Attorney General Bird Launches Operation Robocall Roundup, Issues Warning Letters to 37 Telecom Companies

DES MOINES– Today, Attorney General Bird launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. Fifty-one bipartisan attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being routed through their networks.   

“Iowans are tired of robocalls. They are annoying, and some are bad actors trying to steal your identity or scam you out of your hard-earned money,” said Attorney General Bird. “These companies are breaking the law, and it is time they stop.”  

These providers haven’t complied with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules about responding to government traceback requests, haven’t registered in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Databases, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network. By disregarding these simple rules, these companies are allowing robocallers onto their phone networks and then passing those robocalls on to other downstream providers until they reach the phones of Iowans.   

The task force is also sending the letters to more than 100 downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies. The letters inform those downstream providers that they are working with companies that are breaking the law.   

The FCC is also taking a close look at several of these companies. It announced yesterday that it will be removing seven of these providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database, which means that other providers will no longer be allowed to accept and route any calls from their networks.    

The voice service providers receiving warning letters are:  

1. Advantage Investors LLC  

2. Alpha Stream  

3. Ananya Traders LLC  

4. Ariyan Khan  

5. BBT Voice Private Limited  

6. Belthrough  

7. BPO VoIP  

8. Collection 3 LLC  

9. Communications and Telephone Systems Co.  

10. Dial Vista Corp.  

11. DigitalOcean, LLC  

12. Dtel Network LLC  

13. End Zone Financial Services  

14. EON Telecom Inc.  

15. Family Communication Inc.  

16. Fiber Flux VOIP  

17. First Tele Communications Inc.  

18. Flow VOIP LLC  

19. Globe Tech Solutions  

20. Higher Response Marketing, Inc.  

21. HK KwaiFong Group Limited  

22. Infinity SIP LLC  

23. Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD  

24. Mexico IP Phones LLC  

25. Nexusphere VOIP LLC  

26. Pleedex LLC  

27. Quantum Link VOIP LLC  

28. Ringnition  

29. SK Teleco LLC  

30. SkyPulse VOIP  

31. Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC  

32. Telnextrix LLC  

33. Terra Voip  

34. TheVisionConnect  

35. Tiera Enterprises LLC  

36. Voip Torque  

37. Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice  

In 2022, 51 attorneys general joined forces to create the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, which is led by North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The Task Force investigates and takes legal action against companies responsible for significant volumes of illegal and fraudulent robocall traffic routed into and across the United States.  

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For More Information:

Jen Green 

jen.green@ag.iowa.gov