Turpel Says Company Victimized; Will Fight FTC Complaint

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Newbury Park, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 29, 2011 -- Pete Turpel, president of Phone On-Hold Marketing and Sonkei Communications, Inc., has announced he will vigorously fight a recently filed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit against him and his businesses for allegedly violating the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).

Turpel explains, “The FTC’s complaint involves so-called ‘robocalls’ to consumers; however, Sonkei Communications has been the victim of unauthorized use of its trade name by third parties which are not affiliates of Phone On-Hold or Sonkei Communications. Neither Phone On-Hold nor Sonkei Communications is in the business of making unauthorized telemarketing calls to consumers.

“Sonkei Communications’ involvement in telemarketing has been limited and has exclusively involved business-to-business calls and other non-consumer campaigns which are entirely lawful. We shall vigorously defend against the allegations made by the FTC and are optimistic that the Commission will dismiss its complaint after it investigates the facts of this case.”
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