The FCC Commission released a NPRM seeking comment on a proposal that would require mobile providers to block illegal text messages and apply caller ID authentication technology to text messages. Consumers are receiving increasing numbers of unlawful text messages.
The FCC is finally starting to toughen up when it comes to tackling our nationwide robocall scourge.The agency announced this week that it will soon kick seven voice-over IP providers out of its database of trusted carriers if they continue to fail to implement safeguards against robocalls: "This is a new era. If a provider…