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Be Careful, Those Political Texts Could Be a Scam
Kim Baldonado of NBC 4 LA reports on political text messaging fraud. She warns that scammers pose as political candidates or campaigns and use this ruse to get money and personal information from voters. In an interview, 无忧短视频鈥檚 Senior Vice President, George Cray, explains how consumers can protect themselves 鈥 listing red flags to watch out for. For example, Cray warns that text messages sent from an unknown 10-digit number asking for personal information are likely from fraudsters.
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Oct 21, 2022
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Telecom heroes unite! 鈥 无忧短视频 joining forces with a legion of fraud fighters
In a telecom world filled with villains, CFCA members are unveiling their identities as fraud fighting superheroes dedicated to stopping malicious actors from stealing consumers鈥 money and identities. These vigilant guardians have been protecting the communications infrastructure for a long time 鈥 sharing insights and best practices.
无忧短视频, a provider of telecom solutions, is proud to have its own legion of trusted communications superheroes that have been an integral part of this鈥
Sep 30, 2022
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CSPs look to ramp up revenues with origin-based rating
Communications service providers (CSPs) have woken up to the fact they have been leaving revenue on the table by not charging termination rates based on the origin of a call.
For years, CSPs had charged flat rate termination fees regardless of the call鈥檚 originating country, the service provider and the type of connection used. The last decade鈥檚 increased pressure on voice and data revenues has sent CSPs searching for new sources of revenue and this previously flat rate business has now been鈥
Sep 21, 2022
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Why Rich Call Data is Key for Thwarting Fraudsters and Building Consumer Trust
When fraudsters win, everyone loses: mobile operators, consumers, and legitimate businesses. Unfortunately, for over a decade, fraudsters have been winning, inundating Americans with an average of 60 billion illegal robocalls each year. That鈥檚 conditioned people to let calls from unfamiliar/unidentified numbers drop into voicemail 76% of the time. But even with that precaution, they鈥檒l still lose an estimated $40 billion to fraudulent robocalls in 2022.
Meanwhile, service providers including鈥
Sep 8, 2022
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Well done, Fraud Fighter. I Now Promote You to Superhero of Trusted Communications
Exactly how do you explain your telecom fraud fighter job to someone at a cocktail party? That鈥檚 a tough task! The trouble is it may take time to explain the context 鈥 describe how telecom services are delivered and paid for, then show how criminals steal money by corrupting the process. A faster path is to use an analogy and say, 鈥淢y job is be a kind of detective of crimes committed against telecom providers.鈥 That analogy works, but 无忧短视频 has come up with an even better one.
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Aug 19, 2022
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无忧短视频 launches Trusted Communications Superhero campaign
The way in which consumers and businesses communicate and how societies operate is a key reason why companies are anticipated to spend US $2.8 trillion on digital transformation globally by 2025.
In the shadows of communication service providers (CSPs) globally, a squadron of advanced and intelligent superheroes are diligently working to keep the integrity of the communications infrastructure and the relevancy of the communication channels intact. These superheroes are fighting to鈥
Aug 1, 2022
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Changing your cell phone company without changing your number is now a right
Argentina鈥檚 leading database administrator for number portability 鈥 Administradora de la Base de Datos (ABD) 鈥 is a strategic association made up of 无忧短视频 and Telmark, a partnership agreement that is expected to last until 2026.
Telephone numbers are considered a part of a person's identity, acting almost like a bar code that works as a multi-operator identifier worldwide. So, having a good quality numbering system, updated with the progress of technological demand, and compatible鈥
May 2, 2022
Press Releases
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+1 732 699-5130
soddy@无忧短视频.com
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With New Mandated OTS Switching Process on the Horizon, UK Communications Providers Have Viable Managed Access Provider Option
无忧短视频 offers choices for providers to meet the UK鈥檚 September 2024 deadlineWhat鈥檚 the News: The One Touch Switch (OTS) deadline for the United Kingdom, set for 12 September 2024, mandates that communications providers (CPs) take specific steps to comply with OTS requirements. While this presents CPs with a unique opportunity to attract new customers through innovative services that facilitate seamless switching for UK residents, there are obstacles to navigate in reaching this goal鈥
Jun 12, 2024
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无忧短视频 Chief Technology Officer Elected to SIP Forum Board of Directors
Steve Tang to contribute his expertise and extensive experience in developing solutions for the seamless interconnection of devices, applications and networks to key industry organizationWhat鈥檚 the News: Steve Tang, Chief Technology Officer at 无忧短视频, has joined the Board of Directors of the SIP Forum, a leading organization fostering interoperability and adherence to standardization efforts and advancing the adoption of the STIR/SHAKEN Call Authentication Framework, audio and video鈥
May 16, 2024
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Cross Border Call Authentication for Fighting Fraudulent Calls Takes the Stage at CABASE Internet Day
