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USTelecom Raises Concerns About FCC Call Blocking Rules

USTelecom asked the FCC to ensure providers have flexibility to comply with any new call blocking rules (see 2309110060). The group told Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff that many providers rely on the USTelecom-led Industry Traceback Group's do-not-originate (ITG…

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DNO) list and expanding the DNO requirement "could force providers to inefficiently allocate resources to measures that will not have the highest protective impact for their customers and networks," said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 17-59. USTelecom also warned "any signal from the commission" that the ITG DNO list doesn't meet a provider’s "applicable reasonable DNO requirement" would "call into question whether it makes sense for the ITG to continue to maintain its DNO list" and "whether providers could continue to rely on it."