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FCC Will Start Kicking Voice Providers Out of its Robocall Database

posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 05 2022, @01:54PM   Printer-friendly

upstart writes:

FCC will start kicking voice providers out of its robocall database:

Telecoms slow to adopt anti-robocall measures could soon face stiff punishment in the US. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now plans to remove seven voice service providers from its Robocall Mitigation Database for failing to comply with required anti-spam efforts, such as implementing STIR/SHAKEN call authentication to prevent spoofing. The companies have 14 days to "show cause" why they shouldn't be removed. If they don't, all their customers will be blocked from making calls. Effectively, their voice businesses are finished.

The companies include Akabis, Cloud4, Global UC, Horizon Technology, Morse Communications, Sharon Telephone and SW Arkansas. In all cases, the companies failed to share their anti-robocall plans even after the FCC warned them about violations. The FCC noted that STIR/SHAKEN is necessary for any provider with an IP-based network, and those without IP still have to show that they're mitigating illegal robocalls.

The FCC required that all carriers use STIR/SHAKEN by the end of June 2021.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 05 2022, @02:10PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 05 2022, @02:10PM (#1275045)
    It's about time the FCC starts enforcing the rules around spam calling and texting. The number of junk calls I get in a day is ridiculous.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by inertnet on Wednesday October 05 2022, @08:19PM (4 children)

      by inertnet (4071) on Wednesday October 05 2022, @08:19PM (#1275083) Journal

      Just as ridiculous is that we're now getting robocalls from American numbers to Dutch phones. I'd really like to know how to stop this disease from spreading beyond your borders.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by HammeredGlass on Wednesday October 05 2022, @09:37PM (3 children)

        by HammeredGlass (12241) on Wednesday October 05 2022, @09:37PM (#1275102)

        You really think the numbers represent where those calls are actually originating from??? huh

        I've gotten calls which show MY OWN PHONE NUMBER as the caller ID

        • (Score: 2) by inertnet on Wednesday October 05 2022, @10:11PM (1 child)

          by inertnet (4071) on Wednesday October 05 2022, @10:11PM (#1275112) Journal

          They were known robocall numbers. Besides, we don't have robocalls here so they certainly weren't local.

          • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by HammeredGlass on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:33AM

            by HammeredGlass (12241) on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:33AM (#1275148)

            And robocalls can't be spoofed??

            Why are you persisting with this naivety?

        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @05:54PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @05:54PM (#1275286)

          Call . . . is coming . . . from . . . INSIDE THE PHONE! GET OUT OF THERE!

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Sjolfr on Wednesday October 05 2022, @09:39PM

    by Sjolfr (17977) on Wednesday October 05 2022, @09:39PM (#1275103)

    This is another area where individual privacy should be the default. If I want advertisements then I can opt-in.

    I will say it again: privacy should be the default.

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