STIR/SHAKEN

Fight illegal robocalls and increase call answer rates

Reduce the number of spoofed robocalls and build consumers’ trust so they’re confident incoming calls are legitimate.

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Prevent unlawful robocalls with call authentication

Improve customer experience

Fight against fraudsters that illegally spoof caller IDs and bother your customers. Give customers a reason to start picking up the phone again.

Establish voice security

Restore the value of voice by allowing customers to see that your call has been authenticated with a trust indicator like a checkmark or “Caller Verified” text.

Increase call answer rates

When people can’t trust that callers are who they claim to be, they stop answering even legitimate calls. Caller ID authentication ensures customers feel confident saying hello. 

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Help customers know who’s really calling

Let end users know your calls are legitimate with the STIR/SHAKEN solution.  

STIR is short for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited and SHAKEN stands for Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs. Together they’re authentication standards, allowing for verification that calls come from a real caller ID.

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Increase transparency and trust in phone calls

STIR/SHAKEN attestation given to calls is an important input that can improve the reputation score of your phone calls making your customers feel more comfortable answering your legitimate calls.

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Discover tools for enhancing your customer experience and compliance

In partnership with Neustar, we have the tools to provide you with trust-enabling information allowing correct caller validation. Inteliquent's fraud prevention tools include randomization of two-digit numbers, ANI management to identify and block abusive originating numbers, and proactive blocking to ensure added protection for outbound long distance calls.

Transit Service - Sends and receives all signed calls between SIP based service providers, such as carriers, at no charge.
Signed Call Authentication Service - Signs customer's outbound calls using Inteliquent certificates and keypair for end users and small to medium size communication service providers (CSPs)
Hosted Call Authentication Service - Signs customer's outbound calls using service provider certificates and keypair for large communication service providers, Internet protocol enabled service providers (IPESs) and rural local exchange carriers (RLECs)
Verification Service - Ability to pass through signed identify headers, or perform validation of identify headers and pass through verification result via the verstat parameter in SIP signaling
Call Treatment - Applies treatment to inbound calls such as blocking repeated robocalls as well as whitelisting or blacklisting phone numbers, voice recognition, two-digit random numbers and more based on customer-specific rules, or pre-set policy options determined by attestation levels A, B or C using Inteliquent’s analytics and Neustar’s enhanced caller name (CNAM) solution
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Take steps to restore and build consumer trust

Standard expertise

This is an industry-standard caller ID authentication technology, so you can feel confident in a solution that’s backed by federal and industry best practices.

Trust indicator

When adopted, carriers can present a trust indicator, like “Caller Verified,” to recipients’ phones letting them know it’s ok to pick up and say hello.

Phone hijacking traceback

If a caller abuses STIR/SHAKEN, they will be held accountable with near-instant traceback by regulatory groups and law enforcement.

Spam protection

Mitigate spoofed robocalls and, in turn, increase answer rates by reducing the number of legitimate calls marked as spam.

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Got questions? We've got answers!

  • What is STIR/SHAKEN?

    STIR/SHAKEN is a set of technical standards and protocols that allow for the authentication and verification of caller ID information for calls carried over Internet Protocol (IP) networks that can assist communication service providers in preventing unwanted robocalls from connecting with their desired endpoints.  

    It allows service providers to place a digital signature on calls as they originate on their network, which verifies the call is being placed from someone with the right to use the number.

  • How does STIR/SHAKEN work?

    STIR/SHAKEN digitally validates the handoff of phone calls passing through the complex web of networks. It allows phone companies to verify that a consumer's incoming call is in fact from the number displayed on Caller ID.

  • Why should I care about STIR/SHAKEN?

    STIR/SHAKEN is a set of protocols and procedures mandated by the FCC to combat the rise in unwanted robocalls and unlawful caller ID spoofing. When adopted, carriers can present a trust indicator to recipients’ phones. 

    STIR/SHAKEN helps improve calling experiences by mitigating spoofed robocalls and, as a result, building consumers’ trust so they’re comfortable answering incoming calls.

  • Who needs to implement STIR/SHAKEN?

    All U.S. voice providers and foreign providers delivering calls to the U.S. for termination must submit a certification of their implementation of STIR/SHAKEN or a robocall mitigation plan.  

    All voice telephony providers will have a new duty not to accept calls directly from service providers that have not submitted such certifications.

  • What does STIR/SHAKEN mean?

    STIR stands for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited and SHAKEN stands for Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs.

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