Tag: cell phone

AT&T’s FaceTime Blocking Hurts the Deaf

NOTE FROM DEAFNETWORK: Petition Online link –  http://www.change.org/petitions/at-t-stop-discriminating-against-deaf-customers AT&T’s FaceTime Blocking Hurts the Deaf BY BRENDAN GRAMER September 7, 2012 When I learned that Apple would finally be enabling the iPhone’s FaceTime app to work over mobile connections, I was…

FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Certain VoIP Providers to Contribute to TRS Fund

FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Certain VoIP Providers to Contribute to TRS Fund On October 7, 2011, the FCC released new rules requiring interconnected and non-interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service providers to participate in and contribute to the Telecommunications…

National Preparedness Month: Communication during a Disaster

National Preparedness Month: Communication during a Disaster Source: Office of the Governor Rick Perry – Committee on People with Disabilities NEW ORLEANS – As part of National Preparedness Month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission today…