CCA and NetNumber Establish Program to Bring STIR/SHAKEN Solutions to Carrier Members
December 14, 2020
Guaranteed Caller™ enables legitimate callers to participate in the STIR/SHAKEN trust network
December 14, 1010 - Competitive Carriers Association (“CCA”) today announced a technology and marketing engagement program with NetNumber to provide a complete solution for CCA carrier members to cost-effectively mitigate unwanted robocalls. NetNumber’s Guaranteed Caller Service Provider (GCSP) solution delivers a complete solution for the signing and verification of known trusted calls allowing CCA members to ensure that the calls of their legitimate subscribers travel inside the STIR/SHAKEN trusted network.
American consumers receive over 200K unwanted and/or fraudulent calls every minute, many using spoofed caller IDs to increase the likelihood that the called party will answer the call. To combat this growing problem, the FCC has mandated service provider implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN set of standards as a solution to the widespread use of CLI spoofing in fraudulent calls. Service Providers operating IP-based voice services must implement STIR/SHAKEN in their networks by June 30th 2021.
Through this program, CCA carrier members have an opportunity to deploy GCSP and meet the FCCs deadline. In addition, GCSP provides both SIP and TDM/SS7 support including the TDM-enabling Call Placement Service (CPS), which is included with each Guaranteed Caller™ solution sold. This means that service providers that deploy GCSP to meet the FCC mandate of today also have deployed a solution that will be needed for tomorrow’s inevitable regulations on TDM/SS7 STIR/SHAKEN.
Steven K. Berry, President & CEO of CCA said, "CCA is pleased to work with NetNumber to bring its Guaranteed Caller platform for STIR/SHAKEN to CCA’s carrier members. The goal is to help smaller carriers provide cost-effective solutions that protect subscribers from illegal robocalling. We are delighted to work with NetNumber to see that all CCA carrier members can launch a solution.”
“The CCA is an extremely important organization to all of the competitive carriers in the US, and we are thrilled to provide a STIR/SHAKEN solution for their members,” said Matt Rosenberg, chief revenue office for NetNumber. “The FCC has imposed an aggressive date that must be met, and we are excited to be a trusted advisor to the CCA members to help them meet the deadline.”
