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WIA: How tower and data center operators can enable and monetize rapid 5G buildouts

iconectiv’s Head of Product, Mykola Konrad, emphasizes the necessity for tower and data center operators to embrace iconectiv® TruOps™ Common Language® in facilitating effective communication with communication service providers (CSPs), enhancing asset visibility and enabling efficient network planning to fully seize the opportunities of the 5G landscape.Read the full article here.
May 2, 2024
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KSL 5 TV: NCAA Tournament basketball is coming to Salt Lake and so are the ticket scams

Chris Drake, SVP at iconectiv, joins Matt Gephardt from KSL 5 TV to discuss NCAA March Madness ticket scams. Chris discusses the various types of fraud leading up to the tournament and how to avoid them.Watch the full segment here.
Mar 20, 2024
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Forbes: Countering Fraud and Navigating Customer Experience Complexities

iconectiv’s Head of Information Solutions Business, Peter Ford, discusses the ongoing challenges confronting digital identity on a global scale, focusing specifically on the exploitation of phone numbers. Peter emphasizes the significance of verification processes like Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB), and the critical importance of preserving phone numbers' integrity for secure digital interactions. He advocates for collaborative efforts and innovative solutions to…
Mar 15, 2024
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Pipeline Magazine: The Five Rs of the Customer Experience: Protecting Digital Identity, Preventing Fraud & Robocalls

Michael O’Brien, Executive Vice President of Corporate Business Development at iconectiv, emphasizes collaborative efforts among regulators and communication service providers to combat challenges posed by a surge in fraudulent activities, using the “5 Rs of CX” framework to address issues such as trust-building, regulatory compliance, customer retention and infrastructure adaptability for a safer digital future. Read more on Pipeline.
Mar 11, 2024
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VanillaPlus: How phone numbers define us

Tune in as Jim Morrish from VanillaPlus chats with Mike O’Brien, EVP of Business Development at iconectiv, about how phone numbers stay with us and remain the center of a person's digital identity.Watch now here.
Mar 8, 2024
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VanillaPlus Issue 2 2024: iconectiv’s Mike O’Brien explains how verified identity will slam the door on fraud

Mike O’Brien, EVP of Business Development at iconectiv, is the cover story of VanillaPlus Issue 2 2024 as he discusses the pervasive threat of fraud targeting mobile devices and the importance of securing digital identity, with a focus on the role of phone numbers as a key identifier. He further explores the challenges businesses and consumers face in verifying identity and combating fraud in the digital age. The story emphasizes the significance of the phone number in this process and its…
Feb 26, 2024
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Telecom Reseller: Fraudsters target personal phone numbers as iconectiv helps enterprises and others protect their brands

Michael O’Brien, Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development at iconectiv, talks with Doug Green at Telecom Reseller about the challenges of securing personal phone numbers, emphasizing fraudsters' opportunistic exploitation for financial gain.Learn more here. 
Feb 20, 2024

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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