Monthly Archives: August, 2016
10 RAFM Issues: OTT, Revenues and Assurance
The first of 10 posts on RAFM trends and issues focuses on the potentially massive impact of over the top services.
Will the Real Daniel Flöckinger Please Stand Up?
The infamous fraud expert denounced himself as a fake, then deleted the evidence.
73 Million Reasons Why MTIC VAT Fraud Fell Off a Cliff
Transit traffic for sales tax fraud has moved from the UK to Spain and Italy because of changes made by the UK tax authority.
ISP Blocking Injunctions: Who Should Pay?
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A dissenting legal opinion in the UK may show the route to a European decision to reduce the costs being shouldered by ISPs when rightholders seek to protect their copyrights.
Nominations Open for Subex Excellence Awards
There are two awards: one for telcos who innovate in risk management and another for individuals who contribute to the professional community.
10 Issues for Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management
I intend to do a different kind of survey, writing 10 separate articles about issues facing RAFM, then ranking the response.
Laundering Case Dismissed Because ‘Bitcoin is not Money’
Arguments about the word 'money' should matter to comms companies that enable the transfer of Bitcoins.
Report from the PITA Fraud Forum
Good work is being done on small islands in the Pacific ocean. Let us encourage greater collaboration between RAFM practitioners everywhere.
DAND: Udacity’s Data Analyst Nanodegree – Review of Project 1
This well-designed course opens with a refresher in statistics.
Police 3D Print Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock Phone
The ability to create a substitute finger shows why even biometric controls need to be supplemented by other lines of defense.
Cartesian Lands Analytics Deals Worth $2mn
The troubled vendor secured contracts to deliver cloud-based revenue analytics solutions to two customers in EMEA.
The 10 Hottest Topics in RAFM (Abridged)
This is the kind of list that people tend to argue about.
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