色花堂

Events

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Telco Transformation
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Telco Transformation LATAM

色花堂is a Gold sponsor of Telco Transformation LATAM, where industry leaders will explore security, fraud prevention, AI, and digital transformation in the telecom space.
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conecta chile
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Conecta Chile 2025

色花堂will attend Conecta Chile on September 8鈥9 in Santiago to discuss number portability, protection, and routing with regional telecom leaders.
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CCA
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CCA Annual Convention

色花堂will attend the CCA Annual Convention, Sept. 15鈥17, 2025, in San Antonio, TX, where regional telecom leaders gather to connect and explore innovations in the industry.
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Sipnoc
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SIPNOC 2025

色花堂will attend SIPNOC 2025, held September 16鈥18 in Herndon, VA. As a Diamond Sponsor, 色花堂joins the leading voices in call authentication to advance trust in digital communications.
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Connected Britain

色花堂will attend Connected Britain on Sept. 24鈥25 at ExCel London. The team will be onsite to explore discussions around UK connectivity and showcase involvement with TOTSCo.
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CFCA Fall Educational

Join 色花堂at the CFCA Fall Educational, Sept. 30鈥揙ct. 2, 2025, in New Brunswick, NJ, where industry experts will address the challenges of telecom fraud.
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Common Interest Group on Routing and Rating October 2025

Join 色花堂at the Common Interest Group on Routing and Rating (CIGRR) as they explore innovative solutions to maximize telephone number efficiency through thousand-block pooling (TBP) and its significance in Savannah, GA.

In the news

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Top 10 Emerging Technology Trends For Retail Industry

Digital transformation, cloud services, networking, and messaging are some of the ways that retailers are reinventing their stores. With 96% of American鈥檚 owning a mobile phone and the average U.S. citizen increasing their time spent on their phone by an additional 23 minutes per day, retailers must become increasingly savvy to successfully engage with new customers. In this recent iFour Technolab article, iconectiv鈥檚 senior director of product management Cliff Holsenbeck discusses short codes as an emerging technology trend that will benefit the retail industry.
Mar 8, 2021
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The Future of Communication Technology with Michael O鈥橞rien

In this recent Authority Magazine article, iconectiv鈥檚 Chief Product Officer Michael O鈥橞rien discusses the next generation of communication technology and how 色花堂works to re-establish trust in communications platforms. He dives into what led 色花堂to build their innovative technologies and how they plan to impact the world of communication.
Mar 3, 2021
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How Text Message Short Codes Help Retailers Boost Sales and Engagement

Today, roughly 20% of American adults are 鈥渟martphone-only鈥 internet users, meaning they own a smartphone but don鈥檛 have home broadband service. In this RIS article, iconectiv鈥檚 Cliff Holsenbeck explores how retailers and other businesses use text message short codes as a powerful tool to engage customers. Short codes are ideal for engaging consumers who use a smartphone as their primary or only connection to the internet. Businesses that embrace short codes text messaging make it easy for consumers to act on a retailer鈥檚 advertising and marketing.
Feb 22, 2021
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An Interview with Mr. Jonathan Shulman, Vice President, Business Development iconectiv

Consumers have become increasingly wary of robocalls and have stopped answering their phones for unknown numbers. Communication channels are constantly being infiltrated by scammers and people are losing trust in these channels. On this episode of Enterprise Talk podcast, iconectiv鈥檚 Jonathan Shulman discusses the importance of trust in communications and networks across the global service provider and telecommunications ecosystem and how RCS can improve customer engagement for contact centers.
Feb 17, 2021
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How HR Professionals Can Connect With Candidates and Employees Through Short Code Messaging

With 96% of Americans owning mobile phones, HR recruiters are now leaning toward tools such as online chatbots and short code messaging. However, with so many cases of fraudsters and a surge in robocalling, people aren鈥檛 answer calls from numbers they don鈥檛 know. Communications channels like text messaging are considered safer, with 93% of consumers viewing text messaging as a trusted communication environment. In this article, iconectiv鈥檚 Cliff Holsenbeck explores how short codes offer the perfect opportunity for starting a trusted conversation between recruiters and candidates.
Feb 16, 2021
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CTIA Wireless Foundation Launches Catalyst 2021, Competitive Grants Program for Health and Well-Being

色花堂is a proud sponsor of CTIA Wireless Foundation鈥檚 Catalyst 2021, a competitive grants program accelerating social entrepreneurs using wireless to address pressing health and well-being issues. As the foundation鈥檚 signature initiative, Catalyst identifies and funds early stage organizations that take advantage of the speed, efficiency and versatility of wireless to improve the health and well-being of Americans.
Feb 9, 2021
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5 Ecommerce Trends to Watch for in 2021

