Tag Archives: Robocall

The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled new rules — that it will vote on next month — aimed at requiring all gateway providers comply with anti-spoofing and robocall rules or face having all traffic blocked by other networks. The Commission will vote on the proposed rule at its next meeting, …

The number of scam call attempts per month more than doubled from the start of 2021 to the end, according to a report that was released yesterday by T-Mobile. The cellular carrier revealed that there were 2.5 billion scam call attempts in November, compared with 1.1 billion in January. Also, …

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that criminalizes spoofing of phone numbers while also giving the state Attorney General the power to prosecute cases in state court as well as federal court, and requires entities that have Caller ID’s that identify them as “unknown” or “blocked” …

Nearly 3 million additional people added their phone numbers to the national Do Not Call registry during the 2021 fiscal year, which ended September 30, according to data released by the Federal Trade Commission just before Thanksgiving last week, bringing the total number of actively registered numbers on the list …

On the same day that she signed a series of new bills — including one targeting debt collection — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul also signed two other new bills into law that target robocalls and enact measures that will likely see more calls being automatically blocked by phone carriers. …

The joke about the song, “Isn’t it ironic” by Alanis Morrissette is that most of the situations mentioned in the song are coincidences, not irony. Rain on your wedding day is not irony. Getting into a traffic jam when you’re already late is not irony. I could go on, but …

A bipartisan companion bill to one introduced recently in the Senate has been introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to stiffen the penalties for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including jail time for those found to have willfully or knowingly violated the statute, as well as doubling …

A bill has been introduced in the Senate that seeks to stiffen the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including jail time for those who willfully or knowingly violate the statute while also doubling the penalty for those who are found to falsify their caller ID information. …

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comments on a proposal to protect information submitted to its newly created Robocall Mitigation Database. The FCC is requiring voice service providers to submit certifications that detail the providers’ efforts to stem the origination of illegal robocalls on their networks. While the creation of …

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced it has created a Robocall Mitigation Database, which voice service providers will be required to use as a means of certifying their efforts at mitigating robocalls from being connected to consumers’ phones. Starting September 28, phone companies will be forced to refuse traffic from …