\nDespite all the efforts, there\u2019s no stopping to robocall scams. According to\u00a0YouMail Robocall Index, Americans received nearly 46 billion robocalls in 2020. Such calls are increasing at a remarkable rate. An estimated 26.4 billion robocalls have been already placed till June this year. US citizens have reportedly lost nearly $30 billion to robocall scams over the past year.
\nThis is alarming, to say the least. As such, Americans are now increasingly refraining from picking up unknown number calls. According to Pew Research Center, over 80 percent of American adults do not pick up calls from unknown numbers.
\nGranted, this makes them safer from scams. However, not every unknown number call is a scam or spam. Many times, those robocalls are from the bank, school, doctor\u2019s office, or any other legitimate business trying to reach more customers. YouMail\u2019s data estimates suggest around 39 percent of 4.4 billion robocalls placed in June 2021 were scams. The rest of them were telemarketing calls (24 percent), alerts and reminders (24 percent), and payment reminders (13 percent).
\nQuite clearly, people are missing out on some important calls, just because of taking precautionary measures against scams. T-Mobile aims to solve this problem with RCD.
\nT-Mobile completes the first RCD wireless call
\nRCD is part of the STIR\/SHAKEN framework. It delivers Caller ID directly from the organization that is calling, rather than pulling it out from third-party databases, which traditional Caller IDs do. As such, the information that is displayed on the recipient\u2019s phone screen is properly authenticated by the network. Organizations will be able to define how their branding and call intent is received by customers. This will help customers know exactly who is calling and why, \u201cwith a high degree of trust,\u201d T-Mobile says.
\nT-Mobile has already completed 100 percent STIR\/SHAKEN deployment on its network. Every call originating from the T-Mobile is STIR\/SHAKEN authenticated. That\u2019s 257 million calls verified every day to keep US citizens safer. Now, with RCD, the Un-carrier is all set to take this safety level up a notch.
\n\u201cThe ability to deliver RCD to mobile devices is a key tool in the battle against scammers as it increases consumer trust in knowing who is calling them and why,\u201d said Abdul Saad, CTO of T-Mobile. \u201cThis proof-of-concept shows that by working together as an industry we can make sure that legal, critical, and wanted calls are delivered with a high level of consumer confidence.\u201d
\nT-Mobile\u2019s partner firms in this effort include First Orion, CTIA, Everbridge, iconectiv, NetNumber, Numeracle, and Twilio. There\u2019s no timeline available when RCD will arrive commercially. We will be keeping an eye on this development.
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