Bandwidth, Vonage Lose Partial Stir/Shaken Exemption

The FCC Wireline Bureau stripped Bandwidth and Vonage of their partial exemption from Stir/Shaken implementation requirements, said an order Thursday in docket 20-68. Both providers failed to achieve full implementation by June 30, the bureau said, referring the matter to the Enforcement Bureau for "possible enforcement action." Other providers with exemptions remain exempt (see 2012230040). The FCC "will not turn a blind eye to providers that have not done enough to protect consumers from spoofed robocalls,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. "While Bandwidth did meet all of the prongs of the commission’s initial exemption certification requirements in Dec. 2020, we still operate some legacy equipment that supports a small amount of traffic that cannot support the Stir/Shaken standards at this time," emailed a spokesperson; "Bandwidth is working diligently to move this traffic off of this legacy equipment so we can be fully compliant with Stir/Shaken standards." Vonage didn't comment.