Neustar and TNS Partner to Provide Trusted Call Experiences

Neustar and Transaction Network Services (TNS) have partnered to enable companies to vet and authenticate calls across the largest cross-carrier distribution in North America through one point of entry.

Through direct network integration with major wireless and wireline carriers, this partnership helps enable secure, trusted calls to consumers.

"The new platform helps extend the call authentication trust chain and further strengthen the effectiveness of STIR/SHAKEN standards, establishing a strong foundation for branded calling and rich call data (RCD)," said James Garvert, senior vice president of communications solutions at Neustar, in a statement. "We encourage other companies to join us in adopting this approach to help restore trust in the phone channel."

"Leading the initiative of restoring trust to voice is a prime directive for TNS and this partnership," said Bill Versen, president of the communications market for TNS, in a statement. "Finally, enterprises have a way to verify and authenticate outbound calls through a single point of entry. This unified, cross-carrier platform now sets the stage to enable enterprises to provide consumers the enhanced information that they're looking for. Successfully combatting call spoofing and robocalls requires collaboration. We'd like to see other companies embrace this approach with us."