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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 For  Immediate  Release:  News  Media  Contact:  July  28,  2003  Rosemary  Kimball  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  Rosemary.  Kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 THE  COMMMISSION’S  REPORT  AND  ORDER  REVISING  THE  RULES  ON  TELEMARKETING  UNDER  THE  TELEPHONE  CONSUMER  PROTECTION  ACT  OF 
 1991  PUBLISHED  IN  THE  FEDERAL  REGISTER 
 Washington,  DC  –  On  July  3,  2003,  the  Commission  released  a  Report  and  Order  in  CG  Docket  02-  278  revising  the  telemarketing  rules  and  adopting  new  rules  to  provide  consumers 
 with  options  for  avoiding  unwanted  telephone  solicitations.  Specifically,  the  Commission  established  with  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  (FTC)  a  national  do-  not-  call  registry  for 
 consumers  who  wish  to  avoid  unwanted  telemarketing  calls. 
 The  Report  and  Order  also  addresses  the  use  of  predictive  dialers,  concluding  that  a  telemarketer  may  abandon  no  more  than  three  percent  of  calls  answered  by  a  person  and  must 
 deliver  a  prerecorded  message  when  abandoning  a  call;  requires  all  companies  conducting  telemarketing  to  transmit  caller  identification  (caller  ID)  information,  when  available;  and 
 prohibits  the  blocking  of  caller  ID.  The  Commission  revised  its  earlier  determination  that  an  established  business  relationship  constitutes  express  invitation  or  permission  to  send  an 
 unsolicited  fax,  and  clarified  when  fax  broadcasters  are  liable  for  transmissions  of  unlawful  facsimile  advertisements. 


 On  July  25,  2003,  the  Report  and  Order  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register.  (Rules  and  Regulations  Implementing  the  Telephone  Consumer  Protection  Act  (TCPA)  of  1991,  CG 
 Docket  No.  02-  278,  Report  and  Order,  68  FR  44144). 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Erica  H.  McMahon  or  Richard  D.  Smith  at  202-  418-  2512,  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau. 
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