In the News

Verizon Set To Offer Free App For Blocking Robocalls, New Tech To Combat Spam

Mar 24, 2019 Forbes

Verizon is getting ready to offer a free robocall blocking app at the end of this month, as it steps up efforts to combat the growing plague of spam calls.

Update (Thursday March 28, 2019): here’s the new free app.

In 2019, pretty much everyone is on a robocaller’s speed-dial list. That often means several spam calls per day.

Verizon knows this of course. It already offers a paid blocking app for $2.99 a month. But the new freemium (free + premium) strategy means that in addition to the paid app, there will now be a free* version…