UPDATE 2-U.S. regulator demands companies take action to halt 'robocalls'
November 05, 2018 at 17:14 PM EST
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday wrote the chief executives of major telephone service providers and other companies, demanding they launch a system no later than 2019 to combat billions of "robocalls" and other nuisance calls received monthly by American consumers.