Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have released the details of a new bill intended to combat robocalls. The bill, a product of bipartisan compromise, is being called the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, and Democrats and Republicans hope the measure could limit the intrusive and often illegal automated calls. According to YouMail, a call-blocking software [...]
The Federal Communications Commission is considering "regulatory intervention" if major phone companies fail to adopt a new anti-robocall technology system this year, according to Ars Technica. Ajit Pai Increases Pressure On Telecom Providers For over a year, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been pressuring the major telecom providers to implement a new call authentication protocol, [...]
A team of 40 state attorneys general has banded together to fight against "bothersome" and illegal robocalls, joining forces in a coalition that will work hand-in-hand with industry to identify new technological solutions to the epidemic of fraudulent phone messages. 40 State Attorneys General Join Forces To Fight Robocalls "Robocalls are not only disruptive and [...]
Two Congressmen are taking a stand on illegal robocalls, introducing a new Senate bill to tackle the epidemic of robocalls that has infuriated consumers across the country. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED) would increase criminal and civil penalties for malicious actors who repeatedly place illegal robocalls, and also grant the [...]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is calling on major telecommunications providers to implement new technologies that promise to block many unwanted and potentially illegal robocalls. On Monday, November 5, 2018, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai sent a sharply-worded letter to the heads of large voice call providers, including AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Google, Sprint, Verizon and [...]
You've given up on trusting your phone. Every time you answer, even when the area code is local, it's just another robocall. Someone trying to steal your personal information, or claiming to be from the IRS, or promising to erase your credit card debt. You know it's probably a scam, but it's still infuriating. Your [...]
Major telecom providers are quickly preparing for the $100 million rollout of a new national call authentication system that could stem the flood of unwanted, irritating robocalls. STIR/SHAKEN: The New System To Stop Caller ID Spoofing Still receiving annoying calls from "cardholder services"? Hounded by recorded voice messages that want to give you the lowest [...]
Anyone with a phone knows that robocalls have become an epidemic. Around 3.4 billion of these unwanted (and occasionally fraudulent) phone calls are placed every month in the United States, leaving consumers across the country feeling harassed and fed up. Putting your number on the National Do Not Call Registry is a good idea, but [...]
Which wireless giant does the best job of blocking robocalls? A new study from industry analysis firm Mind Commerce gives us the answer. Verizon came out on top, blocking unwanted robocalls nearly 94% of the time. The two other companies studied, T-Mobile and AT&T, were close behind. T-Mobile made the right decision 90.1% of the time, [...]
In April 2017, Americans received around 3.4 billion annoying - and often illegal - robocalls, according to YouMail, one of the many companies currently helping people block telemarketer harassment through cell phone apps and home phone answering machine add-ons. YouMail's number - 3.36 billion robocalls in a single month - is a new record, but [...]