Chairman Pai Statement Following FCC's SHAKEN/STIR Robocall Summit

“We must move aggressively to help consumers combat scam robocalls that use and abuse caller ID spoofing, and that’s why we held today’s summit. The summit was productive, and we received generally encouraging signs that companies are headed toward full implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR caller ID authentication framework. I was pleased to hear from voice service providers, vendors, consumer advocates, and others about the successes to date and the challenges that remain.

"Given what I heard today, I am optimistic that the major voice service providers will meet the end-of-2019 deadline for implementation I set for them. That said, we stand ready to take regulatory action if this deadline is not met. We have already adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will move quickly to mandate SHAKEN/STIR if needed. “As I’ve said before and as panelists noted today, there is no silver bullet to solving the problem of unwanted robocalls. But caller ID authentication is an important part of the solution."