Overview
- A bipartisan task force of 51 attorneys general opened investigations and issued warning letters directing the four providers to halt suspected illegal robocall traffic.
- Traceback notices since 2019 number in the thousands for each firm, including 9,712 for Inteliquent and 7,265 for Lumen, indicating ties to suspected robocall campaigns.
- States released estimates attributing 162.7 million to 450 million Amazon and Apple imposter calls and 301 million to 1.425 billion Social Security and IRS imposter calls to the companies over multi‑year periods.
- Officials say these firms own core routing infrastructure used by many carriers, placing them in the best position to block repeat bad actors from reaching consumers.
- Phase 1 produced measurable results with 13 providers removed from the FCC Robocall Mitigation Database, 19 no longer appearing in traceback results, and multiple high‑risk accounts terminated, with further enforcement pledged if large providers fail to act.