Full Title: FCC Warns Robocall Facilitators To Remove Illegal Robocall
Traffic From Their Networks Or Be Disconnected From
Downstream Networks

Document Type(s): News Release
Bureau(s): Enforcement, Media Relations

FCC WARNS ROBOCALL FACILITATORS TO REMOVE ILLEGAL ROBOCALL TRAFFIC
FROM THEIR NETWORKS OR BE DISCONNECTED FROM DOWNSTREAM NETWORKS thinQ
Technologies, Airespring, Hello Hello Miami Told to Cease and Desist
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2022 - �The FCC Enforcement Bureau today warned
three more voice service providers that are apparently transmitting
illegal robocalls on their networks that they have 48 hours to stop
facilitating this traffic or face all their traffic being blocked by
other providers. The investigation into one of the providers, thinQ,
was bolstered by findings from the Office of North Carolina Attorney
General Josh Stein.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has made clear to such network
participants that they must meet their obligations to protect
consumers from scams or lose access to other networks. The FCC has
carefully constructed the tools necessary to take swift and impactful
action against bad actors, and� this means not only possible fines when
violations occur, but also business consequences for those removed
from the Robocall Mitigation Database.

"There are far too many phone companies that count illegal
robocallers among their clients, and that's bad business" said
Chairwoman Rosenworcel. "It is illegal to allow these junk calls to
flood consumersâ phones, and there are consequences for phone
companies that do not take immediate action to stop participating in
these schemes."

Todayâs letters to thinQ Technologies, Airespring, and Hello Hello
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2022. The FCC Enforcement Bureau today warned
three more voice service providers that are apparently transmitting
illegal robocalls on their networks that they have 48 hours to stop
facilitating this traffic or face all their traffic being blocked by
other providers. The investigation into one of the providers, thinQ,
was bolstered by findings from the Office of North Carolina Attorney
General Josh Stein.

FCC investigations found that thinQ, Airespring, and Hello Hello Miami
were apparently facilitating illegal robocall traffic on their
networks. These investigations relied in part on information
collected by the Traceback Consortium which, having been made aware of
suspicious activity, traced the illegal robocall traffic to these
providers. In addition, in the case of thinQ, the North Carolina
Department of Justice identified that company as a source of illegal
robocall traffic. Chairwoman Rosenworcel added: "I want to thank
Attorney General Stein and his team for their continued focus on
protecting North Carolinians from robocall scams. Ours is a model
partnership for combating robocalls."

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-warns-robocall-facilitators-remove-illegal-traffic