WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a rule called: Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on March 24 by Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

Summary: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies its existing call blocking rules. Specifically, the Commission requires all domestic voice service providers to block based on a reasonable do-not-originate (DNO) list. Second, it requires voice service providers to return Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) code 603+ when calls are blocked based on reasonable analytics.

For more information, contact Jerusha Burnett, Consumer Policy Division, Consume...