The FCC rules set no fixed retention period for interception records; the carrier keeps them for a reasonable period of time that it determines itself.

Checked 2026-10-02

for a reasonable period of time as determined by the carrier
Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
interception records
Deployment
carrier
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). CALEA and lawful intercept for VoIP providers and enterprises: source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier,
  title  = {CALEA and lawful intercept for VoIP providers and enterprises: source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier},
  note   = {Source note calea-lawful-intercept-voip-record-retention-carrier, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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