T-Mobile, Comcast and Inteliquent Deliver Industry First in War Against Illegal Call Spoofing
November 21 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- What’s the news: T-Mobile, Comcast, and Inteliquent have
delivered the industry’s first end-to-end STIR/SHAKEN call
verification across three networks.
- Why it matters: Scam calls are not only annoying, they
can be dangerous, with individuals losing hundreds and sometimes
thousands of dollars to scammers.
- Who it’s for: Anyone who wants more protection against
the growing number of scam/spoofed calls.
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and
Inteliquent, Inc. today announced they’ve achieved an industry
first in the war against spoofers and scammers, completing the
first end-to-end STIR/SHAKEN call verification across three
networks. T-Mobile and Comcast announced STIR/SHAKEN
interoperability earlier this year, giving consumers with a growing
number of capable smartphones peace of mind that calls from
Comcast’s Xfinity Voice phones to T-Mobile phones (and vice versa)
are not generated by a scammer spoofing a number. Now, calls can be
routed through Inteliquent as well as directly between T-Mobile and
the Xfinity Voice landline phone service and still ensure that the
number displayed has been verified. With this technical first, our
companies are expanding what is possible with STIR/SHAKEN, not only
enabling peer-to-peer call verification but also connections via
tandem networks.
Neighbor spoofing — where scammers hijack a phone number to
match the area code and 3-digit prefix of the person they’re
targeting — is a common scam. People are more prone to answer calls
from numbers that look familiar, putting them at risk of falling
victim to fraudsters. Today’s news means consumers are more
protected against these types of spoofed calls.
“Scammers and spoofers are a scourge on the industry, and at
T-Mobile, we’re using every tool available to fight against these
bad guys on behalf of consumers,” said John Legere, CEO of
T-Mobile. “We were first to announce STIR/SHAKEN readiness, first
to implement caller verification, and first to launch cross-network
caller verification … we continue to be on the front lines to keep
Un-carrier customers protected, and we won’t stop.”
“Consumers are tired of getting scammed, and Comcast has
developed ways to ensure Xfinity customers know the calls they are
answering are legitimate,” said Tony Werner, President of
Technology, Product and Xperience for Comcast. “This is another
milestone in our efforts to implement STIR/SHAKEN. We were one of
the first companies to conduct a non-lab exchange of a verified
call and we co-authored many of the core STIR and SHAKEN
specifications.”
“The communications industry is committed to stopping call
spoofing, which seriously harms consumers,” stated Surendra Saboo,
Inteliquent’s President. “Inteliquent fully supports the FCC’s
recent STIR/SHAKEN initiative, and we’re excited about our new
collaboration with T-Mobile and Comcast. Together, we can prevent
scammers from connecting with citizens.”
STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Secure
Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) standards are
recommended by the FCC to identify authentic calls on networks.
T-Mobile and Comcast’s Xfinity Voice were the first to deliver
network interoperability in April 2019. Comcast has implemented
STIR/SHAKEN for all Xfinity Voice home phone subscribers,
authenticating outgoing residential calls and validating incoming
authenticated calls.
As part of today’s news, T-Mobile also announced that Caller
Verified, the Un-carrier’s implementation of STIR/SHAKEN, is now
operable across 17 smartphones, with more coming soon. Caller
Verified is live today for all T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile
customers, and customers with these devices and the latest software
update will automatically see “Caller Verified” on their screen for
authentic calls from the T-Mobile network and Comcast’s Xfinity
Voice home phone service.
For more information on all the ways T-Mobile is
protecting customers, visit
https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/call-protection.
For Metro by T-Mobile customers, more information
is available at
https://www.metropcs.com/shop/services/protection.
For additional information about what Comcast is doing to
fight robocalls, visit corporate.comcast.com.
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About T-Mobile US, Inc.
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is
redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services
through leading product and service innovation. Our advanced
nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences
to 84.2 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on
quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US
provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its
flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. For more
information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable,
NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’
largest high-speed internet, video, and phone providers to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides
communications services, including residential high-speed internet,
phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast
network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original
content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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