Posts Tagged Telecommunication
Good News, VRS continues to serve….
Thanks to Eds Telecom Alert, FCC and the Congress would not shut down VRS but be sure that VP users and VRS providers should continue to submit comments relating to VRS or VP issues.
Source: Ed’s Telecom Alert.
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Seven Companies Arrested by FBI for VRS Fraud
Excerpts from several articles about VRS fraud and TV CBS Evening News (with closed captioned):
Source: CBS Evening News
The Seattle Times Company – Politics & Government
US charges firms defrauded deaf phone fund
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal charges against more than two dozen people accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from a [...]
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FCC Commissioner Hosts at Gallaudet University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
October 9, 2009 Mark Wigfield
(202) 418-0253
FCC ANNOUNCES FIELD HEARING ON BROADBAND ACCESS FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Commissioner Copps to Host Hearing at Gallaudet University
The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a field hearing at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 2009 on disabilities access issues as part of its [...]
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Access to NG911 Services for the Deaf
On March 24, 2009, Claude Stout, Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf (TDI) and Sheri Ann Farina, CEO, NorCal Services for the Deaf and hard of hearing as Customer Representatives met with the staff from the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and CGB to discuss its concerns regarding access to traditional and next generation [...]
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