Zimbabwe Proposes New Rules for Traffic Monitoring
POTRAZ, the Zimbabwean comms regulator, wants to copy the automated national telco RA audits found in other countries.
RAG TV: Why Telcos Share Fraud Intelligence by Linking Their Fraud Management Systems
Taher Talib of Shaw Communications explained why their Subex FMS automatically shares data about wangiri with other telcos.
Telco That Unlawfully Billed AT&T Ordered to Repay $1mn
AT&T first withheld payment from LEC-MI in 2013, but mediation dragged on as they argued about LEC-MI’s liability for its agents.
Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2020
The month of June is only 30 days long, but Commsrisk had more visitors in June than any other month during its history.
Plenty of Call Blocking Apps, but Few Inter-Telco Calls Authenticated by STIR/SHAKEN Says FCC Report
Nuisance robocalls have fallen in the USA as billions of voice calls are now blocked automatically.
RAG TV: Improving Collections by Remotely Controlling Handsets
Episode 3 of the new season of RAG TV featured Dion Price, CEO of Trustonic, and Kingsley Unah, formerly with Airtel Nigeria.
US Designates Huawei a Threat to National Security
The FCC has barred the purchase of Huawei and ZTE equipment with subsidies from their universal service fund.
Massive Wangiri Attack Hits Angola
Customers of Angolan operator UNITEL were said to have received calls that apparently originated from a wide range of countries.
Activists File GDPR Complaint about A1 Telekom Austria
The burden on telcos to provide data to customers could be greatly increased if the activists who destroyed the US-EU data protection safe harbor succeed with their latest legal challenge.
Mobile Money vs Government: Zimbabwe’s Leading Mobile Money Service Resists Suspension
Zimbabwe’s Information Secretary Nick Mangwana blamed telcos for “fraudulent generation of money”.