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08/25/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/25/2026 12:09

FCC Adopts Order Deleting Outdated ASCII Rule

  • Full Title:
    Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; Delete, Delete, Delete
  • Document Type:
    Report and Order
  • Bureau(s):
    Consumer and Governmental Affairs
  • Description
    The FCC adopts a proposal to delete a provision in its rules that requires telecommunications relay services providers to support the now obsolete ASCII transmission format
  • DA/FCC #:
    FCC-26-56
  • Docket No:
    03-123
    25-133

Files

Primary Attachment
Report and Order: docx pdf txt
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