WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 8, 2026 – INCOMPAS, the competitive communications and AI infrastructure association, filed reply comments yesterday with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on combatting illegal robocalls through numbering policies.
INCOMPAS reaffirmed the competitive industry’s commitment to working with the Commission to eliminate illegal robocalls, while urging the agency to focus its efforts on completing the transition to IP-based networks and strengthening call authentication rather than adopting a number resale limits or new number cycling restrictions. The record shows such prohibitions would disrupt procompetitive wholesale arrangements and increase costs and customer churn without a corresponding reduction in illegal robocalling.
“INCOMPAS and the competitive industry share the Commission’s goal of protecting consumers from illegal robocalls, and we appreciate the Commission’s continued leadership on this issue,” said Christopher L. Shipley, Executive Director of Public Policy at INCOMPAS. “The record in this proceeding shows that the most effective path forward is to build on the tools industry has already developed and the Commission has already required. Completing the IP transition and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN, including its Rich Call Data extension, will do more to protect legitimate callers and reduce illegal robocalls than new restrictions on number cycling and how numbering resources are resold or reassigned.”
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