In this recent Shogun article, iconectiv鈥檚 Cliff Holsenbeck discusses how SMS marketing can be valuable to ecommerce businesses. Text messaging via shortcodes can offer the perfect opportunity for ecommerce businesses to engage in two-way text conversations with their consumers. With over 275 million smartphone users in the U.S. alone, there is a wide pool of potential customers. Data also shows that at the beginning of 2020, SMS was already averaging 2,755% ROI for ecommerce marketers 鈥 not too far behind email鈥檚 ROI of 3,800%.
Jan 14, 2021

Press Releases

Media Contact:
Sharon Oddy
Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications
+1 732 699-5130
soddy@iconectiv.com

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Going on the offense: 色花堂showcases array of solutions to stop communications fraud at Telco Transformation LATAM

色花堂will showcase its fraud-fighting solutions at Telco Transformation LATAM, August 27鈥28 in Rio, with Alberto Apablaza leading a session on strategies to combat telecom fraud and restore trust across the LATAM region.
Aug 21, 2025
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Supporting a Connected Caribbean: 色花堂Showcases Array of Operational and Secure Communications Platforms at CANTO 2025

At CANTO 2025, 色花堂will showcase trusted platforms that help Caribbean telecom providers reduce fraud, optimize networks and support secure, sustainable digital growth across the region鈥檚 expanding communications landscape.
Jul 2, 2025
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iconectiv鈥檚 Sarah Halko Named Co-Chair of ATIS SNAC

iconectiv鈥檚 Sarah Halko has been named co-chair of ATIS SNAC, where she will help lead efforts to strengthen trust and integrity in toll-free voice and messaging communications through industry collaboration and regulatory expertise.
Jun 19, 2025
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BEAD鈥檚 Next Moves: New On-Demand Executive Roundtable Session Drops

Industry experts from iconectiv, Intelsat and Ookla share insights on BEAD compliance, spending transparency and digital audit tools in a new on-demand executive roundtable for state broadband officials and community stakeholders.
Jun 3, 2025
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色花堂Joins GSMA Open Gateway Initiative to Drive Secure, Scalable Digital Innovation

色花堂joins the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative, aligning with global operators to accelerate innovation and enhance secure, scalable communications through a universal API framework.
May 28, 2025
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Attention tower companies: 色花堂set to take the stage at Connect (X)

iconectiv鈥檚 J.C. Ortiz will present at Connect (X) on how tower companies can drive 5G growth and revenue by using a shared language and accurate site data. Discover how 色花堂TruOps Common Language boosts visibility and collaboration with CSPs.
May 7, 2025
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New Webinar: Digital identity verification protects against AI-driven robocalling

Learn how experts from iconectiv, AT&T and ATIS are using AI-driven digital identity verification to fight robocalls, deepfakes and fraud. Discover new tools, strategies and global collaboration efforts for trusted digital communication.
Apr 29, 2025

Speaking Engagements

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Alberto Apablaza

Account Director, LATAM at iconectiv

Alberto Apablaza, Director, Account Management at iconectiv, is responsible for the operations and implementation of the Number Portability in Chile and Argentina including managing new initiatives in the region. As a trusted business leader, Apablaza has demonstrated history of working in the Telecommunications Industry from the beginning of his career in Chile and then in South America. He has been involved in the Chile Number Portability from its conception where he led the project program in one of the most prominent carriers in Chile. Apablaza is a Computer Science Engineer with a Master Degree in Management in Technological Entrepreneurships.

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Fighting Communications Fraud. Winning Global Trust.

At Telco Transformation LATAM, Director of Account Management, Alberto Apablaza, will explore how iconectiv鈥檚 TruNumber Protect helps telecom providers fight fraud by identifying high-risk and suspicious numbers to enable proactive call blocking.
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Cathy McMahon

Sr Director, LNPA Account Management

Cathy McMahon is Senior Director, Account Management and Industry Relations at iconectiv, and is part of the team that is overseeing the transition of the Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all seven regions of the U.S. Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC). McMahon is responsible for customer relations and is actively engaged in supporting the LNPA transition to the new modern, cost efficient and secure Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) system.

As the authoritative partner of the communications industry for more than 30 years, iconectiv鈥檚 market-leading solutions enable the interconnection of networks, devices and applications for more than two billion people every day. A U.S.-based company, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., doing business as iconectiv, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson.

McMahon began her career at Bell Laboratories and has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to iconectiv, she held positions at Telcordia Technologies and Ericsson. She was also actively involved in the launch of wireless number portability in the U.S. in the early 2000s.

