FCC Bans Mexico IP Phone after Robocall Violations
The provider used deceptive and illegal methods to violate robocall rules.
WASHINGTON, Oct.19, 2026 – The Federal Communications Commission kicks out another provider for robocall violations.
The FCC issued a Removal Order on Oct. 16 requiring U.S. companies to block traffic from Mexico IP Phone in the following two days. They additionally removed the provider from the Robocall Mitigation Database, RMD.
Mexico IP Phone and CEO Hemant Kumar Bhart first drew attention after submitting a forged North American Numbering Plan Administrator document to the Commission to gain direct phone numbers
Due to suspicion, the FCC ordered an Order to Show Cause on June 11, allowing Mexico IP Phone to explain why it should not be removed from the RMD.
The RMD aims to hold providers accountable through submitting robocall mitigation plans and implementing STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication on all IP-based portions of their networks.
Following this order, Mexico IP Phone continued to submit deceptive filings, specifically failing to disclose that the RMD certification was due to the State Attorneys General Task Force on anti-robocalling.
Since January 2025, the FCC has continuously been cracking down on illegal robocalls through added protections, now having removed more than 1,400 providers from the RMD.
“And in this case, we’re taking action against a company who went to remarkable and illegal lengths to circumvent the process that allows legitimate providers to access phone numbers,” Hunter Deeley, chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, said.
