FCC Cites Robocallers For Millions of Illegal Calls To Wireless Phones

Two providers of automatically dialed calls using prerecorded or artificial voice messages -- “robocalls” -- were issued citations today for making millions of robocalls to wireless phones without prior authorization from the call recipients.

The Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau’s Telecommunications Consumers Division conducted investigations and issued citations to Dialing Services, LLC and Richard Gilmore (d/b/a Democratic Dialing), respectively. In its investigations, the Bureau uncovered evidence that Dialing Services, LLC and Democratic Dialing each made in excess of one million calls to wireless phones without the recipient’s authorization during certain months in 2011 and/or 2012. The investigations also showed that each company failed to provide certain identification information required under federal law.