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Access to Video Conferencing
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024. It took effect on January 13, 2025.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) takes steps to ensure the accessibility of interoperable video conferencing services (IVCS). The Commission provides additional clarity on how the Commission's accessibility performance objectives apply to interoperable video conferencing services (IVCS), modifies those performance objectives to ensure access to IVCS, and addresses how the Interstate telecommunications relay services (TRS) Fund will support the provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) and other forms of TRS in video conferences.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-27479
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- December 13, 2024
- Takes effect
- January 13, 2025
- Dates
- Effective date: Effective January 13, 2025, except for instruction 6 (the amendments to Sec. 64.606(g)(6)), which is delayed. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for the amendments to Sec. 64.606(g)(6).
- Docket
- CG Docket Nos. 23-161, 10-213, and 03-123; FCC 24-95; FR ID 261149
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 14; 47 CFR 64
- Topics
- Communications; Individuals with disabilities; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Telecommunications; Telephone
- Pages
- 21
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