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What Every Small Service Provider Needs to Know About Mitigating Illegal Robocalls with SHAKEN
The Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN) framework is a foundational element to help minimize the illegal robocalls, scams, and Caller ID spoofing that over 90 percent of U.S. adults say are “annoying” and “disruptive.” SHAKEN gives service providers the tools needed to sign and verify calling party information, which can help trace these calls and stop them at their source. It also makes it possible for consumers to know—before answering—that the calls they…
Aug 6, 2019
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ONAP Drops Dublin for 5G Network Automation, Adds Telco Deployments
The Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) issued Dublin, its fourth release, and provided new details about how more than 15 major carriers including AT&T, Verizon, Orange, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, and Swisscom are using the open source networking stack.
“The key [with the Dublin release] is the commercialization and the fact that we continue to increase deployments with certain carriers and others are in [proof of concept],” said Catherine Lefevre, ONAP…
Jul 9, 2019
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ONAP checks into Dublin with fourth software release
LF Networking's Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) announced the availability of its fourth software release, which is called Dublin.
The Dublin release includes updates to existing blueprints, such as 5G, virtual customer premise equipment (vCPE) and voice over LTE (VoLTE), as well as a new broadband blueprint that is being led by Swisscom.
The Linux Foundation's Arpit Joshipura, general manager of networking, orchestration, edge, and IoT, said since the Casablanca software…
Jul 9, 2019
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Inside TruNumber Protect
iconectiv's Principal Solutions Engineer Director, John Haraburda discusses the full impact of fraud on telecom networks and how a proactive solution can help you identify and prevent traffic from leaving the network.
Jun 21, 2019
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Blocking Robocalls: 4 Things to Know as New Rules Take Effect
The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted rules that allow phone companies to block robocalls by default. But that won't bring immediate relief to your robocall headaches.
The FCC rules give companies more freedom to block calls but doesn’t force them to do so. And there are many phone companies that aren’t yet prepared to deploy an important tool to tackle robocalls effectively—a call-authentication technology called STIR/SHAKEN.
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Jun 20, 2019
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iconectiv takes leadership role in industry-wide initiative to stop illegal robocalls (SHAKEN)
iconectiv is pleased to be part of the industry-wide solution that will help mitigate illegal robocalls and give people confidence to actually answer a phone call again.
Currently, 76% of calls are left unanswered when the call comes from an unidentified or unfamiliar number, which means that we are no longer answering many of the calls we want from schools, doctors, business associates and others because we fear that it’s a fake call. If they leave a message, we will return the call. This…
Jun 4, 2019
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Chairman Pai Statement on Latest Progress in Combatting Malicious Spoofing
30 May 2019 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today welcomed the latest step toward implementation of call authentication to combat malicious caller ID spoofing and unwanted robocalls. Earlier today, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced its selection of iconectiv as policy administrator of the SHAKEN/STIR call authentication framework.
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May 30, 2019
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Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com
Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com
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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.
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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
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