FCC MASSACRE: Commission Just Crushes 185 Telecom Providers– Requires Carriers to Immediately Cease Accepting their Traffic in Biggest Sweep EVER (I name them all!))

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So I was out of the office for a little while taking my kids on a tour of MLB ballparks (We are up to 25 our of 30!)

I return to the news of two massive FTC settlements crushing insurance lead generators and… this.

Last week the FCC issued an order removing 185 providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database and ordering all voice service providers and intermediate providers to cease accepting traffic from these guys.

Insane.

This means the FCC literally just shut down 185 telecom companies with a flick of the wrist.

Here is the key language:

We remove the certifications of the Companies identified in Appendix A from the RMD as of the release date of this Order. All intermediate providers and voice service providers must cease accepting traffic from the Companies within two business days of the release date of this Order. The Companies shall not refile in the RMD unless and until both WCB and the Bureau consent.

Short and sweet and fatal.

We have covered other examples of the FCC directing carriers to shut down traffic companies– but never 185 at once.

Now allegedly all of these companies were doing something wrong– but crazy a government agency can just END a company without any due process. Absolutely nuts.

If this order impacts you in any way reach out to Troutman Amin, LLP we can help you to navigate this and maybe even get back in good standing.

Here are the names of the alleged bad guys:

  • AKA Management, Inc.
  • Talk Telecom
  • VaultTel Solutions LLC
  • ETI Telecom Inc
  • TELEVOX COMMUNICATIONS LLC
  • Duratel LLC
  • Astro Telecommunications LLC
  • PZ Telecommunication LLC
  • Great Choice Telecom LLC
  • Callvox
  • Articul8, LLC
  • Incorpus Telenetworks
  • KWK Communications, Inc.
  • VinaKom Inc
  • Trinity Telecom Services
  • Soapbox Systems Inc
  • Valstarr Asia
  • Moral Telecom
  • SB&B AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS
  • IP PBX Support, Inc
  •  Illum Telecommunication Limited
  •  KosmosCommunications LLC
  •  MetroIP Communications, LLC
  • USDS
  •  Davosec LLC
  •  SFM Networks LLC
  •  Mscall
  •  SipKonnect LLC
  •  GTX Communications LLC
  •  South Central Tower Co.
  •  Affinity Technology SOlutions
  • Cherry Voice Inc.
  • Voximplant, Inc.
  • Alvaria, Inc.
  • RAZA GLOBAL INC
  • World Voice Telecom LLC
  • Voltexeo
  •  Nettalk Voice Inc
  •  MS TEL Corp.
  • Guentha Teknical
  • Zealous Services LLC
  •  inbound inc
  •  Arctele Communications, Inc.
  • Nuance Communications, Inc
  •  Onetree LLC
  •  Vultik INC
  • Next Communications, Inc.
  •  Nexus IT Consultants LLC
  •  gbcbusinessgroup
  • Dravis Technologies LLC
  • KNOBLOCH COMMUNICATIONS
  • One Eye LLC
  •  Trunk Tel LLCC
  •  knoblochcommunications
  • PrestigeDRVoIP.Com Inc
  • Peer Voip Services
  •  mancomtec LLC
  • Technology Brokers Intl Corp
  •  Family Communication Inc.
  • AKV TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  •  commventures llc
  • Contravoip LLC
  • SMARTBIZSOLS INC
  •  Xpertelecom Corporation
  • Huffman Telcom Corp
  •  Voipvip.net LLC
  • The Net Calls, LLC
  •  Blue Diamond Communications Inc
  • DIGICONNECT LLC
  •  Innovative Tech LLC
  •  Jumpsolinc
  •  SKISIP LIMITED
  • Voip Voice Telecom Inc
  • AKS Infotech
  •  URTH ACCESS, LLC
  •  SYNDEO NETWORKS, INC
  •  MY BUSINESS VOIP
  •  Onlinecer Solutions LLC
  • Dial Vista
  • Legrand Telecom
