[leocapgroup]

"If a consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to a company, the company can call for three months. Once again, if the consumer makes a specific request to that company not to call, the company may not call, even if it has an established business relationship with the consumer." FTC site

Looks like the secretary messed up here and made an inquiry, now all you have to do is prove it, and since she made the inquiry you have a three month window to contact unless they specifically asked you to put them on do not call list for your specific company. You could also argue that since the secretary answered the mobile phone that it is used for a business and exempt from do not call list. That would most likely be your best argument because business to business is exempt from do not call provisions. Has to be a personal line to be covered under do not call provisions.

Understood but technically you cannot call a DNC number in the first place

[JasonBishop]

Business phone numbers are not covered by DNC Registration.

[leocapgroup]

Business phone numbers are not covered by DNC Registration.

Heard it is a grey area if they use their cell phone

[Alpha]

Heard it is a grey area if they use their cell phone

It's only a grey area if the cell phone number used for business is listed on the do not call registry, AND the call was initiated by an auto dialer program. If it was a hard dial initiated phone call to a cell phone listed on the do not call registry used for business, it is an exempt business to business action. Judging from this guy's court records, he is fishing with his lawyer for a large class action lawsuit, and making the assumption that is was an auto-dialer initiated call, or hoping that they can shake you down for a settlement assuming you are not familiar with the laws they are trying to manipulate into a payday.