January 21, 2000 FCC CHAIRMAN KENNARD APPLAUDS INDUSTRY DECISION
TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES The deadline for mounting a legal challenge to our
Section 255 rules which provide access for people with
disabilities to telecommunications in the information age
passed, with no challenges being filed. I am pleased that the
industry is focusing its considerable talents on implementing
the rules rather than on challenging them. I welcome the
industry's willingness to focus on increasing access to people
with disabilities, rather than on litigation, is a testament to
the enormous amount of work industry representatives put into
developing these rules. It proves that collaborative problem
solving yields the best result. -FCC-