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RESTON, Va. -- (Business Wire)
Transaction
Network Services (TNS) and its subsidiary, Cequint,
are providing Sprint with an important new service which will help
protect Sprint’s customers from unwanted robocallers and caller ID
spoofers.
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Joe Lueckenhoff of TNS (Photo: Business Wire)
Sprint is the first carrier using Cequint’s Enhanced Caller ID service
in conjunction with TNS
Call Guardian service to identify fraudulent and nuisance callers as
well as caller ID spoofing. The combined service provides Sprint’s
Premium Caller ID customers with unparalleled protection against problem
callers. The service is newly available on Sprint’s HTC Bolt, and will
be available on more devices soon.
Mark Yarkosky, Sprint’s Director of Product Management said: “Sprint is
proud to be partnering with TNS and Cequint to deliver best-in-class
robocall identification to improve the experience of our customers. This
technology provides a scientific and accurate way of offering a robocall
protection solution that integrates seamlessly with our Premium Caller
ID service.”
TNS Call Guardian’s telephone number scoring and categorization
algorithm is based on network data gathered via TNS’ unique position in
the public telephone
network. TNS handles 25 billion call events every month from over 400
operators.
Joe Lueckenhoff, Executive Vice President and General Manager of TNS’ Telecommunication
Services Division, said: “We’re delighted that Sprint is using
Cequint’s Enhanced Caller ID with TNS Call Guardian in the war against
robocalls. Our proprietary algorithm detects and scores robocallers in
real-time with a high degree of accuracy. It does not rely on honeypots
or consumers’ estimations of what kind of call they have received, but
depends on real-time analytics to update scores on a constant basis.”
The Sprint Premium Caller ID application from Cequint displays a
caller’s category and fraud risk level, identifying calls from
robocallers, spammers, spoofers, and scammers, and putting the decision
about whether to answer calls in the hands of Sprint subscribers.
Subscribers may elect to block the number in order to prevent future
calls and may also choose to report the call, which is used to refine
data via crowd-sourcing.
TNS
Call Guardian assesses the calling behavior of more than 500 million
unique telephone numbers and, through the use of real-time data, ensures
that legitimate callers whose calling identity has been hijacked by
spoofers can regain their reputations quickly. TNS Call Guardian is
accessible via numerous types of signaling protocols, can be customized
by the individual operator, and is available to all types of service
providers, including wireless, VoIP, and TDM wireline.
About Transaction Network Services:
TNS’ Telecommunication Services Division addresses the full needs of
over 400 wireless and wireline operators in the US and globally. Its
portfolio of network signaling, roaming and clearing, wireless fraud
management, and database and registry solutions enables the successful
delivery of subscriber services anywhere at any time.
For more than a decade, its Cequint subsidiary has pioneered the
development of innovative, market-leading mobile Enhanced Caller ID and
Call Management solutions. Cequint’s technology and intellectual
property is protected by 33 patents that it has been granted globally.
For more information please visit TNS
Call Guardian or www.cequint.com.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE:S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served 60.2 million connections as of Sept. 30, 2016 and is
widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national
carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands including
Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant
national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier
1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You
can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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Contacts:
Transaction Network Services
Clare Cockroft
PR Director
T:
+44 (0)114 292 0163
E: pr@tnsi.com
or
TNS
Jo
Moorwood
Senior Director, Marketing Communications
+1 703 814
8065
Source: Transaction Network Services
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