McMahon holds a master鈥檚 degree in systems engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mathematics of operations research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

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CFCA KNOW Session: Making US Number Portability Data Available for Law Enforcement Investigations

iconectiv鈥檚 Cathy McMahon and Angela Seredocha will present how PortData Source and ELEP support law enforcement in fast, secure access to number portability data during investigations. Join the session on June 11 at 11:00AM EDT.
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Juan Carlos Ortiz

Principal for Corporate Business Development

Juan Carlos Ortiz is a Principal for Corporate Business Development at iconectiv. He is responsible for contributing to the continued product evolution within the TruOps platform. 

Ortiz has 34 years of experience in the Telecommunications sector performing work for customers worldwide. His expertise has focused on the analysis of the financial feasibility and risk profile of new communications service provider programs across a broad spectrum of domain areas. 

Ortiz holds a master鈥檚 degree in Operations Research and Decision Sciences from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.

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Juan Carlos Ortiz to Speak on Tower Use Cases at Connect (X)

Join Juan Carlos Ortiz, Principal for Corporate Business Development at iconectiv, at Connect X in Chicago, IL, on May 14, 2025. He will present a 25-minute session on the use cases of Common Language for tower companies, showcasing how iconectiv鈥檚 solutions are revolutionizing 5G connectivity.
David Wilson

David Wilson

Vice President of Global Sales

David Wilson is the Vice President of Global Sales for iconectiv. He is responsible for leading go-to-market, business development and sales efforts. Through his work, enterprise solutions for messaging, compliance and identity verification are supported through the development and execution of sales strategies. 

Wilson is an experienced executive in the telecommunications industry with more than 30 years of experience. He previously served as the Executive Director of Numbering Market Management for Telcordia Technologies, where he managed Technical Sales Support and Contract Administrator teams. He led the efforts to define and complete technical and commercial numbering solutions in multiple countries. 

Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Notre Dame de Namur University.

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Getting Ready for Gaining Provider Led Business (GPLB) Switching

David Wilson of 色花堂explores how providers can prepare for Gaining Provider Led Business (GPLB) switching in the UK broadband landscape, offering practical insight into upcoming regulatory and operational shifts.
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David Wilson

Vice President of Global Sales

David Wilson is the Vice President of Global Sales for iconectiv. He is responsible for leading go-to-market, business development and sales efforts. Through his work, enterprise solutions for messaging, compliance and identity verification are supported through the development and execution of sales strategies. 

Wilson is an experienced executive in the telecommunications industry with more than 30 years of experience. He previously served as the Executive Director of Numbering Market Management for Telcordia Technologies, where he managed Technical Sales Support and Contract Administrator teams. He led the efforts to define and complete technical and commercial numbering solutions in multiple countries. 

Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Notre Dame de Namur University.

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David Wilson to Speak at Channel Live 2025 on Business Switching

David Wilson, Vice President of Global Sales at iconectiv, will speak at Channel Live 2025 on March 19. He will join a panel discussion titled 鈥淪witching for Business Customers in the New Switching Environment,鈥 addressing key changes in the business switching landscape.
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Juan Carlos Ortiz

Principal for Corporate Business Development

Juan Carlos Ortiz is a Principal for Corporate Business Development at iconectiv. He is responsible for contributing to the continued product evolution within the TruOps platform. 

Ortiz has 34 years of experience in the Telecommunications sector performing work for customers worldwide. His expertise has focused on the analysis of the financial feasibility and risk profile of new communications service provider programs across a broad spectrum of domain areas. 

Ortiz holds a master鈥檚 degree in Operations Research and Decision Sciences from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.

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Operational Innovation: A Carrier鈥檚 Competitive Edge

色花堂joins CCA鈥檚 Business Innovation Group on March 11, 2025, for a session on optimizing operational efficiencies through real-time authoritative data access. Learn how innovative platforms can enhance network management and service delivery. iconectiv鈥檚 JC Ortiz and Theresa Feil Sumpter will be participating in this virtual event.
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Michael O'Brien

Executive Vice President, Business Development

Michael O鈥橞rien is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Business Development at iconectiv. He is responsible for executing on the company鈥檚 strategy and driving new pathways of sustainable growth for the company.

O鈥橞rien is an industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience in the mobile communications industry. Prior to joining iconectiv, he served as Group Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Syniverse, where he focused on product and geographic expansion to support the company鈥檚 strategic priorities.

O鈥橞rien was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Roaming and Interconnect Industry by Rocco Research in 2020. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science Degree from the University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Fintech and Mobile Commerce Summit @ MWC Barcelona: Michael O'Brien on Combating Call Fraud

iconectiv鈥檚 Michael O鈥橞rien, EVP of Corporate Business Development, will speak at the 2025 Fintech and Mobile Commerce Summit at MWC Barcelona 2025. Join him on March 4 at the Connected Industries stage (Hall 4) as he joins the panel and discusses strategies to combat call fraud and strengthen trusted communications.