Attestation Service - 14IP

14IP Attestation Service

14IP’s Attestation service is simple and free, and the only information collected is the phone number you are calling from.

What You Need to Know
New Fees & Processes for Commercial Texting to Mobile Numbers

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Simply Dial

1 (920) 666-1392

From the number you want to get the Attestation grade for.
That’s it. No additional input is required.

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From Your Device

When you dial the number, you’ll get a message thanking you for using the 14IP Attestation Service. Your phone number is read back to you; you are then told the service provider, the Attestation rating for the number, and the Service Provider Code.

A

Full Attestation

The number being dialed from has been authenticated by the service provider, and the caller has been authorized to use that number.

B

Partial Attestation

The service provider has verified that the call has originated from the customer but not that they are authorized to use it.

C

Gateway Attestation

The service provider can authenticate the origin of the call, but its source is not verified. International calls often receive this rating.

WHAT IS ATTESTATION?

Attestation is not pronounced like “Atta-Boy”; if we break it down, it’s easier. Attest-ation, to attest to something.
  1. The definition of attestation is the act of showing or evidence showing that something is true. A letter of recommendation is an example of an attestation. noun.
  2. The act of authenticating a document by observing its execution at the request of the party signing the document and then signing it as a witness.

So now that you know what Attestation is, why is it important? For that, we need to discuss STIR/SHAKEN.

According to the FCC’s website STIR/SHAKEN is defined as the following:

STIR/SHAKEN is a framework of interconnected standards. STIR/SHAKEN are acronyms for the Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN) standards. This means that calls traveling through interconnected phone networks would have their caller ID “signed” as legitimate by originating carriers and validated by other carriers before reaching consumers. STIR/SHAKEN digitally validates the handoff of phone calls passing through the complex web of networks, allowing the phone company of the consumer receiving the call to verify that a call is, in fact, from the number displayed on Caller ID.