Reed Smith Client Alerts

On June 26, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") approved amendments to its telemarketing rules that complement the Federal Trade Commission’s ("FTC") recent efforts to establish a National "Do-Not-Call" registry. The new registry became operative on June 27, 2003 and permits consumers to register their home and mobile phone numbers on a nationwide list of telephone numbers that cannot be called by most telemarketers. The telemarketing rules do not apply to calls made to business telephone numbers.