Cybersecurity Policy Report, ZipDX Recommends Changes to Draft Caller ID FNPRM, (Oct 21, 2025)

By Lynn Stanton

ZipDX LLC has urged changes in the FCC’s draft further notice of proposed rulemaking (FNPRM) on verification and presentation of caller identification information, which is tentatively scheduled for a vote at the agency’s Oct. 28 meeting.

The draft ninth FNPRM in CG docket 17-59, seventh FNPRM in WC docket 17-97, FNPRM in CG docket 02-278, and public notice (PN) in CG docket 25-307 is aimed at ensuring “that consumers receive accurate, verified caller name information,” as well as at stopping illegal calls originating outside the U.S., according to a fact sheet released with the draft item.

Among other things, in an ex parte letter dated Oct. 19, ZipDX recommended that the FCC replace the phrase “verified caller identity information” with “vetted caller identity information” throughout the FNPRM, so as not to confuse this new step to be performed by the originating provider with the existing STIR/SHAKEN verification process to be performed by the terminating provider.

ZipDX called for “additional exploration” in the FNPRM of enforcement when providers don’t meet their obligations, including enforcement by other providers, rather than just by the FCC.

It also asked that the FCC explore the definitions of calls that originate outside the U.S. and “the country of origin for a call.”

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