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WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force gathered in Washington this week and last week as part of the Task Force’s ongoing efforts to identify and develop collaborative solutions to global supply chain risk.  In addition to an ongoing inventory effort of existing public and private supply chain efforts, the Task Force is…

It was called the largest IT project in United States telecom industry history, and Kathy Timko, of iconectiv (Bridgewater), was overseeing it to completion.

SMS texting is the go-channel in this digital world to engage with different brands and more and more people are finding it extremely easy and helpful to embrace and to buy products. Ideally, creating better marketing campaigns is easy with effective text messaging and usage of the common short codes. This helps the business brands to increase traffic in their stores and at the same time helps them to convert more customer leads into prospective sales. The common people are the primary…

The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority has selected FPT Information System Corporation to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse. FPT worked closely with iconectiv to deliver the MNP solution, bringing additional convenience and choice to Vietnam’s 120 million-plus mobile subscribers. MNP allows consumers to retain their phone number when switching mobile service providers, increasing competition among mobile service providers seeking to…

iconectiv CTO Chris Drakes discusses what is needed to have NFV become the unstoppable shift that will catapult operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction across the telecom industry.   Read more

“Sweating the details was necessary to lead largest IT project in telecom industry,” appeared in this month’s Imagine column, published on my central jersey, which is part of the USA Today media network. In the article, Kathy Timko, head of LNPA services, reflects on the project: “I’m proud looking back at the major feat we accomplished through our successful transition of the system and it couldn’t have been possible without our incredibly talented and dedicated team. The iconectiv NPAC team is the embodiment of the phrase — The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”

In “Lessons Learned Building a Career in STEM” a featured article in Code Like a Girl, Timko encourages girls to consider a career in computer science and other STEM fields.