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FCC ready to ‘take action’ against carriers if spam robocalls aren’t stopped
August 12, 2025
In a press release dated yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission detailed the strongly-worded letter chairmanAjit Paisent to the major players in the United States telecom industry. The letter revolves around the plague of spam robocalls we consumers have to deal with on a daily basis.
According to the press release, the letter contains demands for the major telecom companies — includingVerizon,T-Mobile,AT&T, and evenGoogle— to come up with an industry-wide solution for our deluge of robocalls.
Here is a snippet from the letter:
According to the press release, the letter does not detail what Pai could mean by “take action.” However, the letter does elucidate what the FCC expects carriers to do, which is to universally adoptthe SHAKEN/STIR framework.
SHAKEN/STIR is essentially a token handoff between a caller, the carrier, and the recipient of the call which allows the carrier to validate the phone call is from the person it says it is. One of the real problems with robocalls is the spammers’ ability to spoof the consumer into thinking the call is coming from a local number. This makes the recipient of the call feel more comfortable answering.
According toNBC News, United States citizens received over 30 billion spam calls in 2017, which is an average of 2.5 billion spam calls every month. Clearly, that’s a problem, and it’s nice to know the FCC is at least going to attempt to do something about it.
You can readthe entire FCC press release here.
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