Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 21-238
Released:  February 26, 2021

INTERNET PROTOCOL CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE:
COMMENT DATES FOR RECONSIDERATION PETITIONS

CG Docket Nos. 13-24, 03-123, and 10-51


Opposition Due Date:  March 9, 2021
Reply Due Date:  March 19, 2021

On October 2, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released the IP CTS Compensation Order, in which the Commission set compensation rates for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) of $1.42 per minute, effective December 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, and $1.30 per minute, effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program, CG Docket Nos. 13-24, 03-123, 10-51, Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 35 FCC Rcd 10866 (2020) (IP CTS Compensation Order).
  T-Mobile USA, Inc. on behalf Sprint Communications Company L.P., and IDT Telecom, Inc. filed petitions for reconsideration. Comment Sought on Petitions for Reconsideration of the Report and Order on TRS Fund Compensation for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service, CG Docket Nos. 13-24, 03-123, and 10-51, Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 13032 (CGB 2020).
  Oppositions to the petitions are due 15 days after publication in the Federal Register, and replies are due 10 days after the date when comments are due. Id.; see also 47 CFR § 1.429(f), (g).

On February 22, 2021, a summary of the petitions was published in the Federal Register. FCC, Comment Sought: IP CTS Rates Reconsideration Petitions, 86 Fed. Reg. 10458 (Feb. 22, 2021).
  Accordingly, oppositions to the petitions must be filed by March 9, 2021, and replies must be filed by March 19, 2021. 
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