From: submissions@telecom-digest.org   
      
   by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP   
      
   RECENT NEWS   
      
   FCC Issues Report and Order Aimed at Unlawful Texting   
      
   Rule and Order Summary   
      
   Specifically, the Order requires that mobile wireless providers (i)   
   compile a Do Not Originate ("DNO") list that includes "invalid,   
   unallocated, or unused phone numbers," as well as numbers "for which   
   the subscriber to the number has requested that texts purporting to be   
   from that number be blocked" and (ii) block all calls on that DNO list   
   at the network level. The FCC determined that no reasonable consumer   
   would want to receive text messages that spoof a number that is not in   
   operation, or worse that purports to be from a well-known or trusted   
   organization. However, the requirement to block numbers on a   
   reasonable DNO list does not apply to texts messages from valid short   
   codes. Blocking texts on a DNO list is similar to the existing   
   requirements for blocking of unwanted voice calls by gateway   
   providers, and is consistent with many of the voluntary measures many   
   providers already have in place.   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1310464?q=1803232&n=778&tp=2&tlk=10&lk=31   
      
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