Yearly Archives: 2010
RA Love/Hate
Güera's recent post on undisciplined theory really resonated with me. I was especially drawn to her saying it was good thing "to think...
Avi Basu on Revenue and Service Assurance Convergence
In a recent interview, Avi Basu, CEO of Indian RA vendor Connectiva, revealed some of his thoughts on how revenue assurance and service assurance...
Risk and Billing
Why should Risk Managers make friends with Billing Managers? I can think of three reasons:Many risks, if not managed properly, manifest themselves in...
Regulator Confirms Bell Canada Must Pay for RA Mistakes
Previously talkRA reported how slip-ups by Bell Canada's revenue assurance program actually resulted in the company overcharging its customers. Now the Canadian Radio-television...
TEOCO offers $58m to buy TTI
As previously rumoured, US cost, routing and revenue management vendor TEOCO has made a formal bid to take over Israeli OSS vendor TTI Telecom....
Big Fish in the Revenue Assurance Pond
Estimating the size of the revenue assurance market is complicated by many factors. Some of these I write about on a regular basis:...
Discussion Panel at WeDo’s WUG
They do things differently in Portugal. Normally the prospect of sitting through a software vendor's user group meeting would have me grinding my...
Is Fraud Management the same as Revenue Assurance?
Jeepers creepers. My eyes popped out when I reviewed the proposal by Moshe Zolotov of cVidya to include fraud management in the TM...
TEOCO Targets TTI?
US cost and revenue management vendor TEOCO is reportedly in talks to acquire Israeli service assurance firm TTI Telecom, according to Israeli journal Globes....
Openet Squeeze Into RA Market
In a press release from mediation vendors Openet about their new BI and analytics offering, there is a tiny, almost casual reference to revenue...
High Demand for TMF RA Practitioner’s Accreditation
Geoff Ibbett ranks as one of the most knowledgeable and experienced people working in the field of revenue assurance. When the TM Forum...
Ovum’s Findings Challenge Conventional RA Thinking
Businesses like Ovum, that do research and provide analysis, can never rest easy. No matter how good their research is, they may always...
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