Frankenstein and RA Solutions – Closer than you think
Due to overwhelming demand to explain the statement “Frankenstein was most probably an RA vendor” (well, not really, but it helps with a little thing…
RA as an example of collaborative networking
In August 2000, Peter Drucker made a startling prophesy: “The corporation as we know it is unlikely to survive the next 20 years”. Legally and…
The Year that was…
Again, I have been MIA from the TalkRA roster for quite a while, but the truth of the matter is that I have spent the…
Knowing What CFOs Want (and knowing when Louis Khor is bluffing)
I have never been the CFO of a telco, but I have met quite a few. Louis Khor, who works for Papa Rob in the…
Using Probes to Protect LECs in North America
The regulation of the communications industry in North America generates many idiosyncrasies for revenue assurance in that part of the world. One of them is…
Risk: More than a Little Bit More
Today I am going to tackle a subject that needs to be tackled by talkRA, and by everyone working in revenue assurance, fraud management and…
WeDo Lands Deal with Turkcell Group
Portuguese revenue assurance vendor WeDo has announced it will implement its RAID software across Turkcell Group. Turkcell Group has operations in 9 countries, with over…
New Traffic Pumping Study: $150M Annual Cost to US Wireless Providers
Connectiv Solutions, a US vendor of network efficiency products, has issued a new study into traffic pumping; you can obtain the report from here. Put…
Putting a Cost to Cybercrime
When it comes to cybercrime, telcos find themselves not just being fired upon, but also carrying the crossfire. That leaves telcos with double the stakes…
One Fifth of UK PRS Traffic Alleged to be Fraudulent
UK mobile CSPs are losing GBP136M a year to Premium Rate Services (PRS) fraud, according to BillingScore, vendors of technology to identify Artificially Inflated Traffic…