FCC Chairman Pai & CRTC Chairman Scott Complete First International Authenticated STIR/SHAKEN Calls Using Xfinity Voice & Tel...
December 09 2019 - 1:43PM
Business Wire
Milestone Marks Another Breakthrough in the
Fight to Protect Consumers from Fraudulent Robocalls
Today, U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and Canada’s CRTC Chairman
Ian Scott completed the first-of-their-kind end-to-end
international authenticated calls using the STIR/SHAKEN protocol
using Xfinity Voice and Telus wireless phone services. The
milestone represents another breakthrough in the fight to protect
consumers from fraudulent robocalls.
Caller ID spoofing is a widespread problem that causes
significant harm to American consumers. The FCC has cited
predictions that, by the end of 2019, over 44 percent of all calls
to mobile phones will be scam calls, and that nine out of 10 scam
calls will be spoofed so that they appear to come from a familiar
area code.
“Comcast has been at the forefront of these efforts from day
one, and will continue working diligently to eradicate the nuisance
calls that have plagued consumers for years,” said Tony Werner,
President of Technology, Product and Xperience, Comcast Cable. “We
applaud Chairman Pai and the FCC’s leadership to protect consumers
by working with voice providers like Xfinity to pave the way for
broader implementation of STIR/SHAKEN and other robocall mitigation
techniques.”
STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Secure
Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) is a revolutionary
emerging technology that enables voice providers to “sign” and
“verify” caller ID information, thus preventing bad actors from
manipulating or “spoofing” caller ID information in an effort to
deceive and defraud consumers.
The protocol’s deployment has been implemented steadily for
domestic calls. Comcast, for instance, announced in March of 2019
that it had completed the first exchange of authenticated calls
under the STIR/SHAKEN protocol with AT&T, and announced in
April that it had begun exchanging authenticated calls with
T-Mobile.
While these efforts are making a difference domestically, a
large number of fraudulent spoofed robocalls originate from
overseas, prompting a need for cross-border coordination on caller
ID authentication. The groundbreaking, fully authenticated calls
between Chairman Pai and Chairman Scott—involving two voice
providers from different countries—illustrate that it is possible
to extend the substantial benefits of STIR/SHAKEN to international
calls and open a new front in consumer protection.
For more information about what Comcast is doing to fight
robocalls, visit www.corporate.comcast.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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