'Best possible news': Relief from annoying robocalls soon on the way

Canada’s telecommunications regulator is calling on telecom companies to do more to stop nuisance robocalls.

Phone companies, including Bell Canada -- the parent company of CTV News -- are required to update their networks by the end of the month, so new protections for customers can be implemented.

According to the Canadian Radio and Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), about 25 per cent of all calls made to mobile phones are robocalls.

The calls are often used in scams and there is now new technology that could block many of them before they ever get to your phone.

The CRTC wants telecom companies to implement the technology that can stop spoofed and fraudulent phone calls. It would be done at a network level so the unwanted calls would never make their way to your phone.