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In these days when ‘in-person’ is not often a viable option, the importance of adapting our means of communication via technology cannot be understated. The need and ability to connect is mission critical in a world without boundaries. Yet, while technological advances make communications simpler and more ubiquitous, interconnecting it across the infrastructure and delivering it to the right person is enormously complex. That’s what iconectiv does best. Efficiently interconnecting disparate…

Robocall scams have exploded worldwide during the past several years, and the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to spur many new schemes. Governments are taking action to punish perpetrators, yet the problem persists because it is profitable for scammers. Fines, elimination of warnings prior to issuing penalties, and caller-ID authentication requirements aside, robocalling will persist if consumers continue to fall for its tactics and aren’t offered simple ways to report when they receive unwanted…

For individual people worldwide to gain control over and own their digital identities, “the architecture has to change,” says Chris Drake, CTO for iconectiv, the US policy administrator for the country’s Calling Number Verification service. “There needs to be a digital ID and it needs to be tokenized so it can be unique and shield people,” he argues. “That obfuscation should be the only thing that is presented.” Drake contends that every individual should be issued a secure digital ID that…

The future of messaging frameworks and protocols, beginning with SMS, MMS, and now RCS, that’s Rich Communication Services, lies in the hands of industry collaboration within the solution provider ecosystem.  On this executive webinar to tell us what to expect from RCS for enterprises, consumers and operators are, Keith Lampron, Associate Director - Core Messaging Product Management at Verizon Wireless, Chris Drake, CTO at iconectiv and Chris Nicoll, Principal Analyst at ACG Research. …

SHAKEN/STIR is the telecom industry’s first step toward reviving trust in telephony.  Launched in the U.S. market at the end of 2019 and soon to launch in Canada, it sets the vital framework for how telecoms can deliver identity verification information for enterprises from originating to terminating provider. And now, a comprehensive 18-page briefing on SHAKEN/STIR is available featuring the analysis of two technology leaders at iconectiv, Chris Drake, Chief Technology Officer and…

The National Association of Attorneys General is calling on USTelecom’s robocall-fighting squad (known formally as the Industry Traceback Group) to work with state AGs to crack down on surging robocalls. Scammers have been preying on the coronavirus pandemic since March, as MT reported. Ericsson subsidiary iconectiv, the “policy administrator” that has been leading industry efforts to tamp down on illegal robocalls, has warned that fraudulent calls may increase in the coming weeks as more…

In this new quickfire video, Chris Drake, Chief Technology Officer at iconectiv, and Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of VanillaPlus, tackle the tricky subject of trust. With people fatigued by spam calls and text messages and businesses trying unsuccessfully to legitimately communicate with the consumer, how can Telcos restore confidence in communications? Read more here.