OTTAWA – Telecom service providers now have six months to trial a proposed interim call traceback process designed to determine the origins of unwanted nuisance calls, the CRTC said Wednesday.
After accepting a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC) outlining the interim process, the Commission said that the trial should examine all possible solutions, target individual and mass call originators, and all network technologies (e.g. TDM, wireless, and IP).
Noting that all TSPs that provide voice telecommunications services in Canada should cooperate and participate in the final traceback process, the CRTC urged the CISC Network Working Group to consider a sample of TSPs representing all types of Canadian TSPs for the trial.
The trial must be completed by December 19, 2019 (i.e. within six months of the date of this decision), continued the CRTC, and the final report be submitted by March 19, 2020 (within nine months).
