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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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Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies Must Register immediately to maintain access to number portability data
Bridgewater, N.J. – January 3, 2018 – iconectiv, the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all U.S. regions, reminds law enforcement agencies and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) that would like to continue having access to number portability data to register with iconectiv immediately. Registration is required and free for the new system, which goes into production and replaces the existing system on March 4, 2018.
Number portability allows people to keep their phone…
Jan 3, 2018
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Companies Must Register to Maintain access to Wireless Do Not Call Service Data
Bridgewater, N.J. – January 3, 2018 – iconectiv, the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all U.S. regions, reminds marketing organizations that rely on Intermodal Ported Telephone Number Identification Service, also known as the Wireless Do Not Call (WDNC) service, to register with iconectiv. The new service goes live and replaces the existing service on March 4, 2018.
Number portability allows customers to keep their phone number when switching service providers…
Jan 3, 2018
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iconectiv, Infutor Help Brands Reduce Misdirected, Illegal Robotexts
Robust solutions to ensure brand communications reach only opted-in customers, helping ensure TCPA compliance to avoid fines and lawsuits
Bridgewater, N.J. and Oakbrook Terrace, I.L. – December 12, 2017 – Unwanted and illegal robocalls and robotexts make up the top complaints to the FCC and FTC, with consumers filing nearly two million complaints within the first five months of 2017.
While, for the most part, unscrupulous companies are to blame for robocalls and…
Dec 12, 2017
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Validating Caller ID - A Key Initiative to Keep Customers Answering Your Calls
Unscrupulous telemarketers continue to harass consumers with fraudulent robocalls and spoofed Caller IDs – a top source of FCC and FTC complaints over the past year that is increasing at an alarming rate. In response, leading telecom associations and companies have developed new standards to provide a framework for service providers to implement much-needed mitigation measures
Nov 1, 2017
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Illegal Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing Escalate in the U.S.; Currently Number One Consumer Complaint to the FTC and FCC
Bridgewater, N.J. – October 23, 2017 – Insights on solutions to help solve the growing problem of illegal and disruptive robocalls and call spoofing is the focus of an upcoming webinar, Validating Caller ID: A Key Initiative to Keep Customers Answering Your Calls. The webinar, which will be held on October 26, 2017 from 1-2 p.m. ET, is hosted by the Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE).
Registration is now open for the webinar that will be presented by Bryce McWhorter,…
Oct 23, 2017
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The Problem of Unwanted Calls in the Mobile Era Gets an Answer from Telecom Industry Leader in Video
Bridgewater, N.J. – October 18, 2017 – The issue of unwanted phone calls is the No. 1 complaint registered with the FCC and FTC as consumers continue to have their lives disrupted day and night by calls from disreputable businesses.
A previous generation often looked forward to a phone call because invariably it was from a person they knew. In today’s world, however, mobile phone users often dread answering their phones because it’s often an unsolicited call from an unknown business…
Oct 18, 2017
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Chile Telecom Industry Surpasses 11 Million Successfully Ported Telephone Numbers
Nota de prensa en español: comunicado de prensa de descarga
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – October 12, 2017 – iconectiv subsidiary Telcordia Technologies Chile S.A. announced today the successful porting of more than 11 million fixed and mobile telephone numbers in Chile since the program began in 2011.
Number portability refers to the ability to reassign a user’s phone number to another service provider. With its number portability solution, Chilean subscribers can easily transfer their phone…
Oct 12, 2017