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defense solutions for the modern SMS ecosystem

SMS messaging problem overview SMS is a ubiquitous communication method for person-to-person (P2P) text messaging, which has been in use globally for nearly 20 years. While consumers have grown ever more dependent on text messaging as a preferred method of communication, service providers continue to suffer major financial losses due to rampant misuse within the Short Message Service (SMS) environment The telecommunications industry organization GSMA states that an average-sized mobile…
Feb 9, 2016
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ATIS and iconectiv Named to Key Management Roles in the New M2M Registry

WASHINGTON, DC and PISCATAWAY, NJ — ATIS and iconectiv today announced their leadership roles in the development of the new Application Identifier (App-ID) Registry for oneM2M, the global standards initiative for M2M communications and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). oneM2M has designated ATIS, a oneM2M founding partner, as the initial and sole App-ID Registry Management Authority. In this role, ATIS will oversee the launch of the official oneM2M App-ID Registry to ensure globally unique…
Jul 15, 2015
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common language standardizing information for efficient collaboration

challenge | how Telmex established a new equipment and location naming system   Mexico’s top provider of telecommunications services, Teléfonos de México (Telmex), had challenges associated with key network information and unique and consistent identification of network assets: locations, equipment and facilities. Due to the varying nature of information in multiple systems, it had wildly varying naming nomenclatures for thousands of locations, facilities and equipment. The company…
Feb 7, 2015

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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