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CTIA is the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry, Dedicated to Expanding the Wireless Frontier

CTIA-The Wireless Association® believes that all consumers should have equal access to wireless communications, and the industry is committed to providing disabled consumers with the most advanced technologies, and a better understanding of how disabled consumers might find them especially useful.

 

 

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CTIA Position:
CTIA-The Wireless Association® and the wireless industry have been leaders in driving an ever-growing range of choices and opportunities for all consumers, including persons with disabilities. Today, the wireless industry is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of persons with disabilities because of a federal policy framework which provides the flexibility the wireless industry needs to continuously "push the envelope" of accessibility while responding to market demand for innovative wireless devices and services.

Through AccessWireless.org, CTIA and its member companies continue to collaborate with consumer organizations representing persons with disabilities and directly engage with consumers to assure continued progress in accessible wireless products and solutions. AccessWireless.org is a clearinghouse of information about wireless accessibility with tips, links, FAQs and tutorials about wireless accessibility features, applications and Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) wireless devices.

In a short period, the wireless industry has quickly transformed from the classic voice-only handheld mobile telephone into a diverse array of all-in-one mobile devices for voice, text, Internet, video and applications, or "apps."  Since mid-2008 with the first application store, there are now hundreds of thousands of apps available to all consumers, vastly expanding the market for accessible specialized and mainstream products and solutions.

For these rapidly evolving wireless voice, video and text-based communications products and services, CTIA believes flexible and reasonable accessibility requirements at the federal level will further industry innovation, preserve collaboration between industry and the accessibility community, and ensure that no one will be left behind.

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Last Updated: July 2010