Federal Courts Order VoIP Providers to Deliver Info to FTC

Two California VoIP providers must turn over information the FTC is seeking in investigations about potentially illegal robocalls, the agency announced Monday. The companies can be held in contempt if they don’t comply. The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles ordered XCastLabs to comply with a civil investigative demand (CID), but the company delivered only a “small fraction of the required information” in February, the FTC said. A federal judge is compelling compliance. The U.S. District Court in San Diego ordered the production of similar information from Deltracon, based on a CID issued in January. Deltracon has since turned over the required information, the FTC said. XCastLabs complied with the court’s order and has been “been fully responsive” to the FTC’s CID, a spokesperson emailed. The agency sought documents the company doesn’t possess, XCastLabs said, noting it’s not a call center or wireless carrier. Deltracon didn’t comment.