SHAKEN/STIR is Getting Real

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimates robocalls will constitute more than half of all phone calls placed in the U.S. this year. In an effort to end to this, the FCC and major telecommunications companies including Comcast, AT&T, and T-Mobile have lined up behind a new standard called SHAKEN/STIR (Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information using […]

Putting an End to Robocalls: FCC’s Robocall Summit Discusses Next Steps

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held the SHAKEN/STIR Robocall Summit, led by Chairman Ajit Pai. The focus for the summit was to discuss the current state of efforts to stop robocalls and Caller ID spoofing and discuss the U.S. implementation of a new global standard called SHAKEN/STIR. Defined by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions […]

The PKI Guy examines how to end illegal robocalls with Chris Drake of iconectiv

Q&A with Chris Drake, CTO of iconectiv TPG: How big is the illegal robocall and caller ID spoofing problem? CD: Currently over 75% of calls are left unanswered when it comes from an unidentified or unfamiliar number. This is due to the spike in illegal robocalls. In October 2019, Americans were inundated with more than […]