As we slide into the end of the year and everyone is juggling holiday plans, travel, office parties, my birthday and whatever else December throws at us, the FCC has decided this is the perfect moment to sprint through the end of 2025.

As TCPAWorld dwellers know, the NPRM released on October 29, 2025 is at the top of the FCC’s list.

The COMMENT deadline is here: JANUARY 5, 2026.

REPLY comments are due February 3, 2026.Check out Puja’s blog for the full details on the NPRM.

As a quick summary, the FCC requests comments on:

• the need for improved caller identity information;
• identifying calls originating from outside of the United States;
• Telephone Consumer Protection Act Rules and Do-Not-Call Implementation Act Rules, including whether to eliminate rules that prohibit callers from disconnecting an unanswered telemarketing call before at least 15 seconds or four rings and from abandoning more than three percent of all telemarketing calls;
• input on ways to modify the requirement that a caller must treat an opt-out request made in response to one type of call as an opt-out request for all types of calls, or whether to revise that rule to give consumers greater control over stopping unwanted calls;
• comment on Call Blocking Rules;
• proposals that may create new information collection, reporting, recordkeeping, or compliance requirements for small entities, and discussion of significant alternatives considered that would minimize economic impact on small entities.

So yes, it’s a hectic time of year, but this is one of those moments when speaking up really does make a difference. The FCC is asking for input, and if you don’t chime in now, well your time to speak up will be gone like 2025.