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VRS Today! campaign suspended 18 Jul 2012 | 04:17 pm
For the last two years, Sorenson Communications has funded the VRS Today! campaign for equal access to telecommunications for British Sign Language (BSL) users. During that time, the campaign has rec...
Meeting in July to kick off negotiations on a new VRS system for the UK 21 Jun 2012 | 12:21 am
Following pressure from the Deaf community, the Government have today announced the date of the inaugural meeting of a new group which will discuss how to implement a system of Video Relay Service (VR...
Open letter to industry: Deaf community accuses telcos of inadequate response 13 Jun 2012 | 12:30 am
Following the publication of an open letter to the telecommunications industry in the Times, Deaf community signatories have received a response from representatives of the industry. The letter, signe...
Open Letter to the CEOs of the telecoms companies 11 May 2012 | 07:52 pm
The following letter was sent to the Chief Executives of the telecoms companies on Friday 11th May 2012, and published in the Times newspaper (Page 36). Open Letter to the Chief Executives of BT, O2,...
VRS Today! campaign boosted by support from Unite 6 Mar 2012 | 07:33 am
The campaign for Video Relay Service (VRS) was given another boost this weekend, when Unite, Britain’s biggest union, gave its support to the campaign. The motion, which was unanimously supported by ...
Vaizey blasts telcos for refusing to engage on technology for Deaf people 19 Jan 2012 | 06:26 am
Communications Minister Ed Vaizey yesterday blasted telecoms companies such as Virgin Media, Vodafone and BT for refusing to engage with him and the Deaf community to discuss Video Relay Service (VRS)...
Minister to telecoms providers: Take action on VRS or Government will intervene 10 Nov 2011 | 07:19 am
The campaign for Video Relay Service (VRS) for the Deaf community made a major breakthrough today, when Communications Minister Ed Vaizey called on telecommunications providers to come up with a solut...
Deaf Community in Downing Street to Demand Access to Telecommunications 14 Oct 2011 | 04:23 am
Campaigners and representatives of the Deaf community have taken their demands to the heart of Government, delivering a petition calling for equal access to telecommunications for British Sign Languag...
OFCOM FAILS TO RECOGNISE NEEDS OF BSL USERS 28 Jul 2011 | 11:32 pm
OFCOM FAILS TO RECOGNISE NEEDS OF BSL USERS Ofcom consultation proposes introduction of ‘restricted’ Video Relay Services (VRS) Service would only be availble 9-5 and with use restricted to just 30...
Minister shows support for VRS 6 Jul 2011 | 01:54 am
Telecommunications Minister Ed Vaizey has expressed his support for the introduction of VRS for BSL users users. He was speaking on Monday 27th June at a joint meeting of the All Party Parliamentary ...
