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In this May 4, 2018, file photo a man talks on the phone in a hallway adorned with the palm tree-printed wallpaper at a hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. U.S. regulators are proposing new measures intended to thwart billions of annoying robocalls received by Americans each year. The rising volume of unwanted calls in the last few years has created pressure on Congress, regulators and phone companies to do something to act. (Jae C. Hong/AP, File)

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New measures by U.S. regulators could help thwart some of the billions of robocalls received in the U.S.

By TALI ARBEL, AP Technology Writer May 15, 2019