Bureau Releases Best Practices For Caller ID Authentication

摘要

The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau on Dec. 22 issued best practices for caller ID authentication, pursuant to the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act). The best practices recommendations cover vetting of retail and wholes voice service subscribers vetting, telephone number validation, third-party validation services, vetting calling parties on calls completed on behalf of international originators using North American Numbering Plan phone numbers, and ongoing robocall mitigation. For example, the bureau recommended "that voice service providers vet the identity of retail and wholesale subscribers when (ⅰ) approving an application for service; (ⅱ) provisioning of network connectivity; (ⅲ) entering into a contract agreement; or (ⅳ) granting the right-to-use telephone number resources. This best practice closely tracks the language of the Council Report, with slight grammatical changes for clarity," the bureau said in a public notice in WC docket 17-97 and 20-324.