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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.
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Nov 26, 2018
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Webinar: Outsmart the Fraudsters
The Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) estimates that service providers lose $29bn annually to fraudsters. The damages done do not end there – brand value, loyalty and consumer trust also take a dive. iconectiv recognized the need for information on this topic and presented a webinar in partnership with VanillaPlus to provide valuable insights and best practices on how to address this growing problem.
Nov 13, 2018
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How to Protect Your Customers, Brand and Revenue
The efficient administration of telephone numbers is essential for network operations and customer service organizations to run smoothly. iconectiv recognized the need for information on this topic and presented a webinar in partnership with the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) to provide valuable insights on how to protect your customers, brand and revenue.
Nov 6, 2018
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Porting the World's Largest Phone Number Database
Kathy Timko reflects on her experience leading the migration of the NPAC to iconectiv earlier in 2018 in a contributed article for Unified Communications.
Oct 22, 2018
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Stop telecom fraudsters in their tracks
Service providers are using new sets of numbering information to complement existing fraud management.
Oct 3, 2018
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CCA Announces 2018 Annual Achievement Award Winners
iconectiv recently received the Industry Innovation Award at the 2018 ACA Annual Achievement Awards for the work in transitioning the country’s Number Portability Administration Center and operations. Kathy Timko successfully led and completed one of the largest IT projects in the U.S. – redesigning the country’s Number Portability Administration Center and transitioning operations – from Neustar to iconectiv. The project redesigned a system that facilitates the routing of calls and text messages for more than 650 million U.S phone numbers and created a modern and secure system for the new era of telecommunications.
Oct 3, 2018
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Workshop Series Examines Global Measures to Restore Consumer Trust in Communications
Robocalling is a world-wide epidemic that affects businesses and consumers in every corner of the globe. With the successful launch of STIR/SHAKEN in the U.S., robocalls are now in a continued decline. As the policy administrator of STIR/SHAKEN, iconectiv's Chris Drake, alongside global leaders, will join the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) workshop series—improving the security of signaling protocols—to provide an update on the rollout of the STIR/SHAKEN framework in the U.S. and how legitimate, global businesses benefit.
Nov 22, 2021
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Experts Discuss Verifying Voice Calls And Boosting Consumer Confidence In Communications
In this era, when more than 70% of people have stopped answering voice calls, legitimate businesses need, want and deserve a way to have consumers know that a call is from a trusted calling party. Consumers want that, too. In a recent Network Media Group panel, experts from CTIA, iconectiv and T-Mobile explain how the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) policy change is helping simplify the verification of voice calls—including toll-free numbers—for all legitimate callers.
Nov 16, 2021
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How Phone Companies Can Utilize Numbering Intelligence to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Protect Revenue
Local number portability gives consumers the choice and convenience of keeping their wireline or wireless telephone number when switching from one service provider to another. During this USTelecom Webinar, iconectiv will explain the concept of numbering intelligence—a data routing and rating framework that simply and seamlessly determines which phone numbers belong to which phone companies.
Nov 9, 2021
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Registered Caller Offers Companies Expanded Options to Take Advantage of STIR/SHAKEN for Verifying Caller Information
Today, the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) announced a new era of STIR/SHAKEN functionality, expanding caller ID authentication reach with the use of delegate certificates and by allowing Resp Orgs to directly join the SHAKEN ecosystem. Registered Caller—the collaborative industry initiative facilitated by CTIA and iconectiv—will operationalize this process by providing a trusted, industry-backed, centralized telephone number registry that service providers and certification authorities can use to verify phone number information.
Oct 20, 2021
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With Communications-Related Fraud on the Rise, Analyst Report Examines Identity Theft and Consumer Protection in the US
Despite the numerous advantages and benefits that networks and digital devices bring, they inadvertently open up new avenues for fraud. A special report from Technology Research Institute entitled, “The 2021 State of Communications-Related Fraud, Identity Theft & Consumer Protection in the USA,” discusses the multi-layered blanket of security that provides timely—often real-time—protection from new, digital-enabled fraud threats, identity theft and account takeovers.
Oct 5, 2021
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The Challenges and Opportunities of SHAKEN Going Global
Translation of telecommunication services to foreign lands may take some time to progress and evolve into a maintained functional system. This is the case with SHAKEN as its state-of-the-art blocking of traffic from voice service providers not listed in the Robocall Mitigation Database may lead to numbers from different countries to be seen as robocalls. In this panel at the STIR/SHAKEN Summit, experts from ATIS, Fierce Wireless, iconectiv, Microsoft and Twilio discussed what service providers must do to prepare for the FCC’s September 28 deadline.
Sep 21, 2021
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How to Detect and Protect Against One-Ring “Wangiri” Fraud
Creating an illegal $1.82 billion industry, “Wangiri” fraud, also known as one-ring scam, targets unassuming victims by intentionally hanging up after one ring in the hope people call back—charging them at a premium rate. As part of Conecta Latam’s Telco Transformation Digital Summit and Virtual Expo, iconectiv’s Juan Carlos Ortiz, Principal for Corporate Business Development, will explore how iconectiv’s TruNumber Protect helps enable telephone companies enhance their call-blocking analytics to identify and prevent illegitimate calls before they reach customers.
Sep 17, 2021