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A Business Unit for Every Kind of Customer?

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Jul 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

The other day I was asked an intriguing question by Dan Baker of B/OSS World and the RA Roundtable: what if a large telco was…


Collins and Silvestre on M2M and NFC Assurance

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Jul 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

Look here for an interesting interview of Simon Collins and Sergio Silvestre by Alex Leslie. The WeDo duo talked about the fraud and RA challenges…


Bitcoin: Threat to the US Dollar?

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Jul 2011 Digital Money

Recently I wrote about how peer-to-peer internet currency Bitcoin could emerge as a long-term threat to mobile banking and money transfer services. Since then I…


Mixed Messages from cVidya

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Jul 2011 Assurance & Audit

It is pure speculation, but a run of peculiar events suggests that cVidya, the Israeli revenue assurance vendor, is up to something. Maybe they are…


The Threat of Intellectual Property Theft

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Jul 2011 Privacy & Intellectual Property

See here for an excellent interview about IP theft, given by Rockie Brockway of Logos Communications to the Smart Business Network. It gives an overview…


Alex Leslie on Making Sense of Data

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Jul 2011 Data & Analytics

Look here for a great article from Alex Leslie on the relationship between revenue assurance and fraud management, and about how telcos struggle to make…


Verizon Wireless Demands USD233k from Small Businessman

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Jul 2011 Assurance & Audit

This news story speaks for itself; see the video below. The real question: why do telcos keep getting bills so wrong?


Razorsight Raises USD7.3M

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Jul 2011 Assurance & Audit

Razorsight, the US vendor of revenue assurance and cost management software, has raised USD7.3M through a new equity offering; see here for the news summary…


Malawi’s Regulator Implements Technology for RA… or to Spy?

By Eric Priezkalns 14 Jul 2011 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) is reportedly buying equipment to check call records of all phone subscribers in Malawi, despite protests from operators and…


Taking a Robust Approach to Accenture’s Research

By Eric Priezkalns 11 Jul 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

On the surface, Accenture’s 2011 report into risk managment for comms and tech firms tells us a generally positive story. Businesses are taking risk management…


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Infosys Launches Corda-Based Competitor to the RAG Wangiri Blockchain


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Why Telecoms Fraud Is Like a Virus


Do Not Underestimate Satellite Broadband



RAG TV Season 3

Commsrisk Editor Eric Priezkalns is back presenting a new season of RAG TV! Watch the replays if you miss the live show. Here is the season opener, where Eric and co-presenter Lee Scargall reviewed the events of 2020.

 

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  • Eric Priezkalns Eric Priezkalns 25 Feb 2021
    Academics Recommend Mix of Machine Learning and Premium Rate Number Monitoring to Detect IRSF
    Hello Aurélien, it is a good paper and deserves to be read by fraud managers and the businesses that supply them. I had noticed the mention of Fraudstrike but believe the...
  • Aurélien Francillon Aurélien Francillon 25 Feb 2021
    Academics Recommend Mix of Machine Learning and Premium Rate Number Monitoring to Detect IRSF
    Thanks Eric for covering our paper ! Note that we refer to PRISM/Yates on page 10:
    Leveraging the test IPRNs as an early detection mechanism has been proposed by a...

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