by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
RECENT NEWS
FCC Issues Report and Order Aimed at Unlawful Texting
Rule and Order Summary
Specifically, the Order requires that mobile wireless providers (i)
compile a Do Not Originate ("DNO") list that includes "invalid,
unallocated, or unused phone numbers," as well as numbers "for which
the subscriber to the number has requested that texts purporting to be
from that number be blocked" and (ii) block all calls on that DNO list
at the network level. The FCC determined that no reasonable consumer
would want to receive text messages that spoof a number that is not in operation, or worse that purports to be from a well-known or trusted organization. However, the requirement to block numbers on a
reasonable DNO list does not apply to texts messages from valid short
codes. Blocking texts on a DNO list is similar to the existing
requirements for blocking of unwanted voice calls by gateway
providers, and is consistent with many of the voluntary measures many
providers already have in place.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1310464?q=1803232&n=778&tp=2&tlk=10&lk=31
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