AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson responses concerns throughout a luncheon held by the Economic Club.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson got disrupted by a robocall while on phase at an Economic Club occasion in Washington on Wednesday, showing that nobody’s immune from the tele-plague.
“I’m getting a robocall, too,” Stephenson said after examining an inbound get in touch with his Apple Watch. “It’s literally a robocall.”
He decreased the call and got a laugh from the audience, however the timing of the event could not have actually been much better. AT&T and Comcast on Wednesday revealed they’ll deal call authentication in between networks to stem the tide of undesirable robocalls. Previously, such systems just dealt with calls to and from the exact same supplier.
That service followed the Federal Communications Commission requiring that providers execute robust caller ID authentication systems by the end of 2019 or face “regulatory intervention.”
In January, a report exposed that 26.3 billion robocalls were made in the United States in 2018, an increase of 46 percent from the previous year.
AT&T didn’t right away react to an ask for remark.
First released at 3: 37 a.m. PT.
Updated at 4: 16 a.m. PT: Adds background.
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