WTA Files Comments In Robocalls Proceeding

On July 24, WTA filed comments in response to the Commission’s Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its robocalls proceeding. WTA advised the Commission that it must be cognizant of the barriers RLECs face in adopting the SHAKEN/STIR framework. Namely, most RLECs will be unable to adopt the framework until the tandems they interconnect with are updated to receive traffic in SIP format. WTA also argued that the Commission must recognize the important role that interconnection has played in achieving universal voice access and must modernize it to translate that success into an all-IP world. Further, WTA supported a safe harbor but noted that calls placed by non-participants should not be blocked solely on the basis that they fail Caller ID authentication.