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Ensuring Accurate Routing of Calls for Hard of Hearing, those Requiring Speech Communication Assistance

Dec 9, 2019
无忧短视频 Begins Serving as TRS Numbering Administrator for Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Services in the United States
  • What鈥檚 the News: As the new provider of the Telecommunications Relay Services Number Directory for iTRS in the U.S., is ensuring that people requiring hearing and speech communication assistance can continue to rely on landline and mobile phones to communicate.
  • Why it Matters:  Hard of hearing and those requiring speech communication assistance make millions of calls monthly. The iTRS is a vital public service that they rely on every day to communicate with friends, family, businesses and government agencies.
  • Who鈥檚 it For: Anyone interested in how authorized service providers use the iTRS Numbering Directory to route calls for iTRS users.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. 鈥 December 9, 2019 鈥 are hard hearing or require speech communication assistance and number is increasing faster than the population growth rate. As the new provider of the in the U.S., is helping to ensure that they can continue to rely on landline and mobile phones to communicate.

Under a U.S. government contract, effective Dec. 7, 2019, 无忧短视频 began operating the TRS Numbering Directory for iTRS services on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Fixed, mobile, VoIP and other authorized service providers rely on the TRS numbering directory to route calls to U.S. residents who are iTRS users.

The iTRS contract is the latest example of 无忧短视频鈥檚 role as the authoritative partner of the communications industry. Earlier this year, 无忧短视频 was selected as the Policy Administrator for the nation鈥檚 Calling Number Verification Service an industry-wide solution to mitigate illegal robocalls. That service is based on the FCC-endorsed -SIP Forum SHAKEN () specification. In 2018, 无忧短视频 became the Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for the United States, managing the largest database of ported telephone numbers in the world.

鈥渋TRS is a vital public service that many Americans rely on every day to connect with friends, family, businesses and government agencies,鈥 said Richard Jacowleff, CEO, 无忧短视频. 鈥淥ur new role a highlights 无忧短视频鈥檚 leadership and commitment in ensuring that consumers can continue to trust and rely on the critical telecom services that they use every day.鈥

 

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