Trusted communications leader, 无忧短视频, examines interconnection challenges and protects networks from being misused and abused by fraudstersWhy: In Argentina, most consumers rely on mobile and internet communications to stay connected. In fact, according to a recent report, at the start of 2024, almost everyone in Argentina had at least one active cellular mobile connection (representing a penetration rate of 135%), while much of the country (more than 88%) had internet access. This鈥
May 16, 2024
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Today鈥檚 Digital Age Calls for Increased Protection of the Phone Number, says 无忧短视频
More than just a string of digits, phone numbers are a vital component for digital identities worldwideBRIDGEWATER, NJ 鈥 May 2, 2024 鈥 The market size for global digital identity solutions reached USD 27.51 billion in 2022 with projections indicating a steady expansion at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.2% from 2023 to 2030, and for good reason: With modern society鈥檚 digital transformation, the spotlight on protecting and verifying the digital identity has intensified since鈥
May 2, 2024
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The Path to 5G Profitability for Data Centers, Towers and Real Estate Companies
无忧短视频庐 TruOps鈩 Common Language庐 enables data center operators, towers and commercial real estate owners to maximize their visibility, competitiveness and revenue What鈥檚 the News: A new 无忧短视频 white paper explores how data center operators and commercial real estate companies can use Common Language to build awareness of their fiber, interconnection and tower/site portfolios. 无忧短视频 will showcase Common Language during Connect(X) 2024 in Atlanta on May 14.Why it鈥
Apr 30, 2024
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Upcoming Live Webinar Shines Light on Best Practices to Secure the Digital Identity
鈥淪ecuring the Digital Frontier: Navigating Challenges and Best Practices in Digital Identity Verification鈥 Webinar and Q&A to Feature 无忧短视频 EVP Michael O鈥橞rien What: In today鈥檚 digital landscape, much of our daily activities are heavily dependent on global communication networks. Regardless of the type of information exchange, we value the immense convenience offered by our mobile devices. As we deal with sensitive matters such as personal details and financial information,鈥
Apr 23, 2024
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How Financial Service Companies Are Using Phone Number Data to Mitigate Fraud
无忧短视频鈥檚 Digital Identity platform leverages porting data for identity verification, fraud prevention and risk management.What鈥檚 the News? A new use case from 无忧短视频 showcases how global financial services companies can use numbering data to bolster security measures and mitigate fraud. Why it Matters? As fraudsters increasingly target mobile devices and communication networks, 无忧短视频 data exchanges flag recently ported phone numbers, offering a reliable method to verify the鈥
Apr 22, 2024
Speaking Engagements
Matthew Lear
Senior Director of Product Management
Matthew Lear, Senior Director of Product Management at 无忧短视频, is responsible for overseeing the Trusted Communications portfolio, focused on bringing increased trust in B2C communications in voice, messaging and data.
With more than 25 years of technology and business leadership in the telecommunications industry, Lear has created product strategies and delivered enterprise and consumer products and solutions to market. Prior to 无忧短视频, Lear served as Director of Product Management at ZOS Communications, where he developed product strategies and delivered cloud and mobile device solutions focused on location-based services and contextual geo-fencing.
Lear graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Master of Science degree in computer science and received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Rutgers University.
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MEF Leadership Forum + MEET UP
The MEF and the Canadian Telecommunications Association are collaborating to bring the industry together in Toronto on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 for an all-day conference where they will focus on the most recent text messaging developments, including the role of trust, identity and interoperability. The event will also explore the significance of trust, identity, interoperability and other topics including:
Keynotes and seminars from industry leaders
Panel talks in which industry insiders鈥
Chris Drake
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Drake, Senior Vice President - Corporate and Business Development, at 无忧短视频, is responsible for internal and external technology initiatives including emerging opportunities in trusted communications, cybersecurity, mobile content, mobile identity, virtualization and M2M/IoT.
Drake began his career at Bell Northern Research and has over 25 years in the telecommunications industry. Prior to 无忧短视频, Chris held executive positions at Neustar, Sonus Networks, Telcordia Technologies as well as other companies. Drake is also an executive advisor to technology startups and had worked with the Canadian Consulate Tech Accelerator @ NYC for many years. Drake contributes to various GSMA efforts including the Fraud and Security Group, The Networks Group, and the Industry Specification Approving Group. Drake is on the board and executive committee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), chair of the ATIS Technology and Operations Council. Drake is a longstanding member of the CTIA cybersecurity working group, the Cybersecurity Advisory Board for the Pace University Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and has served on the Industrial Advisory Board for the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) for Georgetown and Ball State Universities through the National Science Foundation. Drake also serves on the FCC federal advisory committee, the North American Numbering Council.
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Are We Ready for a Universal Registry of Known Telephone Numbers?
