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Three Steps Toward Securing Software Supply Chains

Code is the foundation for every piece of technology, from smartphones to industrial robots to the networks that connect them. That also makes it the foundation for every application, business process and services that uses those technologies. Hackers recognize this fact and leverage it. A recent, high-profile example is the attack on FireEye that used multiple trojanized updates to SolarWind’s Orion software. By targeting software providers, the hackers were able to install back doors into…
Aug 30, 2021
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Registered Caller™ & Centralized Telephone Number Registry

Register caller, the nation's new telephone registry from CTIA and iconectiv helps call centers and enterprises mitigate robocalls and increase their call answer rates. This energy session we'll discuss the registered caller and centralized telephone number registry and how it helps maintain the integrity of one of our most important methods of communication, that's voice calls that by providing voice service providers with verified caller information On this session is Andrew Jersey, he's a…
Aug 24, 2021
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A Common Nomenclature Enables Faster Rollouts of 5G and New Business Models for IoT and More

Multi-access edge computing (MEC), virtualized network function (VNF) and 5G give service providers powerful new ways to maximize scalability, flexibility and operational efficiency while enabling new services and revenue streams. However, to capitalize on those opportunities, service providers first must have a highly accurate, industry-standard way to identify and manage all of their infrastructure, including their physical and virtual assets. Those capabilities enable them to quickly…
Aug 11, 2021
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The world can be SHAKEN: Service providers and regulators move to tackle the robocall challenge

Jeremy Cowan, Vanilla Plus: Robocalling is a global problem that affects every person. What are some of the current processes being implemented to mitigate this? Michael O’Brien, iconectiv: Robocalling is a global epidemic that affects every corner of the world. In 2020, North America and Europe received a total of 157.4 billion robocalls. This year, American consumers alone have received nearly 22 billion in the first five months, with this number expected to reach more than 52 billion by…
Aug 4, 2021
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STI-GA Announces Policy Changes to Support Delegate Certificates and Toll-Free

The industry-led Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) today announced two policy changes in the SHAKEN ecosystem. The set of first policy changes will allow delegate certificates to be used by third-party callers as well as companies originating calls from toll-free numbers to also provide SHAKEN authentication. With the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, a call is given the top level of attestation (A-level) only if the service provider signing the call can attest to the customer’s…
Jul 26, 2021
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Legitimate Businesses, Telephone Companies Now Have More Options to Present Verified Caller ID to Consumers

Legitimate businesses that rely on voice calls to reach their customers got a much-needed boost this week following the announcement by the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) that they are expanding the way in which trusted caller information can be established. This new policy change, announced July 26, expands the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using tokens) protocol to support the use of Delegate Certificates by voice service providers when…
Jul 26, 2021
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Legitimate Businesses, Telephone Companies Now Have More Options to Present Verified Caller ID to Consumers

Legitimate businesses that rely on voice calls to reach their customers got a much-needed boost this week following the announcement by the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) that they are expanding the way in which trusted caller information can be established. This new policy change, announced July 26, expands the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using tokens) protocol to support the use of Delegate Certificates by voice service providers when…
Jul 26, 2021

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Zain Group Drives Operational Efficiencies, Financial Compliance with Comprehensive Fixed Asset Management Solution

KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT – 19 February 2019 – Zain Group, a leading mobile telecommunications provider serving more than 47.8 million customers in the Middle East and North Africa, today announced it will incorporate the iconectiv Common Language® solution to enhance capital and operational efficiencies within the company. The solution from iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry, will help Zain gain new business insights through the comprehensive and ongoing…
Feb 19, 2019
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Industry Leaders Discuss New Strategies to Protect Consumers against Telephone Fraud

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – February 12, 2019: Strategies and insights to combat the continuing rise of telecom fraud will be the topic of discussion for delegates convening at a specialist summit in San Francisco on February 21, 2019. Among the expert speakers, will be Chris Drake, CTO, iconectiv who will provide details on a new twist on an old fraud technique that is quickly escalating losses for service providers, call centers and enterprises. With the cost of telecom fraud continuing to…
Feb 12, 2019
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Intelligently managing fraud and asset management focus at MWC19 Barcelona

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Service providers will lose €1.9B to telecom fraud on the first day of MWC19 Barcelona. iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, will be discussing critical strategies to mitigate fraud during the show. Stop by the iconectiv meeting room located in Hall Two – Stand 201. Press and analyst interviews are available, and may be scheduled by emailing Sharon Oddy at soddy@iconectiv.com.   …
Feb 4, 2019
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Are home location register (HLR) lookups putting your business at risk?

Market brief outlines how service providers can efficiently route calls and messages securely BRIDGEWATER, NJ – January 23, 2019: With tens of millions of telephone numbers porting to a different network every week, service providers must be able to identify what network a telephone is on to route a call or message to it in fractions of a second. Getting that detail wrong is a costly mistake, which is why a new market brief from iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global…
Jan 23, 2019
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Best practice fraud protection strategies in the spotlight as service providers face increasing losses

Industry leading iconectiv® TruNumber Protect takes center stage at inaugural Middle East conference BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – January 17, 2019 – The increasingly damaging impact of telecom fraud and how service providers can protect themselves and their customers from its risks, will be one of the key takeaways from the upcoming Risk and Assurance (RAG) Conference in Bahrain. With annual global losses from telecoms fraud heading towards $30 billion, the most effective strategies to combat the…
Jan 17, 2019
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iconectiv’s Kathy Timko Appointed to Rutgers University’s Customer Experience Certificate Program Advisory Board

Timko joins other top business executives in mentoring tomorrow’s customer experience professionals iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today announced Rutgers University has appointed Kathy Timko, Head of the Local Number Portability Administration (LNPA) Services at iconectiv, to its Customer Experience Certificate Program Advisory Board. The Advisory Board supports attendees of the Rutgers Customer…
Dec 11, 2018
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Vietnam Brings Choice, Convenience of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to Residents

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – December 10, 2018 – Vietnam is the latest country to provide the choice and convenience of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to its residents with the rollout of a national solution on November 16, 2018. The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) selected FPT Information System Corporation (FPT IS) to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse. FPT worked closely with iconectiv—the authoritative partner of the global…
Dec 10, 2018