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5 Facts about the $300mn Sumco Panama Robocall Fine the FCC Does Not Want You to Know

When it comes to illegal robocalls, US agencies like the FCC waste time playing games over funny money.

Are Big US Robocall Analytics Firms Wrongly Labeling Legitimate Calls as Spam?

A VoIP provider that mostly serves restaurants and car dealerships says clients are 'distraught' about faulty labels on outbound calls.

5 Billion Robocalls in March: Can We Finally Admit the US Strategy Is Failing?

These are the worst figures for YouMail's Robocall Index since November 2019.

FCC Broadband Map Shenanigans Shows How Crony Capitalism Really Works

Some US businesses are so complacent when lying about broadband coverage that they accidentally admit the lies to each other.

Lawmakers Plan to Reveal Chinese Influence on US Telecoms

The FACT Act would make the public aware of any US comms provider that has a hostile government as a stakeholder.

Disconnecting Twilio Would Have Been a Disaster; How Do We Stop Illegal Robocalls Pushing Us to the Brink?

Everybody would be better protected if callers are routinely associated with Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).

FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls

Warning a USD10bn comms provider that they could be cut off in 48 hours represents a significant escalation by the US regulator.

Twitter Blocked Big Telcos in India, Russia and Indonesia in Vain Bid to Reduce Bots

Customers of some of the world's biggest telcos were unable to access their Twitter accounts.

More Enormous Fines Proposed for Robocallers Who Never Paid Their Previous Fines

Why propose a 'record' USD300mn penalty when nobody collected a USD2.7mn penalty already handed out for the same crime?

Digicel Wins $10mn Damages from UPM in Simbox Fraud Trial

The jury decided that the US telco had committed conventional simbox fraud and abused a roaming tariff only offered to Haitians.

FCC ‘Cuts Off’ Telco for Ignoring Robocall Rules… But What about Other Telcos Run by the Same People?

It took the FCC a year to bar Global UC Inc but nothing stops their sister companies from taking their place.

US Bans All New Huawei and ZTE Network Equipment

For the first time in its history, the FCC is preemptively banning new tech because its suppliers are considered a threat to national security.

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