SIPNOC 2022 Overview
The SIP Forum Presents:
A Special Webinar Series Focused on STIR/SHAKEN Deployment, Regulation and Enforcement
Monday, March 21 – Friday, March 25, 2022
Note: SIPNOC 2022 has concluded. This is an archived page that contains information about the event.
For more information about upcoming conferences, please contact Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at marc.robins@sipforum.org
Introduction
Presented by the SIP Forum, SIPNOC 2022 is the 11th Annual SIP Network Operators Conference – an event that has earned high praise from attendees for its educational, non-commercial and technical content that focuses on the real-world challenges service providers face when deploying SIP-based services such as STIR/SHAKEN.
Like the SIP Forum’s July 2021 STIR/SHAKEN VIRTUAL SUMMIT – SIPNOC 2022 will be a virtual event consisting of a special series of webinars presented by the experts leading the development of the STIR/SHAKEN Call Authentication Framework, as well as leading companies providing STIR/SHAKEN solutions and deployment expertise.
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Focus on the STIR/SHAKEN Framework
The primary focus of SIPNOC 2022 is on the continuing development and deployment of the STIR/SHAKEN Framework and its role in the mitigation of Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing, as well as other related regulatory and enforcement topics and actions.
Developed jointly by the SIP Forum and ATIS (the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) to efficiently implement the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) STIR (for Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) standard, SHAKEN (for Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) defines a mechanism to verify the calling number and specifies how it will be transported across communications networks.
Together, STIR/SHAKEN offers a practical mechanism to provide verified information about the calling party as well as the origin of the call — what is known as “attestation” — for the first time in the network. Giving service providers the tools needed to sign and verify calling numbers makes it possible for businesses and consumers to know, before answering, that the calls they receive are from legitimate parties.
The Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or the “TRACED Act” (S.151) was signed into law on December 30, 2019, and authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue additional civil penalties on individuals who intentionally violate restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment (i.e., illegal robocalls and spoofing); and directs the FCC to require voice service providers to offer call authentication technologies (i.e., STIR/SHAKEN) to consumers.
The TRACED Act authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue additional civil penalties on individuals who intentionally violate restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment (i.e., illegal robocalls and spoofing); and directs the FCC to require voice service providers to offer call authentication technologies (i.e., STIR/SHAKEN) to consumers.
With the latest release by the FCC of the Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CG Docket No. 17-59 and the Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 17-97 proposing new caller ID authentication and robocall mitigation obligations on gateway providers in an effort to curb foreign-originated illegal robocalls, there is a continuing need for the telecommunications industry to gather, discuss and respond with well-considered action.
This, and a host of other issues such as the rising tide of Robotexts, the 607/608 call blocking codes, and the challenges of diversion (a.k.a. call forwarding), as well as the emergence of exciting new opportunities such as Branded Calling, also point to the continuing need to provide industry stakeholders the essential information they need to tackle their technological, logistical, business, regulatory and enforcement challenges
Who Should Attend SIPNOC 2022?
With a primary focus on the deployment and implementation of STIR/SHAKEN and the Robocall Mitigation industry eco-system, SIPNOC 2022 is a must-attend event for operational personnel and engineers from service providers of all stripes, and for individuals who are part of the Robocall and Call ID Spoofing solutions ecosystem, including:
- Telcos
- Major Backbone Providers
- Interconnect and Wholesale Solution Providers
- ISPs
- ITSPs (Internet Telephony Service Providers)
- Cable Operators
- Hosted and Managed Service Providers
- Wireless Network Operators
- International PTTs
- Enterprises
- Customer Care and Contact Center Operators
- Data Analytics Companies
- Application Providers
- Government Agencies and Regulators
- Regulatory attorneys with State and Federal Jurisdictions
- Equipment Manufacturers and Mobile Product Developers
- Device Integration Specialists
- Enterprise Service Assurance and IT/communications Staff
SIPNOC 2022 Topics
SIPNOC 2022 features a series of webinars that focused on issues critical to the reliable and successful deployment and operation of STIR/SHAKEN in today’s IP-based network environments, as well as associated topics including discussion of the ramifications of governmental regulatory, legislative and enforcement actions and critical security issues.
