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Press Releases

Media Contact:
Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com

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In the Fight Against Fraudulent Calls, Cross Border Authentication is Focus of New NMG Webinar

Abe Nejad, Network Media Group Publisher, hosts an executive summit on cross-border authentication and the fight against fraudulent calls. Learn the best solutions from Bob Grant, Director of Product Management at iconectiv, and Jim McEachern, Principal Technologist at ATIS.
Aug 8, 2023
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The Impact that Towers, Neutral Hosts and Data Centers Have on Telcos and 5G Rollouts

Abe Nejad, Network Media Group Publisher, hosts a webinar on the role that neutral hosts, data centers and companies who own, operate and manage towers have in supporting Telcos and 5G rollouts. iconectiv’s Senior Director, John Hayes, joins other industry experts to discuss their perspectives.
Aug 3, 2023
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How the Right Texting Method Drives Customer Engagement

Matt Lear, iconectiv’s Senior Director of Product Management, joins other industry leaders at the MEF 2023 Forum on July 18, 2023, in Toronto, Canada as a panelist to discuss how short codes, 10DLC and toll-free messaging help businesses better connect with customers.
Jul 11, 2023
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UK Number Portability: Experts' Insights on Necessity of Change

Abe Nejad, Network Media Group Publisher, hosts a webinar on number portability fraud and its impact on the digital economy. Learn how current systems hinder competition from David Wilson, Vice President of Global Sales at iconectiv, and Teresa Cottam, Chief Analyst at omnipresence.
Jul 5, 2023
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Maximizing Profits and Competitiveness with Telecom Common Language

iconectiv’s latest use case explores how Common Language benefits network element resellers and their communication service provider customers. This industry-standard resource enables resellers to meet customer demand and overcome major business challenges.
May 31, 2023
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iconectiv Attends International Telecoms Week

During International Telecoms Week, iconectiv is focused on addressing the mounting challenges across the telecom ecosystem. To protect service providers, businesses and consumers, its arsenal of trusted communications superheroes battles scammers, identifies suspicious callers and organizes mismanaged assets and inventory.
May 16, 2023
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With millions in CapEx at stake for service providers each year, digital transformation and next-generation communication deployments like 5G require a coordinated approach across the ecosystem—and a common language—to succeed.

In a panel at Connect (X), iconectiv’s Head of Solutions Engineering, John Hayes, will join industry experts to discuss the deployment challenges of 5G and what service providers and the larger telecom ecosystem are learning along the way. With his expertise, Hayes will explore how a network is sourced and transitioned and why service providers must have full visibility into the location, assets and capabilities of all available infrastructure and network sites.
May 3, 2023

In the news

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iconectiv appoints executive to lead business expansion

iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, has named veteran software, services and communications industry executive Alex Berry as the Executive Vice President of its Information Solutions Business Unit. Read more
Jan 16, 2018
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iconectiv appoints executive to lead business expansion

iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, has named veteran software, services and communications industry executive Alex Berry as the Executive Vice President of its Information Solutions Business Unit. Read more
Jan 16, 2018
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The MarTech Minute: Digimind’s Social Wall, Heap’s customer insight platform and more

iconectiv and Infutor join forces The two companies will be co-marketing complementary, unique solutions that it says will reduce the risk of TCPA class-action lawsuits. The partnership is geared toward helping brands reduce misdirected and illegal robotexts. Read entire article
Jan 11, 2018
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iconectiv Injects Infutor Solution with Right Party Verification

Infutor announced a new two year agreement with iconectiv to leverage iconectiv Right Party Verification for Messaging data in its solution. The partnership enables an easier path to TCPA compliance for companies – protecting the organization as well as customers. Read more at Fraud & Identity Today  
Jan 11, 2018
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Future NPAC Administrator iconectiv Begins Testing

Ericsson’s (News - Alert) iconectiv in mid-May began industry testing related to its future role as the nation’s Local Number Portability Administrator. The testing commenced more than two years after the FCC (News - Alert) awarded the company a contract to manage the Number Portability Administration Center routing database. But getting this right is important, given everybody from consumers to businesses, emergency response and law enforcement, and carriers rely on NPAC. Indeed, this…
Nov 28, 2017
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The phone industry has a clever plan to stop spam robocalls

