Chair Brendan Carr said the agency is exploring how to expand STIR/SHAKEN protocols to older legacy phone networks. 

“When minority commissioners dissent, they are fired,” Commissioner Anna Gomez said of the Trump administration’s assault on free speech.

The FCC commissioner said letters of inquiry and at least one subpoena have been sent to Chinese-owned companies.

The latest smishing scam follows a familiar process as ones the industry has seen over the past decade.

The new rules are designed to ensure voice service providers are actually confirming the identity of callers using their network.

The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment.

It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.

The proposed rules are a response to Salt Typhoon’s breach of at least eight U.S. telecom companies.

The subcommittee chair said the FCC has the ability to act now in response to Salt Typhoon targeting the 2024 presidential campaigns.

On Thursday, Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to the three telecommunication firms asking for more information on their response, calling…