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Fox 26 Houston: Record $23 billion expected to be bet on Super Bowl

Chris Drake, SVP at iconectiv, joins Heather Sullivan at Fox 26 Houston to discuss Super Bowl scams. Chris discusses the various types of fraud leading up to the Super Bowl, the red flags to look out for and how to avoid them.  Watch the full segment here.
Feb 8, 2024
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CBS News Los Angeles, The Rundown: Avoiding Super Bowl Fraud and Scams

Chris Drake, SVP at iconectiv, joins Juan Fernandez for CBS News Los Angeles’, The Rundown to discuss Super Bowl scams. Chris discusses the various types of fraud leading up to the Super Bowl and how to avoid them.  Watch the full segment here.
Jan 23, 2024
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Telecom Reseller: What the FCC is doing to protect your phone number from scammers who want to hijack it

In part two, iconectiv’s Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, Chris Drake, joins Doug Green at Telecom Reseller Podcast to continue discussing the critical role of your phone number as a personal identifier. Chris goes over the FCC's measures against phone number hijacking. Learn more here.
Jan 5, 2024
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TechRound: Meet Peter Ford, Executive Vice President, Information Solutions Business

Peter Ford, iconectiv’s Executive Vice President of Information Solutions Business, explored cross border communication in an interview with TechRound. He dives further into key differences between the public and private connectivity sectors, along with iconectiv’s plans for the future.Learn more here.
Dec 27, 2023
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Telecom Reseller: What the FCC is doing to protect your phone number from scammers

iconectiv’s Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, Chris Drake, joins Doug Green on the Telecom Reseller Podcast to discuss the FCC's measures against phone number hijacking. Chris emphasizes the critical role your phone number plays in identifying you digitally.Learn more here.
Dec 20, 2023
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How to protect yourself from fraud this holiday season

Alberto Apablaza, Director of Account Manager at iconectiv, joined Azalea Iniguez at Telemundo Los Angeles to discuss holiday delivery scams. Alberto highlights the importance of recognizing these scams and offers advice on how to avoid them.Watch the full segment here.
Dec 4, 2023
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Telecom Reseller: Consent Farms are Tricking Consumers into Unknowingly Agreeing to Receive Robocalls

Telecom Reseller Podcast’s Doug Green welcomes iconectiv’s Senior Vice President, Chris Drake, to discuss the threat of consent farms. Chris emphasizes the importance of addressing the issue and how iconectiv is helping regulators enact policies so consumers receive trusted calls and texts. Learn more here.
Nov 1, 2023

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Potential of IoT Expanded with First-ever Application Registry

PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY and WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 8, 2015 – With machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) quickly evolving, a critical foundation must exist to enable applications developed on different networks and platforms to easily and seamlessly exchange information. Today, the industry moved one step closer to that reality with the launch of the first-of-its-kind oneM2M Application-ID (App-ID) Registry, which will help accelerate the adoption of open…
Dec 8, 2015
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CTIA-The Wireless Association® Announced New Strategic Partner iconectiv for Common Short Code Registry Services

WASHINGTON and PISCATAWAY, NJ – July 30, 2015 – CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced today iconectiv, a leading provider of solutions that enable communication service providers to interconnect networks, devices and applications, is its new strategic partner for its Common Short Code (CSC) Registry Services. iconectiv will provide these services starting January 1, 2016. CSCs are five or six digit codes that enterprises and businesses use to engage customers via text message. CTIA…
Jul 30, 2015
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ATIS and iconectiv Named to Key Management Roles in the New M2M Registry

WASHINGTON, DC and PISCATAWAY, NJ, July 7, 2015 — 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…
Jul 7, 2015
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FCC Authorizes LNPA Contract Negotiations with iconectiv to Begin

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 26, 2015 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc., D/B/A iconectiv, the world leader in number portability services, announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an order instructing the North American Portability Management LLC (NAPM) to initiate contract negotiations with iconectiv to serve as the new national Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all seven of the U.S. Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) regions. …
Mar 26, 2015