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Press Releases

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Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
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NAPM Announces Completion of Transition to iconectiv as Nation’s New Local Number Portability Administrator

The North American Portability Management LLC (NAPM LLC), which provides oversight of the nation’s number portability system under the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), today announced the completion of the transition to iconectiv as the nation’s new Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) in all seven United States service regions. The transition to iconectiv as the LNPA involved hundreds of stakeholders across government and the private sector, and the multi-year project was successfully completed on schedule and as planned. This final acceptance marks the completion of one of the most significant upgrades ever made to our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure,” said NAPM co-chairs Teresa Patton and Tim Kagele. As LNPA, iconectiv will manage the nation’s Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), the world’s largest system of databases of ported telephone numbers.
May 29, 2018
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iconectiv Completes Final Regional Transition to Modern, Cost-Effective, Secure NPAC

Weekend Marks Successful Cutover for Southwest, Western, and West Coast NPAC Regions
May 21, 2018
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iconectiv Announces Cutover of Three Regional NPAC Systems

Second Successful Regional Transition to iconectiv NPAC Includes Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest NPAC Regions
May 7, 2018
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iconectiv appoints veteran finance executive as CFO

Jamie K. Oliver brings 30 years of experience to key leadership position supporting growth strategy for respected communications services firm.
Apr 23, 2018
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iconectiv’s Tara Flynn Condon Named to Women in Cable Telecommunications Rising Leaders Program

iconectiv’s Tara Condon, director of product marketing for Information Solutions, has been named to the 2018 Rising Leaders Program by Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), an immersive leadership development program.
Apr 18, 2018
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Telecom Fraud, $20B Annual Global Problem, Continues to Rise: Mitigated Techniques Outlined at International Conference

iconectiv speaks about preventing the misuse and abuse of networks at RAG Conference.
Apr 16, 2018
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iconectiv Joins Linux Foundation’s Open Source Networking Collaboration Project, Including Transition to NFV

iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today announced the company has joined The LF Networking Fund (LFN), a new open source networking initiative created by The Linux Foundation.
Apr 12, 2018

In the news

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Businesses See a Sales Lift with Texting

As today’s younger generations move towards texting to communicate, companies are also shifting in that direction.
Oct 28, 2019
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“Moments Matter” in Blocking Identity Fraud: Why Number Porting Data is a Vital Tool in Stopping Account Takeovers

Kathy Timko’s interview with Black Swan Telecom Journal provides insight into why number porting data is a vital tool in stopping account takeovers.
Oct 25, 2019
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NFV information as a service making virtualization practical, simple and telco-grade

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promises unprecedented technological flexibility, business agility and savings. Realizing the benefits that NFV promises creates some hurdles for service providers who can be stymied by the initial complexity and cost of integrating the thousands of potential Network Function Virtual Infrastructure (NFVI) and Virtual Network Function (VNF) combinations from dozens of vendors into their network. Standards bodies are working to address the onboarding…
Oct 16, 2019
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“At the end of the day, it’s not about being the smartest person in the room” with Kathy Timko and Fotis Georgiadis

Kathy Timko’s Q&A with Medium about being a strong female leader.
Sep 24, 2019
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Combating Robocalling with STIR/SHAKEN

Chris Drake, CTO of iconectiv speaks to MEF CEO Dario Betti about their work in the US comms market and the challenges facing the industry regarding telecoms fraud.
Sep 20, 2019
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Businesses authorized to leverage number porting information

With the introduction of PortData Validate from iconectiv, authorized businesses can leverage telephone number porting data.
Sep 6, 2019