Telemarketing Ban Lifted in Some Areas of Louisiana, But Not New Orleans

By GLENN J. KALINOSKI
Executive Editor
Customer Inter@ction Solutions

Louisiana has lifted the ban on telemarketing in three area codes while maintaining the prohibition in two.

On Aug. 26, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency when Hurricane Katrina represented an imminent threat to the

Gulf Coast. The state of emergency was set to be in effect from Aug. 26 through Sept. 25 "unless terminated sooner."

The state has lifted the emergency ban on solicitation of those not on the do-not-call list in area codes 318, 225 and 337. The prohibition remains in force for area codes 504 and 985, "except for those calls to numbers not registered on the do-not-call list that are from governmental or private relief agencies offering aid, and from the called individual's employer, or from an employment agency offering placement assistance free of charge to the called individual."

Area code 318 includes such places as Shreveport and Monroe while 225 contains Baton Rouge and 337 covers Lafayette and Lake Charles. New Orleans' area code is 504 and 985 includes the areas close to New Orleans, including Houma and Slidell.

[ Back To Contact Center Solutions Homepage's Homepage ]

Related Contact Center Solutions Articles

MetricNet Publishes 4 New Australian Benchmarks for IT Support, Contact Centres
[ Read More ]
05/21/2013

Liverpool Bosch Contact Center Hopes for Threefold Expansion by Year End
[ Read More ]
05/03/2013

Bunchball Unveils Augmented Gamification Tools for Jive Platform
[ Read More ]
04/08/2013

Teleperformance Earns the Multimedia Contact Center Award
[ Read More ]
03/19/2013

Shangri-La Unveils Customer Contact Center in China
[ Read More ]
03/13/2013

B. Braun Uses NextiraOne for UC and Contact Center Support
[ Read More ]
03/12/2013

Contact Centre Australia Generates Job Growth in Wellington, New Zealand
[ Read More ]
03/04/2013

[ View all Contact Center Solutions Articles ]

Contact Center Solutions Glossary of Terms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O

Featured Whitepaper

Microsoft® Lync® in the Contact Center: Integrating with Customer Interaction Center™ to Provide a Barrierâ€free Customer Experience To implement contact center functionality, organizations using Microsoft Lync Server 2010 can follow the unified communications blueprint of open standards interoperability and integrate to a contact center solution of their choice. Customer Interaction Center (CIC) from Interactive Intelligence is a proven best of breed contact center solution that merits consideration ...

Featured Success Story

Interactive Intelligence all-in-one IP communications software suite integrated with Microsoft Lync helps Bentley save $200,000 annually.

Featured Product Demo

Contact Center Solutions Interaction Analyzer™

Interaction Analyzer™
Real-time word and phrase spotting. Alerting. Analytics. Scoring. Coaching. Watch how Interaction Analyzer turns every moment, of every past and present call, into data that lets you deliver an exceptional customer experience.