An innovative international registry for every telephone number prefix and ML service to detect if a phone number could be fraudulent.

3G网络是一家总部位于英国的电信中小企业，拥有一个由电信专家组成的核心项目团队。在新冠肺炎疫情期间，网上购物和其他数字服务的急剧增长反映了诈骗的繁荣。从2020年到2021年，电信诈骗造成的损失超过23亿英镑，英国估计有4500万人在三个月内收到诈骗短信或电话。电信欺诈也是英国企业面临的一个严重挑战，特别是那些拥有客户输入电话号码的网站的企业。虚假和额外费率号码被用于欺诈英国企业，通过在网站申请表上输入额外费率电话号码，网站通常被迫拨打或发送额外费率号码，为欺诈者创造收入。仅国际收入份额欺诈就使企业每年损失高达50亿英镑。英国中小企业受到的负面影响尤为严重，英国作为在线业务安全之地的声誉正受到威胁。3G公司正在为每个电话前缀开发一个国际注册表，并开发一种机器学习服务，以检测电话号码是否可能是欺诈性的。与现有的解决方案相比，3G公司的创新更准确，提供更详细的验证数据，并提供全球覆盖。3G公司的解决方案预计将防止英国公司每年因欺诈损失3500万英镑。它将通过为全球数千家电子商务公司提供关键技术服务，帮助加强英国作为技术超级大国的地位。通过保持公司在线安全，该项目将有助于使英国成为启动和发展数字业务的最佳地点。

3GTelecoms is a UK-based telecommunications SME with a core project team of telecommunication experts.The dramatic growth in online shopping and other digital-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic has been mirrored by a boom in scams. From 2020-2021, more than £2.3B was lost to telecommunication scams, and an estimated 45M people in the UK received scam texts or calls in a three-month period. Telecommunication fraud is also a serious challenge for UK businesses, particularly those with websites where customers enter a telephone number. Fake and premium rate numbers are being used to defraud UK businesses, by entering a premium rate telephone number onto a website application form, the website is often forced to call or text the premium rate number, generating revenue for the fraudsters. International revenue share fraud alone costs businesses up to £5B/year. UK SMEs are disproportionately negatively affected, and the UK's reputation as a safe place for online business is under threat.3GTelecoms is developing an international registry for every telephone prefix and a machine learning service to detect if a phone number could be fraudulent. Compared to existing solutions, 3GTelecoms innovation is more accurate, provides more detailed verification data, and offers global coverage.3GTelecoms' solution is anticipated to prevent UK companies from losing £35M to fraud each year. It will help strengthen the UK's position as a technology superpower by providing a key technical service to thousands of e-commerce companies globally. By keeping companies safe online, the project will help make the UK the best place to start and grow a digital business.