,
226, 227, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 262, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616,
620, and 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted.
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2. Amend Sec. 64.601 by adding paragraphs (a)(1) through (51) to read
as follows:
Sec. 64.601 Definitions and provisions of general applicability.
(a) * * *
(1) 711. The abbreviated dialing code for accessing relay services
anywhere in the United States.
(2) ACD platform. The hardware and/or software that comprise the
essential call center function of call distribution, and that are a
necessary core component of internet-based TRS.
(3) American Sign Language (ASL). A visual language based on hand
shape, position, movement, and orientation of the hands in relation to
each other and the body.
(4) ANI. For 911 systems, the Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
identifies the calling party and may be used as the callback number.
(5) ASCII. An acronym for American Standard Code for Information
Interexchange which employs an eight bit code and can operate at any
standard transmission baud rate including 300, 1200, 2400, and higher.
(6) Authorized provider. An iTRS provider that becomes the iTRS
user's new default provider, having obtained the user's authorization
verified in accordance with the procedures specified in this part.
(7) Baudot. A seven bit code, only five of which are information
bits. Baudot is used by some text telephones to communicate with each
other at a 45.5 baud rate.
(8) Call release. A TRS feature that allows the CA to sign-off or
be ``released'' from the telephone line after the CA has set up a
telephone call between the originating TTY caller and a called TTY
party, such as when a TTY user must go through a TRS facility to
contact another TTY user because the called TTY party can only be
reached through a voice-only interface, such as a switchboard.
(9) Common carrier or carrier. Any common carrier engaged in
interstate Communication by wire or radio as defined in section 3(h) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and any common
carrier engaged in intrastate communication by wire or radio,
notwithstanding sections 2(b) and 221(b) of the Act.
(10) Communications assistant (CA). A person who transliterates or
interprets conversation between two or more end users of TRS. CA
supersedes the term ``TDD operator.''
(11) Default provider. The iTRS provider that registers and assigns
a ten-digit telephone number to an iTRS user pursuant to Sec. 64.611.
(12) Default provider change order. A request by an iTRS user to an
iTRS
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provider to change the user's default provider.
(13) Direct video customer support. A telephone customer support
operation that enables callers with hearing or speech disabilities to
engage in real-time direct video communication in ASL with ASL speakers
in a call center operation.
(14) Enterprise videophone. A videophone maintained by a business,
organization, government agency, or other entity, and designated for
use by its employees or other individuals in private or restricted
areas.
(15) Hearing carry over (HCO). A form of TRS where the person with
the speech disability is able to listen to the other end user and, in
reply, the CA speaks the text as typed by the person with the speech
disability. The CA does not type any conversation. Two-line HCO is an
HCO service that allows TRS users to use one telephone line for hearing
and the other for sending TTY messages. HCO-to-TTY allows a relay
conversation to take place between an HCO user and a TTY user. HCO-to-
HCO allows a relay conversation to take place between two HCO users.
(16) Hearing point-to-point video user. A hearing individual who
has been assigned a ten-digit NANP number that is entered in the TRS
Numbering Directory to access point-to-point service.
(17) Interconnected VoIP service. The term ``interconnected VoIP
service'' has the meaning given such term under Sec. 9.3 of this
chapter, as such section may be amended from time to time.
(18) internet-based TRS (iTRS). A telecommunications relay service
(TRS) in which an individual with a hearing or a speech disability
connects to a TRS communications assistant using an internet Protocol-
enabled device via the internet, rather than the public switched
telephone network. Except as authorized or required by the Commission,
internet-based TRS does not include the use of a text telephone (TTY)
or RTT over an interconnected voice over internet Protocol service.
(19) internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS). A
telecommunications relay service that permits an individual who can
speak but who has difficulty hearing over the telephone to use a
telephone and an internet Protocol-enabled device via the internet to
simultaneously listen to the other party and read captions of what the
other party is saying. With IP CTS, the connection carrying the
captions between the relay service provider and the relay service user
is via the internet, rather than the public switched telephone network.
(20) internet Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay). A
telecommunications relay service that permits an individual with a
hearing or a speech disability to communicate in text using an internet
Protocol-enabled device via the internet, rather than using a text
telephone (TTY) and the public switched telephone network.
(21) IP Relay access technology. Any equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided by an internet-based TRS
provider that can be used to make and receive an IP Relay call.
(22) iTRS access technology. Any equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided by an internet-based TRS
provider that can be used to make and receive an internet-based TRS
call.
(23) New default provider. An iTRS provider that, either directly
or through its numbering partner, initiates or implements the process
to become the iTRS user's default provider by replacing the iTRS user's
original default provider.
(24) Non-English language relay service. A telecommunications relay
service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities who use
languages other than English to communicate with voice telephone users
in a shared language other than English, through a CA who is fluent in
that language.
(25) Non-interconnected VoIP service. The term ``non-interconnected
VoIP service''--
(i) Means a service that--
(A) Enables real-time voice communications that originate from or
terminate to the user's location using internet protocol or any
successor protocol; and
(B) Requires internet protocol compatible customer premises
equipment; and
(ii) Does not include any service that is an interconnected VoIP
service.
