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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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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