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BRIDGEWATER, NJ—, the authoritative partner of the communications industry for more than 35 years, will speak at to discuss the industry’s approach to stop illegal robocalls. With the exponential growth of illegal spam and scam calls reaching , consumer answer rates continue to rapidly deteriorate, creating lost revenue, diminished brand equity and customer satisfaction challenges for businesses that are legitimately communicating with their customers.

Among the conference’s expert speakers will be Mary Barnes, senior professional, industry relations, ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ. Barnes will join the panel, which will cover the proliferation of spam and false identity in voice communications. She will also provide details on the SHAKEN () framework, which calls for encrypted digital signatures to stop callers from being able to illegally spoof a caller ID.

ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ is the trusted source of the most reliable and authoritative numbering data around the world. Influential and active across leading industry organizations including , , the , , and the , ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s fraud expertise is built on the company’s history of numbering leadership and its deep-rooted knowledge of the telecommunications industry, legislation and business applicability.

Selected to serve as the nation’s Secure Telephone Identity Policy Administrator (STI-PA), ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ works in an operational role and is entrusted by the to apply and enforce the rules defined for the SHAKEN framework. These rules specify a practical mechanism for service providers to authenticate calls and let consumers know that the telephone number displayed on the caller ID is accurate.