Federal Telecommunications Oversight

With so many toll free providers and million of new subscribers every year, the Federal Communications Commission is focusing more closely than ever before on toll free telecommunications.

The FCC regulates the use of toll free numbers and establishes rules on how they can be obtained and used. Also, the FCC reserves and launches new area codes, when necessary, to bolster the pool of available toll free numbers. Started in 1967 by AT&T, 800 numbers came under the oversight of the FCC in the mid-1980s after the phone service monopoly disintegrated.

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