In a record Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")
Do-Not-Call violation settlement announced on May 19, 2014, Sprint
Corporation ("Sprint") agreed to pay $7.5 Million to
resolve an FCC investigation into its wireless division's
failure to honor consumer requests to opt-out of the receipt of
future telephone and text message marketing. This settlement
follows an earlier 2011 settlement stemming from numerous consumer
complaints alleging that Sprint had continued to place
telemarketing calls to consumers who had requested to be placed on
the company's internal do-not-call list.
Do-Not-Call Rules
According to the federal Do-Not-Call rules, telemarketers are
prohibited from calling consumers whose numbers appear on the
National Do Not Call Registry. There are exceptions for existing
business relationships that allow companies to call consumers who
have: 1) made a purchase within the previous 18 months; or 2) made
inquiries with, or submitted an application to, the
