FCC Effectively Bars Eight Voice Providers from U.S. Networks over Unanswered Robocall Traceback Requests
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on November 13 that it has effectively prohibited eight voice service providers from connecting to U.S. telephone networks because the providers repeatedly failed to reply to traceback requests for illegal robocalls.
Under FCC rules, voice service providers must respond to traceback requests within 24 hours. Traceback is the enforcement process used to determine the origins of illegal robocall traffic. The eight providers failed to respond on multiple occasions, prompting the FCC to cut them off.
The FCC directed that all providers operating on U.S. networks must stop accepting traffic from the eight blocked companies within two days of November 13.
Robocalls and spoofed calls are among the most complained-about consumer communications problems in the United States. State attorneys general also wrote to the FCC this month asking it to tighten entry standards for the robocall mitigation database that decides which phone companies may route calls across U.S. networks. (Source: Federal Communications Commission)
Source: Federal Communications Commission
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