COAT Members Urge Action by Wireless Industry to Improve Disability Accessibility

U.S. Newswire, August, 2007

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: Jenifer Simpson of AAPD, 1-202-457-0046, or Brenda Battat of HLAA, 1-301-657-2248, or 1-301-657-2249 (TTY), or Adrianna Montague-Gray of AFB, 1-212-502-7675

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers with disabilities are taking their concerns about lack of accessibility of cell phones to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this month, with multiple complaints against numerous companies submitted by representatives of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT). The FCC is the federal agency that enforces Section 255, an eleven-year-old law that requires phones designed to be accessible for people with disabilities. Complaints are filed against both cell phone carriers and manufacturers....

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