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Important
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Prescott-Clearwater, with its partners, is an authorized provider of both verified ANIs and digital tokens. It also provides Mitigation Database registration services.

Prescott-Clearwater generates electronic tokens for call originators, and token validation for call terminators, as required by U.S. Federal law, and the FCC's implementation rules. Tokens are generated and validated through a real-time national database.

Under the STIR / SHAKEN national protocols, telephone calls without valid digital tokens may be blocked or have phrases such as “Suspected Spam” inserted into the caller’s ID display. Valid tokens will display phrases such as “Valid Call” on the caller’s ID display.

As an operating CLEC, we can provide these electronic services for:

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    Enterprise call generators that have been vetted for TCPA and TRACE compliance
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    Facilities-based call service providers
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    Non facilities-based service providers
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    Cloud-based switching platforms

TCPA and TRACE Act compliance is the key – if a call generator is not in compliance with these, we cannot and will not provide STIR / SHAKEN services.

Levels
Three different levels of operating STIR-SHAKEN tokens will be issued, and inserted into the SIP header of each call:
  • Attestation A
    Trusted company that originates and terminates calls on the same network.

  • Attestation B
    Trusted company that originates calls on the vendor network, and then terminates the call on another last mile network. (In this case, we supply the originating ANIs for these calls.

  • Attestation C
    3rd party entities that originate calls off-network, come onto the vendor network, then pass the call on another last mile network. Nobody has any idea who the originators are, or what kind of traffic this is. This is the highly targeted traffic for Stir-Shaken identification as suspect calls.
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Standards
STIR-SHAKEN Standards

Voice Service Providers have been directed by the FCC to implement robust call authentication. STIR-SHAKEN standards create a secure framework to guarantee caller ID is accurate.

  • STIR
    Secure Telephony Identity Revisited (STIR) is a set of technical standards developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to certify the identity of originating calls.

  • SHAKEN:
    Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN) is a framework developed by the Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) to implement STIR within IP-based service provider networks.
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Services
Stir Shaken and other Services

We are passionate about guiding clients to the best technical solution tailored to meet their needsm while complying with all Federal requirements. Our strategies are constantly evolving as new possibilities emerge.

  • STIR-SHAKEN:
    How does that work?

    STIR-SHAKEN technology can sound complicated, but the process is simple. We've drafted a "keep it simple" explanation for the process to help clients understand, view our KISS description at the link below.

  • These are the keys:
    TCPA, TRACE ACT, OTHERS

    ​The TCPA is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that was enacted to protect consumers from unsolicited telemarketers and other types of marketers who do not have permission to contact them or who break other TCPA laws

  • Data Products

    Prescott-Clearwater compiles data for your routing, billing, and compliance needs. Our North America telecom data base provides a full-service data listing, including these returns, view them at the link below.

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