Federal Communications Commission DA 11-595  
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Implementation of Sections 716 and 717 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the 
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2010
Amendments to the Commission's Rules 
Implementing Sections 255 and 251(a)(2) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Accessible Mobile Phone Options for People who 
are Blind, Deaf-Blind, or Have Low Vision
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CG Docket No. 10-213
WT Docket No. 96-198
CG Docket No. 10-145
ORDER
Adopted:  April 4, 2011 Released:  April 4, 2011
By the Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. This Order extends the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments concerning the 
Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to adopt rules that implement provisions in 
Section 104 of the “Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010” 
(hereinafter referred to as the “CVAA”).1 Comments are now due on April 25, 2011, and reply 
comments are due on May 23, 2011.
2. On April 1, 2011, the American Foundation for the Blind, Consumer Electronics 
Association, Information Technology Industry Council, and Telecommunications Industry Association 
filed a request with Joel Gurin, Chief of the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, and Ruth 
Milkman, Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, for a thirty day extension of the time period 
to file comments in this rulemaking.  The parties stated that the extension was needed to ensure that 
“stakeholders have adequate time to fully and carefully analyze the Commission’s proposed rules” and 
develop comprehensive recommendations. 2 Comments and reply comments were due on April 13, and 
May 13, 2011, respectively.3
  
1 See Implementation of Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the Twenty-First 
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, CG Docket No. 10-213, Amendments to the 
Commission's Rules Implementing Sections 255 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, WT Docket No. 96-198, Accessible Mobile Phone Options for People who are 
Blind, Deaf-Blind, or Have Low Vision, CG Docket No. 10-145, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-37 (Mar. 3, 
2011), as published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 13800 (March 14, 2011).
2 Letter from Paul W. Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind, Julie Kearney, Consumer Electronics 
Association, John Neuffer, Information Technology Industry Council, and Danielle Coffey, Telecommunications 
Industry Association, to Joel Gurin, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, and Ruth Milkman, Wireless 
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3. Congress mandated that the Commission promulgate regulations as necessary to 
implement Section 104 of the CVAA within one year of the legislation’s date of enactment – October 8, 
2011.4 Given this deadline, a thirty day extension is not feasible.  In light of the number and complexity 
of the issues in this proceeding, however, we will grant ten-day extensions of the comment and reply 
comment deadlines.  
4. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are not routinely granted.5 In 
the instant case, however, we find that providing a limited extension will serve the public interest by 
allowing parties to discuss the complex issues at stake and develop consensus approaches where possible.  
Accordingly, we are extending the deadline for all comments and reply comments to April 25, and May 
23, 2011, respectively.
5. IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and section 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.46, the joint 
request of the American Foundation for the Blind, Consumer Electronics Association, Information 
Technology Industry Council, and Telecommunications Industry Association, filed on April 1, 2011, is 
GRANTED TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN, and the deadline for filing comments in response 
to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is EXTENDED to April 25, 2011, and the deadline for filing reply 
comments to May 23, 2011.
6. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Jane Jackson
Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
  
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Telecommunications Bureau, CG Docket No. 10-213, WT Docket No. 96-198, CG Docket No. 10-145 (filed April 
1, 2011). 
3 See supra note 1.
4 See 47 U.S.C. § 617(e)(1).
5 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).