{"id":1087,"date":"2016-08-25T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T11:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2016-08-26T03:45:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T03:45:14","slug":"major-companies-join-hands-for-robocalls-hunt-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/major-companies-join-hands-for-robocalls-hunt-program\/1087\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Companies Join Hands For Robocalls Hunt Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1093\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1093\" class=\"wp-image-1093 size-medium\" title=\"Telemarketers Calls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cable-TV-Alternatives4-e1472183092420-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cable TV Alternatives\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Robocalls Hunt Program<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent announcement, over 30 major communications and technology companies stated that they are collectively joining with the US government to eliminate \u201crobocalls\u201d. The regulators have labeled this prerecorded, automated phone call as a \u201cscourge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \u201cStrike Force\u201d, which consists of members from the Apple Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc., Comcast Corp., AT&amp;T Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc., attended a meeting with the US Federal Communications Commission recently to discuss the matter. AT&amp;T CEO, Randall Stephenson, who is also the chairman of the group, mentioned that they will meet FCC by October 19 with \u201cconcrete plans to accelerate the development and adoption of new tools and solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strike force is planning to block calls from spoofed phone numbers by implementing caller ID verification. Furthermore, a list named as \u201cDo Not Originate\u201d will be issued, which will prevent the scamsters from using legitimate phone numbers. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, had earlier asked major companies to take necessary steps to block robocalls, which were made by either scam artists or telemarketers. Wheeler also stated that robocalls, is a major complaint registered by customers and added that, \u201cthis scourge must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe bad guys are beating the good guys with technology.\u201d Wheeler said in a press release. He has also stated earlier that robocalls continue \u201cin large part to industry inaction.\u201d In the meantime, Stephenson highlighted the extent and complexity of this issue. \u201cThis is going to require more than individual company initiatives and one-off blocking apps. Robocallers are a formidable adversary, notoriously hard to stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1089\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-image-1089 size-medium\" title=\"US Federal Communication\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dish-Network4-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Dish Network\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Major Companies Join Hand<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Network designers, carriers, operating system developers, and device makers, are all members of this strike force. FCC has also asked the companies to filter and block robocalls at zero extra charges. Stephenson added, \u201cWe have to come out of this with a comprehensive play book for all of us to go execute. We have calls that are perfectly legal, but unwanted, like telemarketers and public opinion surveyors. At the other end of the spectrum, we have millions of calls that are blatantly illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The technical experts, who represent each of the companies, have engaged in a \u201cpreliminary conversations about short- and longer-term initiatives,\u201d according to Stephenson. However, AT&amp;T vice president of federal regulatory issues, Joan Marsh, commented that this issue is complicated. \u201cWe have been wrangling with this problem long enough to know there is no silver bullet. Nothing by itself is going to do it,\u201d Marsh said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent announcement, over 30 major communications and technology companies stated that they are collectively joining with the US government to eliminate \u201crobocalls\u201d. The regulators have labeled this prerecorded, automated phone call as a \u201cscourge\u201d. 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