Ajit Pai slams Sprint, Charter, and CenturyLink for poor robocall effort

Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on December 14, 2017 in Washington, DC, the day of the FCC's vote to repeal net neutrality rules. (credit: Getty Images | Alex Wong )
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai yesterday criticized Sprint, Charter, CenturyLink, and four other phone providers for not committing to adopt a new system for blocking robocalls.
Pai issued a press release and sent letters to wireless carriers and other phone providers, saying that certain companies 'have not yet established concrete plans to protect their customers' using the new 'SHAKEN' and 'STIR' robocall-blocking protocols.
SHAKEN stands for Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs, while STIR stands for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited. The new industry standard isn't expected to completely eliminate robocalls, but it may make a sizable difference and is expected to be implemented by carriers starting in 2019.
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