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
2020 will be the year when the industry begins to stem the tide of robocalls (Reader Forum)
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
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Regulators make first cross-border STIR-SHAKEN call to ‘digitally fingerprint’ robocalls
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
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
Only about 40% of mobile phone users want their carriers to automatically block all calls from numbers not in their contacts list — but that
Lessons learned from testing STIR/SHAKEN
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
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
FCC clarifies robocalls blocking rules: Carriers can use “any reasonable analytics” to block by default
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
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
FTC shuts down four robocallers
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
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
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
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
First Orion projects that at current rate, nearly 45% of mobile calls will be scams by next year The rate of scam calls to U.S. mobile
Study tested carrier services for identifying and blocking spam calls A study by analyst firm Mind Commerce found that services offered by wireless network operators are