US Cellular Eyes Deploying Call-Authentication Solution in Second Half of 2019
U.S. Cellular tentatively plans to deploy a call-authentication solution in the second half of 2019, said a filing posted Friday on a discussion with FCC Chief Technology Officer Eric Burger and other staffers. Several components are "critical" for successfully implementing…
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Stir/Shaken (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited/Secure Handling of Asserted Information using toKENs), said the docket 17-97 filing: "a certificate key management entity"; "new network elements and functionality"; "new functionality on devices (UE) to support [Session Initiation Protocol] parameters"; and "Volte interoperability (SIP trunking) with other carriers (who also have implemented STIR/SHAKEN)." Chairman Ajit Pai in May accepted recommendations of the North American Numbering Council for standing up a call-authentication governance framework over the next year, with some providers expected to implement Stir/Shaken on the same timetable (see 1805140028 and 1805030014).