Verizon Foreign Robocalls Petition Comments Due March 6

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau wants comments by March 6, replies by March 20, in docket 17-59 on Verizon's petition to waive certain rules on blocking foreign-originated illegal robocalls, said a public notice Thursday. Verizon sought a waiver of the requirement that carriers block "toll-free calls from foreign consumers that terminate at call centers belonging to U.S. enterprises."