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T-Mobile, Comcast and Inteliquent Deliver Industry First in War Against Illegal Call Spoofing
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
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nWhat’s the news: T-Mobile, Comcast, and Inteliquent have delivered the industry’s first end-to-end STIR/SHAKEN call verification across three networks.\n\n\nWhy it matters: Scam calls are not only annoying, they can be dangerous, with individuals losing hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars to scammers.\n\n\nWho it’s for: Anyone who wants more protection against the growing number of scam/spoofed calls.\n\n\n BELLEVUE, Wash. & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nT-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.\n\n\nNeighbor 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.\n\n\n“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.”\n\n\n“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, Pres...