Large Providers Now Using Stir/Shaken Standards

The largest voice service providers are now using secure telephone identity revisited and signature-based handling of asserted information using tokens (Stir/Shaken), FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced Wednesday. That was the deadline for the largest providers to implement the caller ID authentication framework. A Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau report Tuesday said 207 providers have certified complete implementation (see 2106290060). Smaller providers were granted an extension until June 30, 2023, and the commission is considering shortening that deadline by one year (see 2105200072). “While there is no silver bullet in the endless fight against scammers, STIR/SHAKEN will turbo-charge many of the tools we use in our fight against robocalls,” Rosenworcel said in a statement: “This is a good day for American consumers who -- like all of us -- are sick and tired of illegal spoofed robocalls.” T-Mobile said Wednesday it's filing a certification of completion at the FCC saying all calls on its network are now compliant with the requirement. “We were first to implement number verification in 2019 and today, all calls originating on the T-Mobile network are 100% STIR/SHAKEN compliant, giving our customers peace of mind that their calls are protected against scammers and spammers,” said Jon Freier, executive vice president-T-Mobile Consumer Group.