Authentix Roamer Verification System activated; successfully completes CTIA technology trial.TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1996--Authentix Network Inc. has been called to active duty in the war on roaming clone fraud. The much-anticipated Authentix Roamer Verification System (AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard) A video compression technique developed by Chinese companies and supported by the Chinese government. Expected to provide better compression than MPEG-2, AVS was created to avoid paying royalties to the MPEG licensors, which are outside ) fraud solution from Authentix is available for commercial service now, following successful CTIA-sponsored technology trials. The Authentix system attacks roaming clone fraud through a user-friendly system that verifies that the person making a roaming wireless call is an authorized user authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal . In addition to fully supporting roamer verification and reinstatement standards, the Authentix service goes the extra step to provide speaker-verification technology and live support from knowledgeable operators, when required. AVS allows anytime/anywhere roaming via independent nationwide SS7 connectivity through Illuminet, NACN NaCN Sodium Cyanide NACN North American Cellular Network or InLink, providing a complete roaming-fraud-prevention service to home carriers whose subscribers travel to other service areas. It allows carriers to re-establish automatic roamer service to individual subscribers in markets where service has been suspended temporarily because of high levels of fraud activity. The CTIA's technology trials are being conducted to encourage fraud-prevention product development to meet the needs of individual wireless carriers and benefit the wireless industry as a whole. CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas E. Wheeler said this year's participants are ``rolling out an arsenal of weapons for carriers to use in the war on fraud.'' Authentix CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mal Gurian couldn't be happier with the results. ``We've always known that our solution would enable carriers to nip roaming fraud in the bud and attack the rising financial toll this crime has inflicted on the entire industry,'' Gurian said. ``We're very appreciative of the CTIA's strong leadership in the war on fraud, and these technology trials are a big part of that effort.'' Authentix, the roaming-fraud-prevention company, was formed in 1995 to focus on the authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and verification of subscribers for the wireless industry. Authentix, in alliance with its partners, provides the wireless industry a network-based, national platform to prevent roaming fraud through precall verification of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. devices and their users. CONTACT: Authentix Network Inc. Bob Steuernagel, 908/879-7813 info@authentix.net (on-line) |
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