Telecommunications Relay Service ASCII Format Requirement

The record

Publisher

Federal Register

Agency

Federal Communications Commission

Source

Federal Register

Kind

Federal Register: final rule

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Other

Importance

Notable, the middle of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-09-10 (the source gives a date only)

First seen on Kresmion

2026-10-26 18:24 UTC

The original

• PDF (Federal Register)

Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). U.S. government work, public domain.

The publisher's summary

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules to eliminate the requirement that Text Telephone (TTY)-based Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) be capable of communicating in the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. By removing this outdated regulatory mandate, the Commission relieves TRS providers of the obligation to maintain costly and obsolete ASCII-compatible hardware and software systems. Eliminating this requirement will reduce inefficiencies, preserve the integrity of the TRS Fund, and allow providers to redirect resources toward modern relay technologies, all without adversely impacting functional equivalence for consumers who rely on TTY-based TRS.

The publisher's words, as published.

Federal Register document

Document number

2026-18478

Document type

Rule

Status

Published