According to a Reuters‘ report AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson will announce laster today that 33 companies including the Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., and Comcast Corp. are joining an effort with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to crackdown on robocalls.
Stephenson will make the announcement at the “Robocall Strike Force” meeting at the FCC later today.
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler in July wrote major companies about robocalls, Reuters reports. The “Robocall Strike Force” will report to the commission by October 19th on “concrete plans to accelerate the development and adoption of new tools and solutions,” Stephenson said.
MacDailyNews Take: Good. Let’s get a “Do Not Call” list that actually works!