FCC Seeks Comment on T-Mobile TTY Waiver

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau sought comment by Aug. 21 on a petition for limited waiver filed by T-Mobile Accessibility seeking waiver of the requirement that text telephone (TTY)-based relay service be capable of communicating with the American Standard Code for Information Interchange format. Replies are due Aug. 31. “T-Mobile contends that the ASCII format is now obsolete and has very few users” and that “continued compliance with the requirement inhibits innovation and imposes significant near-term costs,” the bureau said Friday in docket 03-123.