The deluge of spam robocalls has reached incredible heights this year, with up to 2.6 billion occurring in the month of May alone, according to the Federal Communications Commission. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down as calls are cheaper than ever to make on a massive scale. On the other side of the table, a suite of companies, government agencies, and trade groups are all working to solve the horrible scam. And the good news is that these groups have a plan. Despite bureaucratic…
Nov 15, 2017
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Striving Toward IoT Interoperability

By Arthur Cole | Posted Oct 24, 2017 The networking industry does not yet have the standards in place to enable a true, interoperable Internet of Things.   If ever there was a data ecosystem that depended on broad connectivity and interoperability, it’s the Internet of Things (IoT). But judging by the way the various IoT platforms have evolved so far, it seems we are a far cry from what many consider to be a workable environment. The specter of a fragmented IoT is starting to set…
Oct 31, 2017

Events

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MWC Barcelona 2024

iconectiv will be attending GSMA’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024 on February 26-29 in Barcelona, Spain. The three-day conference is the largest and most influential event bringing together industry experts to discuss the connectivity ecosystem.
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ITEXPO 2024

Join iconectiv’s Senior Account Director, Mike Gilbert, as he attends ITEXPO on February 13-15, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Capacity Middle East

Join iconectiv’s Mike Gilbert, Theresa Feil Sumpter and Eyad Alqadi at Capacity Middle East from February 6-8, 2024, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Industry leaders will focus on further globalizing the i3Forum as they extend their reach in critical geographies such as the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.
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Common Interest Group on Routing and Rating

iconectiv will host the first Common Interest Group on Rating and Routing (CIGRR) working group session of the year from January 23-25, 2024, at the Marriot Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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FCBA’s 35th Annual Dinner

iconectiv will attend the 35th Annual FCBA Dinner on December 7, 2023, at the Marriot Marquis in Washington, D.C.
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INCA Conference 2023 & Awards Dinner

Join iconectiv’s Vice President of Global Sales, David Wilson, on November 21 and 22, 2023, as he attends the INCA Conference in Birmingham, U.K.
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U.S. Broadband Summit

Join iconectiv’s Product Marketing Specialist, Adrian Barcia, as he attends the first-ever U.S. Broadband Summit on November 15-17, 2023, in Washington D.C.

Speaking Engagements

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Identity in Messaging Solutions are Emerging – how will the industry change?

Sender identity is the root of much of the concerns on fraud and customer experience but changing an established technical framework has proven difficult. Regulatory pressure and solutions are now driving new approaches to limit such as smishing and Spam/unsolicited communications.
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GSMA VoIP Forum – Mitigating Call Fraud in the Network

iconectiv’s George Cray, SVP of Information Solutions, Products & Services, will be joining industry leaders and GSMA to dive deeper into combating VoIP fraud with STIR/SHAKEN.
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How Verification is Helping Maintain the Integrity of Voice Calls

Studies show that in the U.S., 76 percent of calls from an unidentified or unfamiliar number are left unanswered. While the deployment of the STIR/SHAKEN framework is helping mitigate spoofing and robocalling, some legitimate business calls may consequently be mislabeled as spam, even if they are not.
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Protecting the Mobile Wallet: Why Number Portability is Critical to Safeguarding Mobile Banking

The Global Mobile Money Market is booming. Originally valued at USD $3.4 billion in 2019, it is expected to grow to USD $25.76 billion by 2027, as more consumers than ever before are turning to their mobile devices to conduct banking transactions via SMS and RCS. And while the opportunity for the burgeoning mobile money market is great, it does not come without challenge.   One of the biggest is around the mobile wallet itself. Since users’ mobile wallets are associated with their…
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Driving Financial Decisions and Compliance with Fixed Asset Management

This session will explore the role of a universal Fixed Asset Management (FAM) structure in the deployment, interconnection and management of service providers’ physical and virtual assets. 
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Protect Your Customers from One-Ring Scams: Trusted Tools to Fight Fraud

During the panel session, “Protect Your Customers from One-Ring Scams: Trusted Tools to Fight Fraud,” iconectiv telecom fraud expert David Estes discussed how CSPs are upgrading their existing call-blocking analytics to identify calls from high-risk and unallocated number ranges and suspicious premium-rate numbers.
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SHAKEN Goes Global: Opportunities and Challenges for Service Providers and Regulators Worldwide

Keeping the voice ecosystem safe and attractive for consumers and business is an objective we all share. Fortunately, progress with STIR/SHAKEN, centralized caller verification via Registered Caller™ and the emergence of Rich Call Data is having a significant impact on the way we connect and communicate.