The FCC Grants Conditional Certification of VRS to Convo Communications LLC
16 11 2011Good People,
The FCC has released a public notice announcing that the FCC has conditionally certified Convo for provision of VRS. This is a GREAT news as Convo is a deaf-owned video relay service provider that is certified to provide VRS.
I can tell you that this is because of tireless and hard teamwork from Convo employees and owners that made it possible. There were lot of challenges as the FCC released number of Orders, Clarifications, and Rulings on what VRS providers should do. Convo was able to follow the FCC rules to the letter because many people were involved and they kept track of items that need to be followed. From legal, regulatory, technical, funding, and frequent visits to DC contributed to achieving the goal of being certified; truth be told, though, that it is following the FCC to the letter and not overlooking any commas, and periods that made it possible for Convo to get to where it is. Check out the link:
Quotable quote:
"..the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) hereby grants Convo’s application on a conditional basis, pending inspection of Convo’s facilities and confirmation of Convo’s compliance with all applicable rules and orders."
The FCC conditions are onsite visit by the FCC, and ensuring transition to fully certified VRS provider is done according to the VRS regulations.
eyes wide open & thumbs way up,
Ed Bosson
Long Link:
Convo Certification: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1115/DA-11-1901A1.pdf
PS: This is an acknowledgement that I have ownership of Convo so take this post for what it is.
Hey this is excellent!! Congratulations to you and the team for making it happen! Well done!!
Jeff
Congrats on being one of several to receive conditional certify.
But Convo is not first deaf own Vrs. It's a great thing that Comvo gets conditional certify but no need to exaggerate.
Hawk and others deaf owned got certified too.
Advocate,
Hawk yes, but not on the VRS list now (at least I don't think so). Others? Can you enlighten me?
You're right about not being the first ever, but at least first under much more stringent new VRS regulation. I'll correct it.
Ed
Ed Bosson:
I just joined your Convo Communication as a subscriber immediately. Wish you a best luck!
JB
Congratulation Ed, I'm delighted to see Convo obtain their certification from the FCC. Best of luck!
Good job, and congradulations
Mazel tov! You are making us deaf people proud!
Ed,
Advocate was right, Hawk and also Viable is first deaf VRS co. However, Hawk is still on the FCC List, you can see it at:
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/trs-providers
Hope it helps
If they are approving people to have their own companies, why are these citations coming out now concerning the past? I am completely confused, and I hope you can explain it below, or in a separate posting, up to you. Thank you so much!
By citations, I assume you meant those who violated laws. Remember the FCC, DOJ, and FBI have been collecting, researching, and building cases over a long period of time and then they got to a point where they have sufficient evidence to give out citations. The FCC is going through due process of certifying companies that did submit a document that met the VRS regulations. Right now only very few managed to rise to the level of certification.
As you can see the above two issues are not tied to each other at all.
eyes open & thumbs up..