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Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
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Mitigating Illegal Robocalling Advances with Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority Board’s Selection of iconectiv as Policy Administrator

The Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA), operating under the auspices of ATIS, announced the selection of iconectiv as the U.S. STI Policy Administrator (STI-PA), a critical role in industry efforts to mitigate illegal robocalling. As the STI-PA, iconectiv will apply and enforce the rules as defined by the STI-GA to operationalize the SHAKEN framework. With this selection, the STI-GA has completed the initial establishment of the STI-GA ecosystem as contemplated by the FCC’s North American Numbering Council (NANC) Call Authentication Trust Anchor Working Group.
May 30, 2019
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iconectiv steps up efforts to fight $30 billion global telecoms fraud

iconectiv joins industry steering group to help shape and lead coordinated effort to stop new attacks and criminal activity
May 29, 2019
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Ever-growing complexity of telecom fraud and its ripple effect

New market brief provides tips to stay one step ahead of the fraudsters
May 16, 2019
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Innovation in spectrum allocation key to unlocking full 5G potential

Businesses and large venues can all play key role Consumer choice, business opportunity and increased capacity among key benefits
May 13, 2019
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Number Portability Continues to Drive Convenience, Competition in Greece

iconectiv extends contract with EETT to deliver reliable number portability to mobile users in Greece
Apr 23, 2019
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Quickly Access the Critical Information You Need to Accelerate Criminal Investigations

Those in law enforcement know that ensuring data accuracy and working quickly to solve investigations in a timely manner is critical. It can be frustrating when delays in seemingly simple tasks, like accessing phone records, hold up the process due to missing or inaccurate information.
Apr 18, 2019
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iconectiv’s Loretta Graff Recognized as Rising Leader in Prestigious Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) Industry Program

Director of Program Management to attend immersive leadership development program
Mar 27, 2019

In the news

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Common Short Codes Can Gain More Traction and Customer Engagement

SMS texting is the go-channel in this digital world to engage with different brands and more and more people are finding it extremely easy and helpful to embrace and to buy products. Ideally, creating better marketing campaigns is easy with effective text messaging and usage of the common short codes. This helps the business brands to increase traffic in their stores and at the same time helps them to convert more customer leads into prospective sales. The common people are the primary…
Jan 23, 2019
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Vietnam implementing Mobile Number Portability with FPT and iconectiv

The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority has selected FPT Information System Corporation to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse. FPT worked closely with iconectiv to deliver the MNP solution, bringing additional convenience and choice to Vietnam’s 120 million-plus mobile subscribers. MNP allows consumers to retain their phone number when switching mobile service providers, increasing competition among mobile service providers seeking to…
Dec 14, 2018
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Unleashing the potential of NFV

iconectiv CTO Chris Drakes discusses what is needed to have NFV become the unstoppable shift that will catapult operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction across the telecom industry.   Read more
Dec 11, 2018
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Imagine: ‘Sweating the details’ was necessary to lead largest IT project in telecom industry

“Sweating the details was necessary to lead largest IT project in telecom industry,” appeared in this month’s Imagine column, published on my central jersey, which is part of the USA Today media network. In the article, Kathy Timko, head of LNPA services, reflects on the project: “I’m proud looking back at the major feat we accomplished through our successful transition of the system and it couldn’t have been possible without our incredibly talented and dedicated team. The iconectiv NPAC team is the embodiment of the phrase — The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
Dec 3, 2018
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Lessons Learned Building a Career in STEM

In “Lessons Learned Building a Career in STEM” a featured article in Code Like a Girl, Timko encourages girls to consider a career in computer science and other STEM fields.
Nov 30, 2018
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FPT IS develops and operates the Digital Number Transfer System

The FPT Information System Company recently launched the first Digital Number Transfer System in Vietnam with the cooperation of iconectiv.
Nov 28, 2018
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FPT IS has successfully built and operated the digital network transfer system

This is one of the national key systems developed by FPT IS in cooperation with iconectiv and Telecommunication - Ministry of Telecommunication. The system is capable of integrating with the network to sync the amount of data and millions of users interacting with the system. Read more here.
Nov 26, 2018