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I recently came across a 1984 article written about Mervin J. Kelly, the legendary American physicist whose career with Bell Labs spanned 23 years and multiple positions, from Director of Research to Chairman of the Board and everything in between. Described as a motivator who asked the right questions and found the best people to answer them, he is hailed as the driving force that steered the famed research enterprise into solid-state physics, a novel field of study that resulted in the 1948…

At iconectiv, we are dedicated to helping you navigate the ever-changing communication landscape. New technologies have revolutionized the way brands and consumers connect and engage with one another. This has given rise to unforeseen challenges, such as a rise in illegal robocalling and caller-ID spoofing. As a result, confidence in the communications industry and new technology is declining. Our TruReach platform features four unique products to simplify processes and help you maintain…

TPG: How big is the robocall and caller ID spoofing problem? CD: Currently over 75% of calls are left unanswered when it comes from an unidentified or unfamiliar number. This is due to the spike in illegal robocalls. In October 2019, Americans were inundated with more than 2,000 robocalls every second, which is enough to put the annual total over 49 billion. In fact, illegal robocalls represented nearly half of all unwanted calls in 2019. VoIP technology advancements have allowed a massive…

Robocalling has been an intrusive annoyance to millions of people on a day-to-day basis to the extent that they no longer pick up their phones to calls from outside their contact lists. This is costing carriers revenue due to fraudulent traffic pumping as well as for legitimate business rate calls and causing time-consuming delays for enterprises of all types. The good news is that recent US regulation to stamp out robocalling has been enacted and there are now robust verification solutions to…

Millions of people are working from home around the world as the coronavirus pandemic spreads and authorities plead for people to stay at home to slow the rate of contagion. Though people staying and working from home helps stop the spread of the virus, it increases the likelihood of companies getting hacked through weaknesses in employees’ home networks and misuse of VPN. “The cats are away so the mice are playing,” said Karim Hijazi, CEO of Prevailion, a company that monitors cyber threats…

Not all risk intelligence sources are of equal value.  Some are so important that ignoring them might prove disastrous. One intelligence source of increasing importance is getting real-time notice of changes to telephone number ports and the carrier-of-record.  There are good reasons why this intelligence is so vital. Indeed, checking on the security and stability of the smartphone account is now considered critical by enterprises and identity aggregators in banking, e-commerce,…

Americans were inundated with more than 58 billion robocalls in 2019—22 percent more than in 2018, USA Today reports. That’s conditioned people to let calls from unfamiliar or unidentified numbers drop into voicemail 76 percent of the time–assuming that their voicemail is even set up and isn’t already full. Voice isn’t the only channel negatively impacted by fraud. In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission received 93,331 complaints about unwanted text messages, including smishing (text message…