Monthly Archives: April, 2011

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

At the Conference

A recent thread at talkRA turned to a discussion about the boredom that has become characteristic of RA conferences. I am inclined to agree...

Book Review by Dan Baker

When a respected industry researcher like Dan Baker reviews your first book for B/OSS World, you hold your breath and hope for the best....

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