Telecom Services Provider Calls Consumers Without Their Consent, Says Class Action

Defendant Secure IP Telecom, via its America Voice brand, uses prerecorded messages to advertise and market its goods and services to individuals’ cellphone numbers without first obtaining their required express written consent, alleged Brazoria County, Texas, resident Brandon Luna in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Tuesday (docket 4:23-cv-01630) in U.S. District Court for Southern Texas in Houston. The defendant knew that it didn’t have consent to make these calls, “and knew or should have known that it was using prerecorded messages,” said the complaint. “The violations were therefore willful or knowing,” it said. Luna and members of his putative class were harmed and each is entitled to a minimum of $500 in damages for each violation, it said. Each also is entitled to an injunction against future calls, it said.