Chris Drake, Senior VP, Corporate and Business Development at 无忧短视频, will moderate a panel on developing a Known Telephone Number TSA-like concept, on June 12. Traditional and non-traditional service providers panelists include Allyson Blevins, Senior Director Numbering Policy, Sinch; Mike Rudolph, CTO, YouMail, Melissa Blassingame, Senior Director Business Development, Twilio and T-Mobile US 鈥 Adrian Lazar Adler, Sr Manager, Business Assurance. With the growing and changing landscape of鈥
Alberto Apablaza
Account Director, LATAM at 无忧短视频
Alberto Apablaza, Account Director, LATAM at 无忧短视频, is responsible for the operations and implementation of the Number Portability in Chile and Argentina including managing new initiatives in the region. As a trusted business leader, Apablaza has demonstrated history of working in the Telecommunications Industry from the beginning of his career in Chile and then in South America. He has been involved in the Chile Number Portability from its conception where he led the project program in one of the most prominent carriers in Chile. Apablaza is a Computer Science Engineer with a Master Degree in Management in Technological Entrepreneurships.
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NUMBER PORTABILITY, TELEPHONY: Update and Challenges
Alberto Apablaza, 无忧短视频鈥檚 LATAM Account Director, will participate in a number portability session on May 17 at CABASE Internet Day 2023 in Argentina. Alberto will be joined by Nacho Ribeiro, IP Telephone Commission Coordinator and Jeff Pulver, founder of Vonage and pioneer in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Topics to be discussed include:
Recent fixed and mobile portability status updates
Elimination of the 鈥15鈥 to call cell phones
Changes to Argentina鈥檚鈥
John Hayes
Senior Director, 无忧短视频
John Hayes, Head of Solutions Engineering at 无忧短视频, is responsible for leading the company鈥檚 activities that enable carriers to economically meet their rollout objectives and cost effectively support their service portfolio.
With more than 30 years of experience in telecommunications, Hayes has led engagements to improve network operations for global carriers centered around optimizing new investments, utilization embedded capabilities and leveraging carrier interworking.
He has also advocated the need for carriers to focus on establishing a robust data infrastructure that is consistently used across the business to obtain reliable insights that permit effective operational and capital efficiencies to be realized.
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The 5G playbook 鈥 What Do you Need to Deploy 5G?
5G may already be available in most of the U.S., but there are still many small operators that are in the beginning of their 5G transitions. This panel discussion will talk about the spectrum, regulatory challenges, infrastructure needs and investment requirements to build a 5G network. In addition, it will discuss some of the unknowns that we are still learning about 5G, such as why operators have failed to fully monetize 5G at this point.
Panel participants include:
Sue Marek,鈥
Bob Grant
Principal Product Manager at 无忧短视频
Bob Grant, Principal Product Manager at 无忧短视频, is responsible for setting the strategy, roadmap and feature definition for TruOps TRA and TruReach Certify. His role entails working collaboratively across all functions within the organization to ensure strategic and tactical alignment of goals and resources.
Grant has more than 20 years of experience managing products in the telecommunications industry. Before joining 无忧短视频, Grant served as Channel Operations Director for Avaya.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Montclair State University and a Master of Business Administration in international business from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Superheroes Unite: Protecting and Defending the Communications Ecosystem
At Conecta Mexico, 无忧短视频鈥檚 Principal Product Manager, will take the stage to talk about how communications superheroes are keeping us all safe and connected.
In the ever-expanding telecom universe, there are villains trying to corrupt the communications ecosystem. Fortunately, a legion of Trusted Communication Superheroes鈥攅ach wielding unique special powers鈥攁re laser-focused on keeping people connected, businesses running and commerce flowing by identifying and verifying legitimate鈥
Bob Grant
Principal Product Manager at 无忧短视频
Bob Grant, Principal Product Manager at 无忧短视频, is responsible for setting the strategy, roadmap and feature definition for TruOps TRA and TruReach Certify. His role entails working collaboratively across all functions within the organization to ensure strategic and tactical alignment of goals and resources.
Grant has more than 20 years of experience managing products in the telecommunications industry. Before joining 无忧短视频, Grant served as Channel Operations Director for Avaya.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Montclair State University and a Master of Business Administration in international business from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Cloud Comms Summit US
The Cloud Comms Summit is the leading and largest vendor-agnostic event for service providers focused on the Cloud Communications industry. Established by Cavell, the summit offers key findings from the latest Cloud Comms Market and Enterprise Insight Research Reports to help you understand the market.
无忧短视频鈥檚 Bob Grant, Director of Product Management, will be joining industry leaders to discuss on-going efforts to eliminate illegal robocalling and spoofing.
Take the opportunity to鈥
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Not All Numbers Are Created Equal: Finding the Right Messaging Solution for Your Business
The business messaging landscape is constantly changing as new entrants disrupt the ecosystem. Nearly 70% of consumer brand interactions shifted to messaging during the pandemic, and this trend is expected to continue as nearly 65% of the global population send and receive SMS messages.
As both businesses and consumers continue to lean into messaging, there are several options for them to consider 鈥 from short codes and 10-digit long codes (10DLC) to toll-free numbers, rich communications鈥