Getty Images | d3sign reader comments 58 with The Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to stop robocalls have failed to make a big dent in the problem, according to testimony at a Senate subcommittee hearing today. The FCC “has been trying to address the problems, but, to date, its methods have not succeeded in achieving a ..
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reader comments 38 with In one of its many attempts to curb robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission said it is making it harder for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to US telephone numbers. Robocallers make heavy use of VoIP providers to bombard US residents with junk calls, often from spoofed ..
Getty Images | Thamrongpat Theerathammakorn reader comments 64 with A suspicious phone company is on the verge of having all its calls blocked by US-based telcos after being accused of ignoring orders to investigate and block robocalls. One Owl Telecom is a US-based gateway provider that routes phone calls from outside the US to consumer ..
reader comments 89 with Nearly every US state yesterday sued a telecom company accused of routing billions of illegal robocalls to millions of US residents on the Do Not Call Registry. Avid Telecom, an Arizona-based company formed in 2000, “chose profit over running a business that conforms to state and federal law,” according to a ..
Getty Images | Juj Winn reader comments 55 with 41 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission is hoping to solve one of the thorniest problems in the fight against robocalls: how to verify caller ID on older landlines that don’t use Internet Protocol (IP) technology. The FCC already requires phone companies to ..
Getty Images | Diy13 reader comments 87 with 45 posters participating Share this story Attorneys general from all 50 states have created an Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force “to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States,” they announced yesterday. In the task ..
Getty Images | grinvalds reader comments 22 with 21 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission today said it closed a robocall loophole by requiring small phone companies to implement the caller ID authentication technology known as STIR and SHAKEN. Large voice providers were required to implement STIR/SHAKEN a year ago. But there ..
Getty Images | Juj Winn reader comments 60 with 45 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission hopes to reduce the number of illegal robocalls from overseas with an expansion of rules that require phone companies to implement Caller ID authentication technology and block illegal calls. “Eliminating illegal robocalls that originate abroad is ..
Getty Images | RobertAx reader comments 118 with 86 posters participating Share this story In a new milestone for the US government’s anti-robocall efforts, phone companies are now prohibited from accepting calls from providers that did not comply with a Federal Communications Commission deadline that passed this week. “Beginning today, if a voice service provider’s certification and ..
Enlarge / Police officers surround Jacob Wohl as he taunts protesters during a “Trump/Pence Out Now” rally at Black Lives Matter plaza August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Getty Images | Michael Santiago reader comments 198 with 122 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission yesterday proposed a $5.1 million fine against two ..