The FCC this week adopted rules to reduce robocalls by “strengthening and modernizing” the way in which VoIP providers obtain direct access telephone numbers. The FCC says that the steps also will protect national security and law enforcement, reduce stress…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) strengthened its actions yesterday against One Owl Telecom, saying that the gateway provider hasn’t complied with the agency’s robocaller blocking rules. According to the FCC, One Owl operated as a gateway provider for international robocalls…
Reversing a recent down trend, robocalls increased by 5% in August to 5.4 billion, according to Robokiller Insights. The worst offenders, the report said, were robocalls related to financial services, debt collection, medical scams, and loans. It’s not just the…
Robokiller’s mid-year phone scam report, released this week, reveals that Americans saw robotexts grow, but there also was a decline in robocalls during the first half of the year. The company makes software designed to block out spam robocalls and…
The Federal Communications Commission, along with the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission have unveiled Operation Stop Scam Calls. Also participating in the effort will be the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector…
Washington, DC – June 30, 2023 – The FCC Robocall Response Team announced that, by the end of the day today, all IP-based voice service provider networks are required to implement spoofed robocall defense standards known as STIR/SHAKEN. Today’s announcement…
Washington, DC – June 8, 2023 – The Federal Communications Commission today proposednew rules to strengthen consumers’ ability to revoke consent to receive both robocalls androbotexts. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted today also seeks to clarify for callerstheir obligations…
The FCC has fined John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC $5,134,500 for making what the agency said were 1,141 unlawful robocalls. The FCC rejected the arguments asserted by the parties in their response to…
Washington, DC – May 18, 2023 – The Federal Communications Commission today adoptednew rules to further expand call blocking requirements to ensure even greater robocallprotections for consumers. The new rules extend several call blocking requirements to includevoice service providers that…
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau’s first RoboBlocking order will compel voice service providers to block and cease accepting traffic from international gateway provider One Eye within 30 days. International gateway providers are the “on ramp” for traffic from outside the United…
Robotexts grew 8% between March and April, according to a new report from Robokiller. Robocalls declined 13%, however. The April drop in robocalls was the third time that occurred in the last three years. However, the historical April slowdown is…
Robocalls in April dropped 9% from March to just over 4.5 billion, according to a new report from YouMail, provider of call blocking technology. The April level was similar to what was experienced between August and February, when robocalls were…
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