ABA Urges FCC to Impose Call Authentication Requirement for Non-IP Networks

The American Bankers Association, ACA International, American Financial Services Association, America's Credit Unions, Mortgage Bankers Association, and Student Loan Servicing Alliance (the Associations) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposal) in the above-captioned proceeding. In the Proposal, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on its conclusion that providers that use "non-IP" networks (Non-IP Providers) – i.e., providers of networks that do not rely on the Internet Protocol (IP) for communication – have effective caller ID authentication solutions available to implement on their networks and should implement one of those solutions, or upgrade their networks to IP. We agree with the Commission that Non-IP Providers have effective caller ID authentication solutions available and should implement one of those solutions. However, we urge the Commission to shorten the time required for Non-IP Providers to implement these solutions, from two years to one year, in light of the urgent need to stop criminals who are exploiting the absence of call authentication on non-IP networks to place fraudulent calls. We also urge the Commission to require Non-IP Providers to transition to IP by a date certain.

The Associations strongly support the Commission’s efforts to require caller ID authentication solutions on non-IP networks.

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