InnoCaption Lobbies FCC Aides on IP Captioned Telephone Service Rates

InnoCaption urged the FCC to develop a rate methodology for IP captioned telephone services that "supports the viability" of communications assistants, automatic speech recognition, and the combined use of both options, per an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 03-123 (see 2310260053). The IP CTS provider backed the commission's proposed three-year rate cycle in separate calls with aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Nathan Simington, but it noted four or five years "would be ideal" to "provide long term rate stability" and "incentivize strategic investments."