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GlobalVRS Seeks Extended TRS Waiver of at-Home VRS Call Handling Rules

GlobalVRS asked the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau to extend up to 90 days its waiver of commission rules on at-home video relay service call handling, said an ex parte letter posted Monday in docket 03-123. It sought an…

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extension of up to 90 days of the rules for equivalent support and equipping home workstations with monitoring technology. The waivers are scheduled to expire on March 31. GlobalVRS said it's "prepared to comply" with the rules by then, but a waiver would allow it to "ensure fully functional equipment deployment" and complete "on-site workstation inspections to confirm compliance." The provider also sought the extension to test a "newly sourced software application that integrates ongoing monitoring and supporting data collection."