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iconectiv Makes Key Contribution to Latest Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Specifications

iconectiv announced that it has made key contribution to the latest Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) specifications by LF Networking. The specifications have been published by to help combine and drive industry progress toward delivering new services quickly and cost-efficiently using network functions virtualization (NFV) over software-defined mobile networks within an open source framework. Read more here.
Sep 9, 2019
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Businesses authorized to leverage number porting information

With the introduction of PortData Validate from iconectiv, financial institutions, healthcare providers and other authorized businesses can leverage telephone number porting data as part of their assessment when verifying a customer´s identity, approving a transaction or disclosing information, the company said. The data, exclusively available from iconectiv or an authorized reseller of iconectiv´s PortData Validate service, is the nation´s only authorized service for businesses who need…
Sep 6, 2019
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iconectiv: Fighting Fraud in USA – STIR SHAKEN, Short Codes & Portability

MEF CEO Dario Betti speaks to Chris Drake, CTO of communications infrastructure specialist iconectiv about the USA communications market and how it is responding to the growing threat of telecoms fraud. Chris explains how the US regulator, the FCC, has reacted to robocalls with STIR / SHAKEN , where iconectiv administers SHAKEN, and how they also operates as the Local Number Portability Administrator and the Short Code Registry in the USA. Asked about the cost of fraud to the comms industry…
Aug 28, 2019
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STI-GA Executes iconectiv Contract as Secure Telephone Identity Policy Administrator

WASHINGTON, DC — The Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) today announced the execution of the contract with iconectiv as the Secure Telephone Identity Policy Administrator (STI-PA), a critical role in industry efforts to mitigate illegal robocalling. As the STI-PA, iconectiv enforces the rules defined by the STI-GA to operationalize the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) framework. SHAKEN provides a mechanism for service providers …
Aug 27, 2019
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Streamlining VNF onboarding to improve 5G network management

The latest release of international specifications to help build future software-based mobile networks has been published by the Linux Foundation in the latest version of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), and includes information services company iconectiv’s open source APIs for a new network functions virtualization (VNF) information service.  By combining industry-specific and service provider-specific verification…
Aug 27, 2019
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iconectiv launches PortData Validate platform

iconectiv, a subsidiary of Ericsson's Telcordia Technologies, launched PortData Validate, a platform that allows financial institutions, healthcare providers and other authorized businesses to leverage telephone number porting data as part of their assessment when verifying a customer’s identity, approving a transaction or disclosing information. The data, exclusively available from iconectiv or an authorized reseller of iconectiv’s PortData Validate service, is the nation’s only authorized…
Aug 22, 2019
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Marketing That Speaks for Itself

There is increasing crossover in the marketing techniques used for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) communications. Cliff Holsenbeck, Sr. Director of Product Management, iconectiv, discusses the reasons behind this movement and look at some of the marketing techniques that are crossing over from B2C into the B2B space. The key requirement for any great marketer is to know their target audience; that is a given whether in B2B or B2C. There are many similarities…
Aug 8, 2019

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Ensuring Accurate Routing of Calls for Hard of Hearing, those Requiring Speech Communication Assistance

iconectiv Begins Serving as TRS Numbering Administrator for Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Services in the United States What’s the News: As the new provider of the Telecommunications Relay Services Number Directory for iTRS in the U.S., iconectiv is ensuring that people requiring hearing and speech communication assistance can continue to rely on landline and mobile phones to communicate. Why it Matters:  Hard of hearing and those requiring speech communication…
Dec 9, 2019
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Consumers pick up the phone when they have trusted information about the businesses calling them

With TruReach Intel, iconectiv answers the call for a way to compliment SHAKEN’s illegal robocall mitigation with proper identification of calls from legitimate businesses What’s the News: New solution helps service providers authenticate legitimate calls from businesses impacted by SHAKEN specification and the industry-wide crackdown on illegal robocalls. Why it Matters: Outbound calls from law-abiding enterprises and other organizations may be at risk of being treated as an unverified…
Dec 4, 2019
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Answering the Call: Industry to Share Expertise at SIPNOC 2019

BRIDGWATER, NJ – November 19, 2019 ­– With the industry firmly focused on radically reducing illegal robocalls, experts will gather at SIPNOC 2019 on December 3 to further address this critical issue. With 76% of all unidentified phone calls left unanswered, consumers and enterprises are looking to service providers to ensure that legitimate businesses are getting their calls answered by consumers. SIPNOC 2019 will be 100% focused on the new ATIS-SIP Forum SHAKEN framework which will help…
Nov 19, 2019
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Illegal robocalls, NFV implementation and telecom fraud take center stage for iconectiv at MWC Los Angeles

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – October 17, 2019 – While future 5G service plans and deployment updates can be expected to capture headlines at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles (October 22-24), iconectiv, a trusted, neutral provider of trusted communications platforms and solutions, will be drawing attention back to some of the key challenges facing service providers and their customers today. In particular, iconectiv will concentrate on solutions that can help speed the introduction of…
Oct 17, 2019
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The promise and peril of network virtualization

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – October 15, 2019 – Service providers want the technological flexibility, business agility and savings that Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promises, but they’re frustrated by its implementation complexity and cost and the fact that it requires additional work on top of all their other projects and initiatives. A new market brief from iconectiv®, NFV information as a service making virtualization practical, simple and telco-grade, explores the top four reasons why those…
Oct 16, 2019
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Experts Gather to Discuss Cybersecurity and Fraud during National Cyber Security Awareness Month

New York City – In 2018, $14.7 billion was stolen from 14.4 million U.S. consumers due to identity theft. As October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), top minds in the field will gather on October 16 and 17 at an event in New York City to discuss how to ensure that all Americans and businesses have the resources they need to be safer and more secure. What: Mobile phone numbers now rival social security and driver license numbers as the personal identifier that…
Oct 11, 2019
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Putting Trust Back into Communications takes Center Stage at Communications Fraud Conference

TUSCON, ARIZONA –Robocalls make up nearly half of all phone calls so frustrated consumers simply don’t answer incoming calls and businesses can’t get through to customers when they need to reach them. At the same time, phone numbers have become the defacto personal identifier for consumers and—if verified— can provide valuable information for companies looking to mitigate risk. As communications security professionals gather at this year’s Communications Fraud Control Association’s (CFCA)…
Oct 10, 2019