Trust in caller ID is one way to restore confidence in voice calls. The other is blocking known spurious caller IDs from entering the network. The FCC’s latest proposed NPRM is a step in that direction.
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Chairman Carr also shared his top priorities for the upcoming Open Meeting. As I mentioned last year, spectrum allocation and fighting robocalls remain bipartisan issues:
“Messaging and voice account for less than 3% of total bandwidth usage, yet they are the most visible proxies for a carrier’s QoS. A lack of bandwidth not only impacts consumers’ quality of access but also disrupts businesses that rely on these connections. Imagine a future where RCS is the messaging standard and SMS becomes the fallback due to insufficient bandwidth. This is why every CPaaS player must care about bandwidth availability.”