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October 5, 2021 01:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/14b_O2iNbgM/fcc-plans-to-rein-in-gateway-carriers-that-bring-foreign-robocalls-to-us
FCC Plans To Rein In 'Gateway' Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls To US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission hopes to reduce the number of illegal robocalls from overseas with an expansion of rules that require phone companies to implement Caller ID authentication technology and block illegal calls. [T]he FCC is proposing new requirements on domestic gateway providers that accept calls from outside the US. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted (PDF) Thursday and released on Friday proposes requiring those gateway phone companies to implement STIR (Secure Telephone Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs) protocols, which verify the accuracy of Caller ID by using digital certificates based on public-key cryptography. "This proposal would subject foreign-originated calls, once they enter the United States, to requirements similar to those of domestic-originated calls, by placing additional obligations on gateway providers in light of the large number of illegal robocalls that originate abroad and the risk such calls present to Americans," the NPRM said. Gateway providers would be required to "apply STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication to, and perform robocall mitigation on, all foreign-originated calls with US numbers," the FCC said (PDF). STIR/SHAKEN is already widely deployed in the US on IP networks due to separate requirements that apply to large phone providers. Another newly implemented rule prohibits phone companies from accepting calls from providers that haven't met requirements to deploy STIR/SHAKEN or other robocall-mitigation methods. But the STIR/SHAKEN requirements don't apply to all carriers yet. "We don't want international calling to become a loophole for our policies," FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said on Thursday at a commission meeting. "So today we are proposing that gateway providers in the United States -- the companies that bring in calls from overseas -- take action to stop this stuff from coming in from abroad. That means they need to use STIR/SHAKEN technology, register in our Robocall Mitigation Database, and comply with traceback requests to figure out where these junk calls are originating from overseas." The FCC said those traceback requests "are used to help block illegal robocalls and inform FCC enforcement investigations." The NPRM also proposes a new call-blocking requirement. When the FCC notifies a gateway provider about an ongoing robocall campaign, the provider would have to conduct "a prompt investigation to determine whether the traffic identified in the Enforcement Bureau's notice is illegal" and "promptly block all traffic associated with the traffic pattern identified in that notice." The NPRM seeks public comment on these proposed rules. Deadlines for initial comments will be 30 days after the NPRM is published in the Federal Register and 60 days after publication for reply comments. The docket is located here.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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