Yearly Archives: 2018
Tax Protests as Ugandan RA System Goes Live
Governments are nationalizing telco revenue assurance so they can impose stealth taxes, but Ugandan plans are awry after the police needed tear gas and bullets to disperse anti-tax protesters.
Fact Checking Net Neutrality
We must be wary of the misinformation spread by US politicians who are financed by big businesses that actively undermine telcos worldwide.
Dealer Commits Fraud Using Fake Fingerprints
6,000 Vodafone SIMs were activated by creating bogus fingerprints using data downloaded from India's national biometric database.
Obtaining the Data to Protect Profits and Reputation
With the right technology, it is easy to determine what is happening on a network. It is difficult to understand why governments and telcos keep doing it the hard way.
Understanding the Relationship between Revenue and Experience
Silo thinking costs telcos money because of a failure to appreciate how QoE influences customer behavior.
Is There a Global Surge of Wangiri?
Public warnings have recently been issued in a variety of different countries.
Telcos and Internet Giants Join Forces to Fight Californian Privacy Law
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast oppose new online privacy rights for Californians.
Interview: Guy Howie Talks about Fraud, NPM and Working with RAG
An expert in number plan management talks about why he is partnering with the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG).
Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2018
Catch up on the big stories with this rundown of the most popular articles during June.
8 AT&T Peering Sites Identified as NSA Spying Hubs
Obtaining traffic from AT&T peering nodes is an efficient way for US electronic spies to monitor targets well beyond their borders.
Big Bill for Charity That Tracked Roaming Stork
Polish environmental group EcoLogic was charged for voice calls made in Sudan.
If Conference Organizers Ran Music Festivals…
The management of some telecoms conferences is like a bad joke, except the joke is on the audience.
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