Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was among the 51 attorneys general part of the bipartisan Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force who launched Operation Robocall Roundup last week, seeking to further crack down on telecommunications companies that transmit significant volumes of robocalls across the U.S.
Operation Robocall Roundup, according to Skrmetti’s office, was launched to crack down on illegal robocalls by pressuring non-compliant telecommunications companies to stop enabling scam calls on their networks.
On August 7, as part of the new initiative, the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force sent notice letters to 37 telecommunications companies demanding that they stop routing illegal robocalls through their networks.
🚨 OPERATION ROBOCALL ROUNDUP IS LIVE 🚨
Tennesseans deserve to answer their phones without harassment. These companies rolled out the red carpet for bad actors – that ends now.https://t.co/auIyBaDjaU pic.twitter.com/EFFuE5DeN0
— TN Attorney General (@AGTennessee) August 13, 2025
The 37 companies that received notice letters from the attorneys general, Skrmetti’s office said, have “failed to comply with one or more federal anti-robocall requirements, such as responding to government requests to trace illegal calls, registering with required federal databases, or filing mandatory plans outlining how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network.”
“These companies failed to meet the most basic requirements to prevent illegal robocalls, essentially rolling out the red carpet for bad actors. Our bipartisan coalition is demanding that they clean up their networks and stop facilitating these scams,” Skrmetti said in a statement.
Further, the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force also notified an additional 99 telecommunications companies that accept call traffic from the 37 non-compliant companies, alerting them that they are doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow federal anti-robocall rules.
“Tennesseans should be able to answer their phones without being harassed or targeted by scammers,” Skrmetti added.
The list of providers who have received warning letters from the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, dating back to November 2023, can be found here.
Each U.S. consumer receives an average of about 14 robocalls per year, according to data published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
