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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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New Messaging Solution Helps Companies Avoid Spamming, Protect Brand Reputations, Focus on Quality Consumer Engagement

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – April 3, 2017 – As consumers increasingly rely upon text messaging for authentic engagement with organizations to conduct a variety of everyday tasks, the last thing they want or need are irrelevant, misdirected texts they did not ask to receive, or worse, their medical, financial and other personal data sent to someone else’s mobile phone. iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today…
Apr 3, 2017
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Sangeeta Roy of iconectiv Named to Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) 2017 Rising Leaders Program

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 23, 2017 – iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, announced today that Sangeeta Roy, head of technology operations, has been named to the 2017 Rising Leaders Program by the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). WICT’s Rising Leaders Program is a competitive, application-based program that recognizes industry professionals at the manager and director level who have demonstrated…
Mar 23, 2017
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Industry White Paper Addresses Rise of Fraudulent Mobile Account Takeover

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 23, 2017 – iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today released a timely industry white paper, Never Underestimate the Power of Identity, about fighting consumer fraud and the potentially devastating effects of account takeover by protecting the integrity of the phone number. As detailed in the publication, the phone number is under attack today. Consumers receive calls and…
Mar 23, 2017
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Argentina Extends Mobile Number Portability Service Contract

PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 16, 2017 -- APA, a subsidiary of Telcordia Technologies dba iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, announced a two-year extension  for its data administration contract for mobile number portability (MNP)  in the Republic of Argentina.  Argentinian subscribers will continue to easily transfer their existing mobile number from one service provider to another with APA…
Mar 16, 2017
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Argentina extiende el contrato del servicio de portabilidad numérica móvil

PISCATAWAY, Nueva Jersey, 16 de Marzo de 2017 -- APA, filial de Telcordia Technologies que opera como iconectiv y es un socio de peso de la industria de las comunicaciones a escala global, conectando a más de dos mil millones de personas todos los días, anunció la renovación del contrato de administración de la base de datos centralizada del servicio de portabilidad numérica móvil (PNM) en la República Argentina. Los suscriptores argentinos continuarán transfiriendo de manera simple y…
Mar 16, 2017
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Detecting, Preventing and Mitigating Fraud on Expanding Service Provider Networks

Anaheim, Calif., March 13, 2017 - iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, has announced that Chip Stevens, Director of Product Management, will deliver an opening day keynote address on Detecting, Preventing, and Mitigating Fraudulent Activity on Carrier Networks at the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) Winter Educational Event taking place March 14-16, in Anaheim, California. Stevens will…
Mar 14, 2017
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iconectiv to Host Testing Webcast

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 8, 2017 – iconectiv, the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all seven U.S. regions, continues to move forward with the transition of the new Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) and is preparing to begin the testing phase of the transition for Service Providers, Service Bureaus, and Providers of Telecom-related Services. Preparations for the Industry Testing phase will kick off with a webcast on March 15, 2017 at 3:30 pm ET during which…
Mar 8, 2017