(26) Numbering partner. Any entity with which an internet-based TRS
provider has entered into a commercial arrangement to obtain North
American Numbering Plan telephone numbers.
(27) Original default provider. An iTRS provider that is the iTRS
user's default provider immediately before that iTRS user's default
provider is changed.
(28) Point-to-point video call. A call placed via a point-to-point
video service.
(29) Point-to-point video service. A service that enables a user to
place and receive non-relay video calls without the assistance of a CA.
(30) Public videophone. A videophone maintained by a business,
organization, government agency, or other entity, and made available
for use by the public in a public space, such as a public area of a
business, school, hospital, library, airport, or government building.
(31) Qualified direct video entity. An individual or entity that is
approved by the Commission for access to the TRS Numbering Directory
that is engaged in direct video customer support and that is the end-
user customer that has been assigned a telephone number used for direct
video customer support calls or is the designee of such entity.
(32) Qualified interpreter. An interpreter who is able to interpret
effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and
expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary.
(33) Real-Time Text (RTT). The term real-time text shall have the
meaning set forth in Sec. 67.1 of this chapter.
(34) Registered internet-based TRS user. An individual who has
registered with a VRS, IP Relay, or IP CTS provider as described in
Sec. 64.611.
(35) Registered Location. The most recent information obtained by a
VRS, IP Relay, or IP CTS provider that identifies the physical location
of an end user.
(36) Sign language. A language which uses manual communication and
body language to convey meaning, including but not limited to American
Sign Language.
(37) Speech-to-speech relay service (STS). A telecommunications
relay service that allows individuals with speech disabilities to
communicate with voice telephone users through the use of specially
trained CAs who understand the speech patterns of persons with speech
disabilities and can repeat the words spoken by that person.
(38) Speed dialing. A TRS feature that allows a TRS user to place a
call using a stored number maintained by the TRS facility. In the
context of TRS, speed dialing allows a TRS user to give the CA a short-
hand'' name or number for the user's most frequently called telephone
numbers.
(39) Telecommunications relay services (TRS). Telephone
transmission services that provide the ability for an individual who is
deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who has a speech disability to
engage in communication by wire or radio with one or more individuals,
in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of a hearing
individual who does not have a speech disability to communicate using
voice communication services by wire or radio.
(40) Text telephone (TTY). A machine that employs graphic
communication in the transmission of coded signals through a wire or
radio communication
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system. TTY supersedes the term ``TDD'' or ``telecommunications device
for the deaf,'' and TT.
(41) Three-way calling feature. A TRS feature that allows more than
two parties to be on the telephone line at the same time with the CA.
(42) TRS Numbering Administrator. The neutral administrator of the
TRS Numbering Directory selected based on a competitive bidding
process.
(43) TRS Numbering Directory. The database administered by the TRS
Numbering Administrator, the purpose of which is to map each registered
internet-based TRS user's NANP telephone number to his or her end
device.
(44) TRS User Registration Database. A system of records containing
TRS user identification data capable of:
(i) Receiving and processing subscriber information sufficient to
identify unique TRS users and to ensure that each has a single default
provider;
(ii) Assigning each VRS user a unique identifier;
(iii) Allowing VRS providers and other authorized entities to query
the TRS User Registration Database to determine if a prospective user
already has a default provider;
(iv) Allowing VRS providers to indicate that a VRS user has used
the service; and
(v) Maintaining the confidentiality of proprietary data housed in
the database by protecting it from theft, loss or disclosure to
unauthorized persons. The purpose of this database is to ensure
accurate registration and verification of VRS users and improve the
efficiency of the TRS program.
(45) Unauthorized provider. An iTRS provider that becomes the iTRS
user's new default provider without having obtained the user's
authorization verified in accordance with the procedures specified in
this part.
(46) Unauthorized change. A change in an iTRS user's selection of a
default provider that was made without authorization verified in
accordance with the verification procedures specified in this part.
(47) Video relay service (VRS). A telecommunications relay service
that allows people with hearing or speech disabilities who use sign
language to communicate with voice telephone users through video
equipment. The video link allows the CA to view and interpret the
party's signed conversation and relay the conversation back and forth
with a voice caller.
(48) Visual privacy screen. A screen or any other feature that is
designed to prevent one party or both parties on the video leg of a VRS
call from viewing the other party during a call.
(49) Voice carry over (VCO). A form of TRS where the person with
the hearing disability is able to speak directly to the other end user.
The CA types the response back to the person with the hearing
disability. The CA does not voice the conversation. Two-line VCO is a
VCO service that allows TRS users to use one telephone line for voicing
and the other for receiving TTY messages. A VCO-to-TTY TRS call allows
a relay conversation to take place between a VCO user and a TTY user.
VCO-to-VCO allows a relay conversation to take place between two VCO
users.
(50) VRS access technology. Any equipment, software, or other
technology issued, leased, or provided by an internet-based TRS
provider that can be used to make and receive a VRS call.
(51) VRS Access Technology Reference Platform. A software product
procured by or on behalf of the Commission that provides VRS
functionality, including the ability to make and receive VRS and point-
to-point calls, dial-around functionality, and the ability to update
user registration location, and against which providers may test their
own VRS access technology and platforms for compliance with the
Commission's interoperability and portability rules.
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