Wireless RERC on the Record: NTIA Survey Comments Encourage Accessibility of Survey Dissemination Processes
July 26, 2021 – The Wireless RERC submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding their request for input on the draft Internet Use Survey. A 67-question survey that they anticipate adding to the November 2021 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). A focus of our comments was ensuring that interviewers conducting personal visits are properly equipped to communicate with people who have...Read more
Wireless on the Record: NTIA Survey Comments Urge NTIA to Ensure Equitable Processes in Survey Distribution
Wireless RERC on the Record: RERC's CVAA Comments Encourage Increased Accessibility
July 6, 2021 – The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments in response to the FCC’s Public Notice Update on Commission's Fulfillment Of The Twenty-First Century Communications And Video Accessibility [GN Docket No. 21-140]. We agreed with the American Council of the Blind (ACB) statement that "The Commission should review how people with multiple disabilities are served by accessible communications technology and services. This should be done with a very...Read more
Wireless RERC on the Record: Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS)
May 2021 — The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments to the FCC in response to their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry in The Matter of Amendment of Part II of the Commission’s Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts [PS Docket No. 15-94; 15-91]. In our reply comments, we indicated support for expanding the Presidential alert class to allow activation by FEMA. By expanding the alert class, agencies responsible...Read more
Wireless on the Record: Comments on the NTIA Survey Questionnaire
September 2020 – The Wireless RERC, in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies and Center for Advanced Communications Policy submitted comments to the Department of Commerce on September 17th in response to their Public Notice NTIA Internet Use Survey Questionnaire Development [Docket No. 200813-0218]. This survey is one of the NTIA’s long-standing questionnaires and is distributed...Read more
Wireless RERC on The Record: Accessibility Gains and Gaps Found in the Biennial Analysis of Mobile Phone Accessibility
August 2020 - The Wireless RERC submitted comments to the FCC on August 4th in response to their Public Notice Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment On Tentative Findings for the 2020 Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act Biennial Report [CG Docket No. 10-213]. The FCC's Tentative Findings Report cited the Wireless RERC nearly fifteen times based on our initial comments in April, which discussed the...Read more
Wireless RERC on The Record: Accessibility of New Communications Technologies and Lifeline-Provided Mobile Phones
April 2020 - The Wireless RERC submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to their Public Notice In the Matter of The Accessibility of Communications Technologies for the 2020 Biennial Report Required by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act [CG Docket No. 10-213]. In anticipation of the Public Notice, the Wireless RERC conducted a 2019/20[1]...Read more
Wireless RERC on the Record: Survey Dissemination via a WEA Message
October 2019 - The Wireless RERC submitted a letter to the FCC responding to their notice regarding Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission: Enhanced Geo-Targeted Wireless Emergency Alerts [WT Docket No. 10-254: DA 12-1745]. We supported the FCC’s initiative to collect data on the geo-targeting capabilities of WEA messages using an embedded link to the survey within the message. The proposed data collection method will improve the...Read more
Wireless RERC on the Record – Video Relay Services on Public and Enterprise Video Phones
September 2019 – The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments to the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Improving Video Relay Service and Direct Video Calling [CG Docket No. s 10-51 and 03-123]. The Wireless RERC supported consumer and provider stakeholders’ opposition to requiring a log-in for users of enterprise and public videophones. As asserted by the Consumer Groups, such a requirement runs counter to functional equivalency as defined...Read more
Wireless RERC on the Record: Improving the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework
May 20, 2019 – The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments in response to the FCC’s Public Notice, Improving the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework [PS Docket No. 11-60]. The comments commended the voluntary actions and investments of the wireless industry for strengthening their networks to withstand disaster events. However, we contended that more could be done to ensure that people with disabilities are included in the...Read more
