Board and investor reporting
Boards do not know whether 62 is good. Position against cohort converts a number into a decision.
- Quarterly compliance reporting
- Investor updates
- Audit committee briefings
EquiBenchmark™
Your Compliance Position,Against Your Peers.
A score means little in isolation. EquiBenchmark™ places your EquiScore™ against comparable providers — by provider type, scale, and footprint — so leadership can answer the question that actually gets asked in a board meeting or a diligence call: compared to whom?
Benchmark Explorer.
Choose a cohort and move your position. The distribution below is an illustrative model of how compliance exposure spreads across each provider type.
Illustrative model — not published industry data
62Your EquiScore™
57thCohort percentile
58Peer median
-12Gap to top quartile
Your position
Peer median
Top quartile
Cohort distribution
Reading
Domain comparison — your position vs. cohort median
Cohort figures shown are an illustrative model built for this page, not published industry data. A delivered EquiBenchmark™ is produced from assessed providers within your cohort and is presented with the underlying methodology.
A score tells you where you are.A benchmark tells you whether that is a problem.
What Benchmarking Is Actually Used For.
Rarely curiosity. In practice it is deployed in three conversations where "we think we are fine" is not an adequate answer.
Diligence — both sides
Buyers use it to price risk. Sellers use it to defend a valuation before the question is asked.
- Pre-LOI positioning
- Buy-side risk pricing
- Post-close integration targets
Carrier and partner reviews
When a carrier asks whether you are a responsible counterparty, relative position is more persuasive than assertion.
- Carrier onboarding
- Escalation response
- Partner assurance
How the Cohort Is Built.
Benchmarks are only meaningful if the comparison set is honest. Ours is constructed from assessed providers, not from self-reported surveys.
01
Provider type
VoIP, CLEC, CPaaS, UCaaS, wholesale, reseller — obligations differ enough that cross-type comparison misleads.
02
Scale band
Revenue and traffic band, because compliance maturity correlates with organisational capacity.
03
Footprint
Interstate, international, and multi-state exposure materially change the obligation set.
04
Assessment basis
Positions drawn from delivered assessments — evidence, not questionnaires.
Sister company — STIRSHAKEN.AI
Who actually files it.
EquiBenchmark™ shows where you stand. Closing the gaps it exposes is recovery work, which EquiTel does. The filings that follow are executed by STIRSHAKEN.AI, our sister company — AI-powered, backed by humans — and STIR SHIELD keeps the position from drifting back once you have earned it.
- FCC registration and FRN
- Form 499-A and 499-Q worksheets
- Robocall Mitigation Database certification
- CPNI annual certification
- Section 214 applications and transfers
- State PUC registrations
- STIR/SHAKEN certification & onboarding — STI-PA registration, SPC token, certificates
- STIR SHIELD — continuous compliance monitoring
Certify. File. Monitor.
STIRSHAKEN.AI takes providers through STIR/SHAKEN certification end to end — eligibility, SPC token, certificates, and the records that keep them renewing — and executes every regulatory filing.
Get STIR/SHAKEN Certified All Filing Services
STIR SHIELD — continuous monitoring
Once you are in good standing, STIR SHIELD watches the obligation set and files what is required. Optional, and contracted directly with STIRSHAKEN.AI.
Explore STIR SHIELDEquiTel sets the position where judgement is required. STIRSHAKEN.AI certifies, files, and monitors. Engaging either does not commit you to the other.
Compared to Whom?Now You Can Answer.
EquiBenchmark™ is produced as part of a Compliance Risk Assessment™, and refreshed for clients who return for a subsequent review.