SEATTLE-GTE Mobilnet Inc. has signed a letter of intent to deploy Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc.’s Blackbird Platform and PreTect fraud prevention application in GTE’s San Francisco market.
CTS said the PreTect application uses patented signal processing or radio frequency fingerprinting technology to accurately distinguish between legitimate customers and counterfeit users on a pre-call basis. The system captures information from the cellular phone call at the cell site, before it enters the service provider’s system, and compares it to valid data, CTS said. The software can then automatically intercept and shut down a call if a proper match is not made.
CTS and GTE expect deployment to begin in the third quarter.
