Telecom’s Being Rewritten—Caller Trust, IP Routing, Compliance
Your FCC update for 10/29/2025
Dear Friends of The Docket Digest,
Two heavyweight NPRMs dropped this week—each moving from debate to direction.
The first (FCC 25-76) makes clear that the FCC is aligning with providers pushing for verified branding, Rich Call Data (RCD), and foreign-origin call tagging, while rejecting arguments to keep older TCPA protections intact. The second (FCC 25-73) confirms that the Commission is siding with national providers like AT&T and Verizon who say it’s time to sunset TDM obligations and normalize IP-to-IP interconnection.
This is less about asking what to do and more about refining how to do it. Here’s the breakdown.
Stay informed,
TJ
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