ATIS Updates FCC Wireline Bureau on Cross-Border Call Authentication Trial

A trial is underway and expected to end this year on the use of cross-border call authentication (CBCA) technology, ATIS told FCC Wireline Bureau staff. CBCA will let calls be "verified end-to-end, even if they originate in a country that has not yet deployed Shaken" technology, ATIS said in an ex parte filing Tuesday in docket 17-97. It expects to launch CBCA live service this year and said the next steps include formally requesting the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority's "recognition of CBCA to allow cross border calls to be fully authenticated" and signing additional international service providers.