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Report: Scam calls will make up nearly half of calls by 2019
First Orion projects that at current rate, nearly 45% of mobile calls will be scams by next year
The rate of scam calls to U.S. mobile users is increasing so rapidly that by next year, nearly half of all calls will be fraudulent, according to...
Carrier call-blocking services effective at identifying robocalls, study finds
Study tested carrier services for identifying and blocking spam calls
A study by analyst firm Mind Commerce found that services offered by wireless network operators are "generally effective" at identifying and blocking unwanted robocalls, with Verizon's service ranked as the best.
“While there is much work...
Foiling robocalls with SHAKEN and STIR
STIR/SHAKEN testing through ATIS testbed aims to improve authentication
If there's one call everyone hates, it's a robocall. Unwanted, auto-dialed spam calls to mobile phones -- perhaps with a spoofed caller identification number, so that the recipient thinks they are receiving a local call and...