The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a U.S. law that restricts telemarketers, call centers, and other companies from using autodialer or robocalls to contact consumers without their consent.

Technological shifts and fraudsters have undermined consumer trust in phone communication, negatively impacting businesses financially. Cross border authentication may be the solution.

Number portability allows consumers and businesses to retain their phone numbers when switching providers. Businesses can benefit from porting data for fraud mitigation, risk assessment, and TCPA compliance. iconectiv's NPAC Data Select Tool helps access this information and determine eligibility.

With number portability, individuals and businesses can retain their phone numbers while changing carriers. To enhance their operations, authorized businesses can leverage iconectiv's NPAC Data Select Tool which enables them to utilize porting data for various purposes.

With PortData Validate organizations such as financial institutions, healthcare providers, insurance companies and identity aggregators can be authorized to access number porting data for fraud mitigation. This helps companies in their efforts to guard against account takeover or assess risk before confirming a transaction.

It’s no surprise that spam and illegal robocalls have caused consumers to stop answering their calls. Especially when you consider that more than 6.3 billion spoofed calls were made as of March 2021, according to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, and the fact that $1.8 billion is lost annually due to fraudulent activities, including “wangiri” one-ring scams.

As part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) crackdown on illegal robocalls, by June 30, 2021 all U.S. voice service providers must file certifications in the publicly available Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) to provide detailed information regarding their implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework and/or a robocall mitigation program.

The Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) / Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using tokens (SHAKEN) framework gives phone companies the tools needed to cryptographically sign and verify calling parting information to help mitigate illegal robocalls.