Somos Urges FCC to Advance End-to-End Call Verification to Fight Robocalls
The proposed ‘trust model’ builds on STIR/SHAKEN measures to confirm caller identification.
WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Following a meeting earlier this week with senior staff at the Federal Communications Commission, telecom registry and identity solutions provider Somos was pushing for new industry standards to stop unlawful robocalls and scams.
On August 11, Somos executives Chris Wendt and Heather Hendrickson met with staff from the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
“We discussed the next steps the telecom industry can take in combating robocalls,” the ex parte notice filed August 12 states.
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