Will the USA Dominate Global Call Authentication? A Conversation with a US Telecoms Legend
Pierce Gorman’s 34 years of engineering for T-Mobile and Sprint included a leading role in the creation of STIR/SHAKEN.
Singapore Joins Nexus of Bilateral Telecoms Spam Agreements
A deal between Singapore and Australia sees the East Asian country align with a growing web of similar deals between Western nations.
Chief Target of New US Robocall Crackdown Is American Banned from Telemarketing in 2013
Roy Cox was never made to pay a USD1.1mn penalty for past violations but is now blamed for 3.5% of all US robocalls since 2018.
The Million-Pound British Alternative to the Billion-Dollar STIR/SHAKEN Program
Prof. Feng Hao of Warwick University has a bottom-up method for checking CLIs that could be much cheaper than the US approach.
Regulator Warns Telco for Failing to Investigate Spam
Symbio Group did not check the origin of hundreds of thousands of spam calls because they lacked the tools to do so.
UK Government Proposes Heavy Fines for Spam Calls and Texts
But they also want to weaken rules that currently require politicians be held to the same standard as marketeers.
What If China Created a Rival to the US STIR/SHAKEN Program?
The government of China has every reason to disrupt US ambitions by copying and improving upon US plans for verifying CLIs globally.
The Good News Behind Google Stopping Indian Rich Business Messaging Spam
Indians reported a deluge of unsolicited adverts via Google Messaging after mobile operators gave free access to unsuitable businesses.
US Hypocrisy on International Cooperation Shown in FCC Vote to Impose STIR/SHAKEN on Foreign Calls
The FCC’s Commissioners ignored facts presented by US telcos because they conflict with myths about American exceptionalism.
US Says No Need for Telcos to Pay $3.3mn Illegal Robocall Penalty If They Cannot Afford It
What is the point of calculating a hefty nominal punishment if it can be neutralized by showing an empty bank statement?