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FCC Proposes Rule Change After T-Mobile Accessibility Petition
August 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a change to its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules, a move prompted by a petition from T-Mobile Accessibility, Overland Park, Kansas.

FCC seeks to remove the requirement that traditional Text Telephone (TTY)-based services support the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format, which is considered an outdated and infrequently used standard.

The proposal is . . .

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