In December 2020, the FCC released its latest order of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) act. This new order encourages Communication Service Providers (CSP) in the US to block unwanted voice calls by extending the methods used in blocking these illegal calls and to make it easier to identify and fix erroneous blocked calls.
In this short blog series, we have seen that the STIR/SHAKEN architecture requires service providers to implement a minimum of five, and potentially up to seven, new network functions/elements to achieve compliance with the FCC requirements. Stated simply, STIR/SHAKEN compliance can be complex, resource intensive and expensive.
What is needed is a way to simplify a service provider’s path to compliance. NetNumber bridges the chasm with Guaranteed Caller™, a family of standard compliant STIR/SHAKEN solutions designed with one overriding objective in mind – simplifying the
service provider journey from today’s state to full STIR/SHAKEN compliance.
The GSMA established the 5G Mobile Roaming Revisited (5GMRR) Task Force with the mission to define a scalable, usable and secure solution for 5G mobile roaming. 5GMRR brings together experts from the Networks Group (NG), the Wholesale Agreements and Solutions Group (WAS) and the Fraud and Security Group (FASG) to ensure the technical, business and security requirements are identified and that these are reflected in the solution that are ultimately defined.
Architecting for STIR/SHAKEN requires a service provider to implement a minimum of 5 new functions into their network. Compliance is a non-trivial undertaking, requiring a number of preconditions to be in place.
Secure Times Initially, the public telephone network was a tightly closed and fully controlled environment under the direct authority of telephone companies. Those companies had direct business relationships with each and every end customer. Customers placed calls on devices provided to them by the telephone company and accessed the network Read more…
Given the wide prevalence of unwanted calls, an increasing number of consumers have completely lost faith in the integrity of the public telephone network and no longer answer incoming calls. The FCC and CRTC have issued mandates to protect subscribers and restore trust in telecom networks. STIR/SHAKEN is the set of standards that provides the solution.
A new report from the GSMA Legacy mobile network rationalisation highlights the well understood benefits of retiring older 2G and 3G networks across APAC but makes it clear that there is a significant regional adoption rate variance for 4G and 5G. It also cautions that transformation doesn’t come without risk, balancing Read more…
It’s time for a cloud-native transformation The telecom industry is undergoing a dramatic shift in the transition to 5G. Physical infrastructure that had been the mainstay of the telecom industry is transitioning to an enterprise IT infrastructure that is distributed, cloud-based and enabled by orchestration and automation capabilities. Processes such Read more…
With GSMA Mobile World Congress 2020 postponed due to concerns over COVID-19, attention is being focused on the next high profile event on the telecommunications industry calendar – 5G World from InformaTech – co-located with the TechXLR8 event. NetNumber is a supporter of the 5G World program and was recently interviewed to Read more…
On the one hand, telecom operators are going through the burden of upgrading their networks to 5G. On the other hand, they are dealing with the complexities of migrating from legacy network monitoring and management means, to IT-based software-defined infrastructures that are virtual and soon-to-be cloud-native, meaning a shift to Read more…