Accessibility

Overview

TIA is a long-standing supporter of Congress's goal of increased access to and ease of use of information and communications technology (ICT) products and services by persons with disabilities. TIA and its member companies are committed to ensuring that communications equipment and customer premises equipment (CPE) are designed, developed and fabricated to be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if readily achievable, as directed by Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. TIA, as an ANSI-Accredited Standards Development Organization, also develops standards used to increase accessibility. As a result of the highly competitive nature of communications equipment and CPE markets, TIA's members today manufacture an increasingly broad array of sophisticated communications devices with enhanced capabilities, which have in turn made the devices more accessible to all individuals.

Recent Activity

• • TIA files Reply Comments with FCC to the October 7-adopted and released Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the implementation the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (March 14,2012)
  • TIA files Comments with United States Access Board on Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines and Electronic and InformationTechnology Accessibility Standards (March 7,2012)
  • TIA files Comments with FCC on the October 7-adopted and released Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the implementation the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (February 13, 2012)
  • TIA files Reply Comments with FCC on the proposed adoption of ANSI C63.19:2010 hearing aid compatibility standard (HAC) for wireless devices (January 30, 2012)
  • TIA files Comments with FCC on the FCC’s proposed adoption of ANSI C63.19:2010 hearing aid compatibility standard (HAC) for wireless devices (January 13, 2012)
  • TIA files Comments on Short- and Long-Term Solutions for the Implementation of an Effective Next Generation 9-1-1 System (December 12, 2011)
  • TIA files Comments on the Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming pursuant to the Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (October 18, 2011)
  • TIA Comments Filed With FCC on Implementation of Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Act (April 25, 2011)
  • TIA Comments Filed With the FCC on Spurring NG911 Through Market-Based Innovation (February 28, 2011)
  • TIA Comments Filed With FCC on Hearing Aid Compatibility (February 14, 2011)