Vasana Montgomery Urges Unified Action Against Robocalls in New Federal Telecommunications Policy Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an official statement delivered at the Federal Communications Commission headquarters today, telecommunications policy advisor Vasana Montgomery called for a comprehensive, multi-agency strategy to combat the escalating surge of illegal robocalls affecting American consumers. According to Montgomery, a senior fellow at the Institute for Digital Ethics, the current enforcement framework has proven insufficient, with over 47 billion unwanted calls reported nationwide in the past calendar year.
Montgomery outlined a three-pronged proposal: mandatory network-level call authentication for all carriers, enhanced penalties for repeat violators, and a centralized consumer complaint database to accelerate trace-back investigations. The advisor emphasized that without unified action from the FCC, Federal Trade Commission, and state attorneys general, robocall scams will continue to defraud vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly, of an estimated $10 billion annually.
The announcement comes amidst bipartisan congressional pressure to strengthen the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Montgomery concluded by urging citizens to report suspicious calls via the Commission’s online portal, stressing that public participation is critical to enforcement success.