The nation’s attorneys general are launching Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls around the country.
A coalition of 51 attorneys general has sent warning letters to 37 voice service providers, telling them to immediately take action to stop illegal robocalls from being routed through their networks.
Robocalls are annoying, can facilitate scams that result in real financial losses, and can unintentionally cut people off from communication from their loved ones for fear of robocalls, Rob Bonta, California attorney general, said in a statement.
“This is a nationwide problem, and we need nationwide solutions,” Bonta said.
The providers targeted in Friday’s operation have failed to comply with Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, rules about responding to government traceback requests, failed to register in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Database, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they’ll reduce illegal robocalls on their network.
By disregarding rules meant to protect consumers, the companies have allowed robocalls onto their phone networks and have then passed these calls on to other downstream providers until they reach the phones of consumers.
The task force will also send these letters to more than 99 downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies, so that they’ll know they’re doing business with companies that aren’t following the law.
In addition, the FCC is looking at several of these companies and announced its removal of seven of the providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, which means that other providers won’t be allowed to accept and route any calls from their networks.
The voice service providers receiving warning letters as part of Operation Robocall Roundup are:
- Advantage Investors LLC
- Alpha Stream
- Ananya Traders LLC
- Ariyan Khan
- BBT Voice Private Limited
- Belthrough
- BPO VoIP
- Collection 3 LLC
- Communications and Telephone Systems Co.
- Dial Vista Corp.
- DigitalOcean, LLC
- Dtel Network LLC
- End Zone Financial Services
- EON Telecom Inc.
- Family Communication Inc.
- Fiber Flux VOIP
- First Tele Communications Inc.
- Flow VOIP LLC
- Globe Tech Solutions
- Higher Response Marketing, Inc.
- HK KwaiFong Group Limited
- Infinity SIP LLC
- Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD
- Mexico IP Phones LLC
- Nexusphere VOIP LLC
- Pleedex LLC
- Quantum Link VOIP LLC
- Ringnition
- SK Teleco LLC
- SkyPulse VOIP
- Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC
- Telnextrix LLC
- Terra Voip
- TheVisionConnect
- Tiera Enterprises LLC
- Voip Torque
- Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice
The task force of 51 attorneys general investigates and takes legal action against companies responsible for routing significant volumes of illegal robocall traffic into and across the United States.