  •  CallWin LLC
  •  VOXPACE LLC
  • Voice Fetch
  • DIGITAL PURVEY LL
  •  Swift Telco LLC
  • Astro Telco LLC
  •  Zone-tel
  • VacVoip ,llc
  •  Telecom Business Network
  •  Predator Studio LLC
  • Agnes Sophisticated Hair LLC
  • TERRA VOIP
  •  Platinum Voice Services
  • VOIP CITI
  •  BMS Tele LLC
  • Joonto, Inc.
  •  Transcom Consulting LLC
  •  Voice Radial
  •  Innovation Tel
  •  perfect call
  •  Vos Logic
  •  Dtel Network LLC
  • FILASCO AMERICA LLC
  •  VAULT SYSTEMS LLC
  •  Solid Double LLC
  • Techlinkhub LLC
  • INTELLIVISION TECH
  •  Linphones LLC
  •  TEL X NETWORKS
  •  Atlas Direct Marketing LLC
  •  WHITE OMEN IT CONSULTING, Inc
  • Konnect1
  • Voip Torque
  • Tellus 247
  •  Chatmantics Inc
  •  Bray Telecom LLC
  •  Blue Storm Network
  •  Elmiris LLC
  •  ITD Telecom LLC
  •  Ringless Portal
  •  FROSMO UK LIMITED LLC
  • Interstellus LLC
  •  Sipdesk
  • alianznetwork
  •  Neil Wisozk
  • 50 Stars IT Technologies
  • Wyoming Fiber Phone Inc
  • directvoicellc
  •  Sigma Solutions Inc.
  • Mobee Apps, LLC
  • taconictelcom
  •  Crecer solutions
  •  Zeb Telecom
  • Zebtelcom
  •  MAGICTEL LLC
  •  VOICEZONE COMMUNICATION
  • Ran infotech
  •  Tanya David LLC
  • Xicomm LLC
  • Stacy Newsome LNCC
  •  Global Services
  • Net Speak Pro LLC
  • AllSeeingConnect LLC
  • Purple Rose Ltd
  •  Teocommunications
  • Pleedex LLC
  • SIP CONNECT
  • Encoderss
  • GET DEALS USA LLC
  • Advanced Financial Help
  • Expedited Financial Help
  • CABLE INTERNET BILL LLC
  •  The Telecom Solution
  •  ICOE, LLC
  •  KAZTEL LLC
  •  Peers Global Solutions, LLC
  •  BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
  •  Kaiser Telecom LLC
  • Unified Data Services
  • DEALSCO
  •  AI TELECOM LLC
  •  Alliant Financial
  • AMB COMMUNICATIONS LLC
  •  Veriwave Telco, LLC
  • Confianza Technologies LLC
  •  SIPNVOIP
  •  Voip Studio
  • Jay Voice LLC
  •  Sims Real Estate
  •  AUM LLC

Rest in peace fellas.

 

 

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  1. FYI, as far as I know, there is no accusation of wrongdoing with these providers – other than failure to comply with the requirement to file an updated Robocall Mitigation Plan. Key to this requirement is obtaining a STIR/SHAKEN certificate for which there are a number of other regulatory filings and fees that they would have to be up to date with. This may be a differentiation without a difference, but multiple habitual TCPA offenders do not appear on this list, so it not appear to be a sanction. TLDR; these companies lost their ticket for not being compliant with filing requirements, not for actively violating any rules.

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  2. Isn’t most of this driven by the US Telecom Traceback Group giving information to the FCC based upon compendium of “evidence” that the telecom service providers are acting as the gateways for high volumes of low quality traffic? Sure, the Robocall Mitigation Plans may be deficient, but that’s just one part of the equation from what I understand. Carriers have deep knowledge of who is sending calls, and which gateways those calls are traversing. Seeing 10,000 CPS (Calls per Second) from a particular source that results in a lot of short duration calls is going to show up pretty quickly on the radar. And with Know Your Customer (“KYC”) requiring that carriers have a knowledge of their own clients, it’s pretty quick to figure out the traffic patterns. And if carriers don’t shut that down, or claim ignorance, the FCC will push their hand and do it for them.

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