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The FCC made the right decision Wednesday in approving a text-to-911...

The FCC made the right decision Wednesday in approving a text-to-911 further rulemaking notice (CD Dec 13 p12), said groups representing the deaf and hearing impaired, in a letter to the commission released Thursday. “We stand ready to work with…

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the FCC, industry, and public safety trade associations to meet the timelines in deployment, outreach and education, research and development, and regulatory enforcement toward achieving the promise and potential of text-to-911 emergency calling capabilities for all Americans,” the letter said. “We fully expect this process to be contributing significantly toward activation of fully accessible emergency communications capability via text, video, and/or voice as part of the Next Generation 9-1-1 initiative within the next ten years.” The groups that signed include Telecommunications for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, National Association of the Deaf and Association of Late-Deafened Adults.