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FCC Seeks Comments on HAC Regulation Reports

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments on a recent report and a petition regarding the agency’s regulations on hearing aid compatibility (HAC) for wireless handsets. The FCC iss... Read More...

FCC Proposes Update to Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed updates to its rules applicable to hearing aid compatible (HAC) handsets. Under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued at the end of January, th... Read More...

U.S. FCC Updates HAC Requirements

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has modified its reporting and consumer communications requirements regarding hearing aid-compatible (HAC) wireless handsets. In a Report and Order issued in ... Read More...

FCC Toughens HAC Requirements

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to increase consumer access to wireless phones and devices that are compatible with hearing aids. In a Report and Order issued in early August... Read More...

Associations Urge FCC to Update Handset Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules

A group of industry associations and consumer groups has filed an ex parte letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of the wireless handset manufacturers, carriers and people ... Read More...

Industry and Accessbility Advocates Reach Consensus on Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireless Handsets

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), CTIA – The Wireless Association®, Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard ... Read More...

FCC Expands HAC Requirements for All Wireless Phones

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has expanded the scope of its hearing aid compatibility (HAC) requirements to include new and future wireless communications services and advanced handset device... Read More...

Commission Declines to Issue Forfeiture Penalties

In a highly unusual move, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has determined that no forfeiture penalties are due from ten wireless service providers that the Commission had previously determined t... Read More...

FCC issues enforcement advisory regarding HAC compliance

In the wake of its stepped-up enforcement efforts, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is advising wireless telephone service providers to review their compliance with the Commission’s rules regarding h... Read More...

Companies incur fines for failing to comply with HAC requirements

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed forfeiture penalties against three Tier III wireless carriers in Texas and Oklahoma for failing to offer their customers the required number or percentage of hearing aid compatible (HAC) handsets.

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