FCC Releases TRS Payments to Sprint for IP-Captioned Telephone Service

Payments are to be made from the Telecom Relay Service Fund to Sprint for provision of Web CapTel service, an IP-captioned telephone service, from Jan. 1, 2014, to the present, the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau said Friday. "The compensation at issue was withheld by the TRS Fund administrator, Rolka Loube, pending a determination as to whether the service was provided in compliance with the Commission’s emergency call handling requirements," the order said. "We find that there is no valid basis for a finding of noncompliance, and thus, direct Rolka Loube to release all compensation withheld and otherwise owed for the period specified." The bureau directed Sprint to provide Rolka Loube with calling information during the specified period, if it hasn't already done so, to allow for proper payments.