Unwanted calls are multiplying, despite the promulgation of a law aimed at better frame the canvas. Aware of the problem, the ARCEP, the Telecommunications Gendarme, announces that it wanted to organize a public consultation to end the so -called fraudulent more easily.
This could go through a very specific number. Specifically, when a call is made with a French mobile number (06 or 07) of the International, but could not be authenticated, your smartphone could show “99 99 99 99” instead of the original number, usually usurped by the Malandrins.
Defenseless operators against fraud
A simple and effective way for the one to call does not abandon: “To allow the legitimate calls so that the subscribers of Roaming reach their recipients, while limiting the risks of the usurpation of the number for the cases in which the French operators are not possible to guarantee the authenticity of the number presented, the precise ARCEP From the operators of the operators of the operators of the operators of the operators of the presentation of the competition.
If this is validated as part of the consultation, operators cannot be forced to show this special issue, which only appears in case the technical limitations prevent them from authenticating the call.
ARCEP highlights “vulnerabilities” due to limitations in certain network equipment, which allow scams to proliferate.
Solutions provided for professionals
The organization specifies that the blocking of these calls can block legitimate calls, and that the solution to show a number (the famous “99 99 99”) is, therefore, more relevant.
For professional subscribers, who can use several numbers at the same time, ARCEP explains that operators will have to correctly define the numbers in question.
Currently, unwanted calls are not filtered, unless passing through a dedicated application (some are loaded). However, there is a way to inform them, through 33,700. On the theme of the telephone canvas, a first solution was voted in the spring of 2025.
As of August 11, 2026, the consumer will have to accept being added on a list of canvas, and will not be automatically.
At the same time, ARCEP also wants to configure a category of numbers dedicated to messages of general interest. In order for a company or organization to benefit from it, it must be added to a list that the Government would comply and validate.
Source: BFM TV
