robocalls

Proposed fine of $225 million for men accused of placing at least a billion robocalls In its ongoing battle against unwanted and scam robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed …

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The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission gave three gateway companies 48 hours to cut off robocalls peddling COVID-19-related scams, or else the FCC will authorize U.S. telecom companies …

Robocalls are the number one complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), comprising roughly 60% of all complaints to the organization.  In the past three years alone, the number of …

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Mandate comes as part of implementing the TRACED Act Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed mandatory implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework to fight unwanted robocalls, in …

More than 300 million unwanted robocalls are sent to Americans each day Despite ongoing efforts by industry and regulators to stem the flood of unwanted robocalls, a Transaction Network Services …

  Over the past several months, we’ve seen the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, a bill to deter criminal robocall violations and make it easier for authorities to assign financial penalties, signed …

Continuing the fight against unwanted robocalls, carriers T-Mobile US and Sprint say they have implemented STIR/SHAKEN number verification across their networks. The two companies called the effort “an important step …

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $12.9 million fine for a robocall operator whose spoofed calls allegedly included conspiracy theories, attempts to influence a jury and racist and anti-Semitic …

While 2019 was the year the telecom industry and regulators increased their actions to address illegal robocalls with default call blocking and the launch of STIR/SHAKEN, 2020 will be the …

As a bipartisan bill to combat robocalls head to President Donald Trump’s desk, the Federal Communications Commission and the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission continue to pursue broader deployment of …

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, and across party lines, in favor of a bill that attempts to crack down on unwanted and fraudulent robocalls. The Pallone-Thune TRACED Act …

Only about 40% of mobile phone users want their carriers to automatically block all calls from numbers not in their contacts list — but that number nearly doubles for calls …

One of the first steps to combat unwanted spam robocalls is to authenticate the call and alert customers that an incoming call is — or isn’t — actually coming from …

As carriers move to implement a new framework to provide more information to end users on incoming calls, they are learning more about both how to deploy the STIR/SHAKEN framework …

At an FCC summit on robocalls, major service providers discussed their progress on testing and implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR specifications aimed at combatting robocalls and illegal call spoofing. The STIR/SHAKEN …

Nothing brings people together like a common enemy, and spammy, scammy robocalls are universally despised. “If there is one thing in our country right now that unites Republicans and Democrats, …

Robocalling, spamming, scamming, and spoofing are scenarios that play out for consumers multiple times a week – if not every day. The FTC received 3.7 million complaints for FY 2018, surprisingly down …

The Federal Trade Commission has won court settlements that will shut down four robocalling operations that were responsible for billions of illegal robocalls, the agency said. Under court orders issued …

The Federal Communications Commission this week gave carriers its blessing to continue their efforts to block unwanted text messages, but opponents of the action expressed concerns that the move will …

  For anyone who owns a smartphone, it will come as little surprise that robocalling activity is up 15% year to date. The jump follows an increase in robocall complaints …

Call spoofing earned one company an $82 million fine Earlier this month the U.S. Federal Communications Commission levied a massive fine against a company for making more than 20 million …

FCC fines one telemarketer for spoofing calls and proposes fines for another The Federal Communications Commission has fined one telemarketer more than $82 million — one of its largest-ever fines …