Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed mandatory implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework to fight unwanted robocalls, in line with recently passed federal legislation.
If adopted, the mandate would require voice service providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN by June 30, 2021. The FCC is set to vote on the new rules during its March 31 meeting.
The agency estimates that the annual value of eliminating the “wasted time and nuisance” of illegal scam robocalls will be more than $3 billion, and the mandate will help trim the approximately $10 billion that fraudulent robocall schemes cost Americans each year.
