Federal Communications Commission	DA 21-727



DA 21-727
Released:  June 21, 2021

REMINDER OF JUNE 30, 2021 STIR/SHAKEN IMPLEMENTATION AND ROBOCALL MITIGATION DATABASE FILING DEADLINE
WC Docket No. 17-97

	This Public Notice reminds voice service providers and intermediate service providers not subject to an extension that they must implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework in their Internet Protocol networks no later than June 30, 2021. Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Implementation of TRACED Act Section 6(a)—Knowledge of Customers by Entities with Access to Numbering Resources, WC Docket Nos. 17-97 and 20-67, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 35 FCC Rcd 3241, 3257-58, paras. 32-35 (2020) (First Caller ID Authentication Report and Order and Further Notice); 47 CFR § 64.6301.
  We also remind voice service providers that they must file certifications in the Robocall Mitigation Database no later than June 30, 2021. Call Authentication Trust Anchor, WC Docket No. 17-97, Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 1859, 1902-03, para. 83 (2020) (Second STIR/SHAKEN Order); Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Opening of Robocall Mitigation Database and Provides Filing Instructions and Deadlines, WC Docket No. 17-97, Public Notice, DA 21-454, at 1 (WCB Apr. 20, 2021) (RMD PN); 47 CFR § 64.6305(b)(1).
  

In March 2020, the Commission adopted rules pursuant to the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, Pub. L. No. 116-105 (2019) (TRACED Act).
 requiring voice service providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication technology in the Internet Protocol portions of their networks. First Caller ID Authentication Report and Order and Further Notice, 35 FCC Rcd at 3257-58, paras. 32-35; 47 CFR § 64.6301.
  In September 2020, the Commission granted extensions for compliance with this deadline to certain classes of providers, Second STIR/SHAKEN Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 1876, para. 38 (explaining that the Commission granted the following extensions from implementation of caller ID authentication:  “(1) a two-year extension to small, including small rural, voice service providers; (2) an extension to voice service providers that cannot obtain a certificate due to the Governance Authority’s token access policy until such provider is able to obtain a certificate; (3) a one-year extension to services scheduled for section 214 discontinuance; and (4) as required by the TRACED Act, an extension for the parts of a voice service provider’s network that rely on technology that cannot initiate, maintain, and terminate SIP calls until a solution for such calls is reasonably available.”).
 and required providers with an extension to implement robocall mitigation programs. Id. at 1897, para. 74.
  Moreover, the Commission required “all voice service providers—not only those granted an extension—to file certifications with the Commission regarding their efforts to stem the origination of illegal robocalls on their networks.” Second STIR/SHAKEN Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 1902, para. 82.  Specifically, the Commission: (1) required all voice service providers to certify that their traffic is either fully, partially, or not yet signed with STIR/SHAKEN; (2) required voice service providers that certify that some or all of the calls they originate are subject to a robocall mitigation program to submit additional information with their certifications, including the type of extension or extensions received under section 64.6304 of the Commission’s rules, specific reasonable steps taken under a program to avoid originating illegal robocalls, and a commitment to respond to traceback requests and to cooperate with investigating and stopping illegal robocalls; and (3) required that all certifications must be signed by an officer in conformity with section 1.16 of the Commission’s rules.  Id; 47 CFR § 64.6305(b)(1)(i)-(iii); 47 CFR § 1.16.  The Commission also adopted provisions directing voice service providers to submit contact and identification information when filing their certifications.  Second STIR/SHAKEN Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 1903, para. 84; 47 CFR § 64.6305(b)(4)(i)-(v).
  On April 20, 2021, the Wireline Competition Bureau announced the immediate opening of the Robocall Mitigation database to accept these filings. RMD PN at 1.
  

	Those voice service providers and intermediate providers without an extension of, or exemption from, the STIR/SHAKEN implementation deadline that fail to implement the authentication framework by June 30, 2021, and those voice service providers that fail to file the required certification and accompanying information in the Robocall Mitigation Database by this date may be subject to appropriate enforcement action. 47 U.S.C. § 503(b); Second STIR/SHAKEN Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 1903, para. 83 (“If we find that a certification is deficient in some way . . . we may take enforcement action as appropriate.  Enforcement actions may include, among others . . . imposition of a forfeiture.”).
  In addition, beginning September 28, 2021, intermediate providers and voice service providers may not accept traffic directly from voice service providers that are not listed in the database. RMD PN at 1, 3; 47 CFR § 64.6305(c); Second STIR/SHAKEN Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 1904, para. 86.


For further information, please contact Michael Nemcik, Wireline Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, at (202) 418-2343 or by email at Michael.Nemcik@fcc.gov.

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