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First Orion’s Remarkable Year: 2023 Highlights and Achievements
This year was a landmark year in the history of First Orion. From the greatest number of treated calls ever placed by our clients in a year to new industry partnerships and the launch of our branded technology on all major U.S. carrier networks, 2023 saw immense...
First Orion’s Remarkable Year: 2023 Highlights and Achievements
2023 was a big year for branding calling, for both First Orion and our clients! Let’s take a look back at all the accomplishments and growth.
Budgeting for the New Year with Branded Calling
Q4 is rapidly coming to a close, and all of the opportunities – and risks – associated with the new year are almost here....
First Orion Joins the Mobile Ecosystem Forum to Advance Branded Calling Solutions Globally
First Orion is proud to announce our recent inclusion into the Mobile Ecosystem Forum – MEF – to advance the cause of...
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What’s the deal with TRACED and STIR/SHAKEN?
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding scam and robocalls around Washington lately, with overwhelming support in the Senate for the recently passed TRACED Act, the FCC moving forward with STIR/SHAKEN requirements as well as the important declaratory...
Carriers Can Auto-Block Unwanted Calls – Now What?
Earlier this month, the FCC voted to let phone carriers block unwanted robocalls by default - customers can now be signed up for blocking services automatically and "opt-out" if they so choose. We wrote about the ruling a few weeks ago if you want...
What to do after you get scammed
According to our latest survey, most of you never give out sensitive info to suspected scammers - which is great! While it may seem obvious when you read about the scams here, at the moment these cons might be very convincing, especially since...
Tax Day marks open season for IRS scammers
It's Tax Day in the US - but just because the papers are filed doesn't mean that the calls will stop. For IRS scammers, their season is just beginning. Tax scams work because no one wants to be audited by the IRS. Scammers prey on that fear to...
First Orion “Tops Out” in North Little Rock
It's official - a little piece of every employee at First Orion is now built into our future headquarters. We held a very special Beer:30 this week (Beam:30, for you pun-lovers) and celebrated our official topping out on the new building. Employees...
First Orion Launches First DNO Registry
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before - nearly half of all mobile calls will be fraud this year. You may have seen a similar headline splashed across the media lately, thanks to our scam report and a mention from the FCC. Fewer people are...
Scam Alert: DEA Phone Scam
Have you ever been called by the IRS claiming they are going to arrest you if you don’t pay a fine for not paying your taxes? Well, how about the DEA? DEA officials say phone calls are being made by scammers posing as DEA or other law enforcement...
Engage™ puts the “phone” back into smartphones
Despite being called a smartphone, these devices are often used for anything but. The vast majority of Americans own a cellphone of some kind - 95%, according to the Pew Research Center, making it one of the most quickly adopted consumer...
Consumer Alert: FTC Annual Refund Report
The FTC recently released its Annual Report on Refunds to Customers, and the amount of money refunded to consumers is a doozy - a whopping $2.3 BILLION! This is the money refunded to consumers and businesses who were harmed by illegal scams from...
An Open Letter to Scam Likely
Dear Scam Likely, It’s been a fantastic couple of years with you. From the late night calls to vacation plans, you’ve been there for me through it all. You made sure I was on top of my taxes and never missed a chance to help those in need by...