SIPNOC 2022 features content including:
- Update on the STIR/SHAKEN Framework and IP-NNI Task Force Milestones
- Special FCC Keynote and Panel Discussion
- Building Back Trust: Steps to Get Consumers to Answer Their Phones Again
- What Everyone Needs to Know about Leased Telephone Numbers and Unwanted Robocalls
- Special Keynote: The View from France
- How Enterprises are Taking Control of Their Call Experience
- Assessing the 2022 Robocall Landscape – A Discussion with Outside Counsel
- In-Depth Review of New ATIS/SIP Forum Standards
- Special FTC and State Attorneys General Keynote: Trafficking in Illegal Robocalls, DNC Violations, and Spoofing: How to Get Sued by the FTC and State Attorneys General.
- International Attestation Challenges
- Identity Verification: Rich Call Data, Registered Caller, Global SHAKEN: Opportunities, Challenges and Best Practices.
- Special Keynote: The View from Canada and the CST-GA
- Update from the STI-GA
- Resolving the Call Blocking Notification Codes Issue
- Gateway Providers’ STIR/SHAKEN Attestations and Robocall Mitigation Practices
- The Unexpected Side Effects of STIR/SHAKEN for Callers
- Industry Traceback 2022 and Beyond
- Consumer/Enterprise Trust in Branded Calling: Are We There Yet?
- Strategies for Driving Consumer Trust
- STIR/SHAKEN Deployment Best-Practices
- Compliance Engineering — How Engineering Organizations can Comply with Robocalling and STIR/SHAKEN Requirements
- Considerations for Management, Performance and Troubleshooting
SIPNOC 2022 Registration
SIPNOC 2022 registration is now officially open!
Please visit the SIPNOC 2022 Agenda webpage to register for the events webinars. Register for as many as you like — registration is completely FREE!
Still have questions? Send an email to sipnocinfo@sipforum.org.
SIPNOC 2022 Sponsors
We are very proud to have the following companies support SIPNOC 2022 through their generous support as event sponsors:
SIPNOC 2022 Diamond Sponsors
Neustar is an information services and technology company and a leader in identity resolution providing the data and technology that enables trusted connections between companies and people at the moments that matter most. Neustar offers industry-leading solutions in Marketing, Risk, Communications, Security and Registry that responsibly connect data on people, devices and locations, continuously corroborated through billions of transactions. Neustar serves more than 8,000 clients worldwide, including 60 of the Fortune 100 , and over 800 communication service providers.
An industry leader in Caller Identification solutions, Neustar is a co-author of STIR standards, key contributor to the SHAKEN framework, and the exclusive operator of the ATIS Robocalling Testbed which conducts interoperability testing of real-world STIR/SHAKEN implementations against Neustar’s reference implementation. Learn more at www.stirshaken.neustar
Sansay, Inc. was founded in June 2002 with the objective of developing the highest quality VoIP infrastructure for carriers and service providers worldwide. Sansay’s extreme focus on quality products and customer support has resulted in commercial deployment of Sansay equipment for over 400 communications service providers in their production networks.
The Sansay STIR/SHAKEN service, empowers service providers to comply with the STIR/SHAKEN framework. It delivers high performance, geo-redundancy, robust call authentication, and call verification service. The Sansay service can be deployed in any virtual environment, as an appliance in your datacenter or fully managed by Sansay. Sansay is one of only six STI-CA, which allows your organization to obtain a STIR/SHAKEN-compliant certificate and expedite testing. For more information, please visit https://www.sansay.com/solutions/stir-shaken/.
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Become a SIPNOC 2022 Event Sponsor!
The SIP Forum provides a wealth of valuable sponsorship benefits and promotional opportunities to companies that become corporate sponsors of SIPNOC 2022.
For more information about available sponsorship options, please contact Marc Robins, SIPNOC 2022 Program Chair and SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at marc.robins@sipforum.org, or call +1-203-829-6307.
For More Information
Still have questions about SIPNOC 2022? Please send your inquiry to the event email address at sipnocinfo@sipforum.org or contact the SIPNOC 2022 Program Chair (see immediately above).
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