XConnect Joins i3forum to Reduce Voice, Messaging Fraud

XConnect, a Somos Company, the provider of world-class numbering intelligence solutions, has joined i3forum, a not-for-profit industry body enabling and accelerating transformation across the carrier ecosystem, to reduce voice and messaging fraud for the global telecoms industry.

It will collaborate with more than 20 international carriers and share its experience and expertise to enable voice and messaging players to deliver on global initiatives and solutions for the benefit of the entire telecoms industry.

By joining i3forum, XConnect will contribute to one of its key objectives. It will be able to work with the leaders in the telecoms industry to explore and help develop solutions, standards and strategies to build trust in phone number identity e.g., Caller Line Identity (CLI) or Sender ID (used in messaging). It will help influence industry evolution and drive the vision for the voice and messaging industry by sharing experiences and insights into how the global voice and messaging communications ecosystems can effectively validate and authenticate their traffic. The business benefits are a combination of reduced fraud and spam as well as the opportunity to build new revenue streams from identity services.

XConnect Joins i3forum

“Collaboration, on a global basis, is more important than ever as fraud, robocalls, spoofing and spam calls and messages continue to impact an increasing number of consumers and businesses across the world. This reduces trust in digital communications. National initiatives and regulator activities are important; however, a global view and solutions are essential for the industry. The i3forum is the premier global entity that can help make this a reality.” said Eli Katz, Founder and CEO of XConnect. “As a member of the i3forum, and together with the substantial experiences of our USA parent company, Somos, we will continue to work towards a global vision of restoring trust by not only reducing fraud, but to offer the enhanced identity solutions that will significantly benefit e-commerce and digital engagement.”

i3forum, established in 2007, is an organisation of the international telecommunications ecosystem bringing together key stakeholders such as carriers, aggregators, operators, platform providers, vendors, and regulators to help define best practices and solutions and promote and foster adoption of industry transformation. It encourages innovation and competition.

“The addition of XConnect to our membership provides key insights on a global basis to fight against voice and A2P fraud and CLI spoofing. With every new member, we’re driving greater collaboration across the industry and solving some of the biggest challenges facing the carrier community,” said Philippe Millet, Founder and Chairman, at i3forum. “We look forward to XConnect’s contributions as we move closer towards our goal of enabling carrier success in an ever-complex global market and pro-actively addressing the concerns of the industry and regulators.”

XConnect is continuously helping carriers solve the toughest telecoms challenges through building strategic industry partnerships and is the leading provider of trusted real time numbering data to the voice, messaging and identity ecosystems. It joins existing i3forum members including BT, BICS, Tata Communications, Vodafone, Orange, Colt, Telefonica, BTS, Sparkle, Twilio, iBasis, Hot Telecom, Telstra, and PCCW Global, and RAG.