BT has announced a crackdown on nuisance calls and launched a new free service tto help home phone customers in Redditch stop the millions of unwanted calls received every year.
The firm says it has ‘declared war’ on companies that regularly pester its customers with nuisance calls on subjects such as PPI and personal accident claims.
Called ‘BT Call Protect’ it aims to drastically reduce the number of such calls customers receive.
Although the system will divert the top offending nuisance callers, for calls not captured by the technology, customers will be able compile their own personal blacklist, by adding individual unwanted numbers. They can add a number by dialling 1572 after receiving the call or by going online.
BT says it is simple to sign up to BT Call Protect – just visit www.bt.com/callprotect or call 0800 389 1572.
