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Media Contact:
Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com
Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com
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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
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With fraud on the rise and mobile phone numbers now acting as individuals’ digital identities, a perfect storm is brewing in the UK
Peter Ford, iconectiv’s Executive Vice President, Information Solutions Business joined the paper’s author, Omnisperience Chief Analyst Teresa Cottam in the latest Trending Tech Podcast, hosted by Jeremy Cowan. During it they discussed this pressing issue as well the latest tech headlines and trends impacting the telecom space.
Apr 26, 2023
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iconectiv use case substantiates how standardized site data maximizes revenue and ROI for companies that own towers and network sites
As service providers roll out new technology (like 5G) and densify their networks, it is critical that they have full visibility into the location, assets and capabilities of all available infrastructure and network sites. Companies that own and operate towers and network sites can help service providers do this—essentially optimizing their network planning and operation—by providing clear and accurate site information using the standardized industry data widely used by the telecom ecosystem.
Apr 25, 2023
In the news
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WIA: How tower and data center operators can enable and monetize rapid 5G buildouts
In this article, Mykola Konrad, Head of Product at iconectiv®, discusses the importance of tower and data center operators adopting iconectiv® TruOps™ Common Language® to enable efficient communication with communication service providers (CSPs) and seize opportunities in the 5G market.
May 2, 2024
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KSL 5 TV: NCAA Tournament basketball is coming to Salt Lake and so are the ticket scams
Chris Drake, SVP at iconectiv, joins Matt Gephardt from KSL 5 TV to discuss March Madness ticket scams.
Mar 20, 2024
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Forbes: Countering Fraud and Navigating Customer Experience Complexities
In this article, Peter Ford, EVP and Head of Information Solutions Business at iconectiv, discusses the persistent threats to digital identity, focusing on phone number vulnerabilities. He stresses the importance of KYC and KYB verification processes and advocates for protecting phone number integrity for secure digital interactions.
Mar 15, 2024
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Pipeline Magazine: The Five Rs of the Customer Experience: Protecting Digital Identity, Preventing Fraud & Robocalls
iconectiv’s Michael O’Brien explores the dual impact of digital transformation on businesses, noting positive changes in efficiency and customer experience alongside challenges posed by a surge in fraudulent activities, particularly in robocalls.
Mar 11, 2024
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VanillaPlus: How phone numbers define us
Mike O’Brien, EVP of Business Development at iconectiv, joins Jim Morrish from VanillaPlus to discuss how phone numbers have become the key to our identity.
Mar 8, 2024
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VanillaPlus Issue 2 2024: iconectiv’s Mike O’Brien explains how verified identity will slam the door on fraud
Mike O’Brien, EVP of Business Development at iconectiv, explores with VanillaPlus the challenges businesses and consumers face in verifying identity and combating fraud in the digital age.
Feb 26, 2024
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Telecom Reseller: Fraudsters target personal phone numbers as iconectiv helps enterprises and others protect their brands
iconectiv’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Michael O’Brien, joins Doug Green at Telecom Reseller Podcast to discuss the challenges and opportunities of keeping things secure as your phone number becomes a target.
Feb 20, 2024
Events
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Common Language IAB &TAG Meeting October
The Common Language International Advisory Board (IAB) and Technical Advisory Group’s (TAG) will be held in Columbus, OH on October 17th, 18th and 19th. The advisory board discusses topics impacting the telecommunications industry, while the TAG session addresses day–to-day operational concerns in regard to specific code sets identified to satisfy subscriber business requirements.
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Common Interest Group on Routing and Rating (CIGRR) October
iconectiv will host the fourth quarter Common Interest Group on Routing and Rating (CIGRR) work group session on October 17th – 19th, 2023. This three-day meeting provides an interactive forum for CIGRR to recommend advanced direction to the TruOps Telecom Routing Administration (TRA).
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2023 SOMOS Summit
Hosted by SOMOS, the 2023 SOMOS Summit is being held on October 16-17 in Washington, D.C. Mike Gilbert, iconectiv’s Senior Account Director, will be in attendance to discuss the transformative power of phone numbers in our hyper-digitalized world.
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HIYA’s State of the Call
See iconectiv’s Executive VP, Michael O’Brien’s, session, “Call authentication for a safer voice channel,” at HIYA’s State of the Call Summit on October 5, 2023, at 2:45 p.m. ET to learn more about call authentication.
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ConnectMobile: Exploring the World of Communication, Conversations and Collaboration
iconectiv is a silver sponsor of ConnectMobile, hosted by CTIA. Join us on September 26, 2023 in Las Vegas as industry experts gather to explore the most recent initiatives in telecom aimed at enabling communication between themselves and those they serve and safeguarding consumers from unsolicited messages.
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MWC Las Vegas 23
Visit the iconectiv team at Booth 427 to learn the how the TruNumber, TruOps and TruReach platforms are restoring confidence in voice communications, allowing trusted and timely consumer engagement and driving operational efficiencies for communication service providers, network element and equipment providers and other industry stakeholders.
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CCA Financial Summit
Hosted by Cloud Communications Alliance, the CCA Financial Summit is a two-day event being held on September 26-27 in New York City to discuss topics such as how to prepare for where the economy is heading. iconectiv will be in attendance with other industry leaders.
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.