AT&T Says Network Analysis Program Just Blocked Billionth Unwanted Robocall
AT&T blocked its billionth unwanted robocall using a program that detects unwanted calls through network data analysis. AT&T’s fraud management team and big data scientists created the system, it said in a Thursday news release. “It examines more than 1.5…
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billion calls each day for patterns that indicate robocallers. It then drills down on suspicious activity that may be illegal or forbidden. One example is multiple short-duration calls to numbers on the National Do Not Call list.” The company said it's averaging 12 million blocked calls every weekday.