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  • 19 May 2022 | How STC Evolved from Reporting Assurance to Finance Assurance
  • 18 May 2022 | Cities of Gold or the Final Meltdown? Nobody Can Predict the Future of Bitcoin
  • 17 May 2022 | Zimbabwean Government Keeps Crushing Mobile Money
  • 16 May 2022 | Why Massive Political Bias in Email Spam Algorithms Is Problematic for Free Speech More Generally
  • 13 May 2022 | Telecoms, Bribes and South Korea’s President
  • 12 May 2022 | EU Flirts with Ending Net Neutrality to Squeeze Money for European Telcos from US Big Tech
  • 11 May 2022 | New Callback Scam Is Based on Misleading Voicemails
  • 10 May 2022 | US Says No Need for Telcos to Pay $3.3mn Illegal Robocall Penalty If They Cannot Afford It
  • 9 May 2022 | Nigeria Issues RFQ for National Phone Tracking System to ‘Fight Cybercrime and Insecurity’
  • 6 May 2022 | Concerns Raised about Evidence Gathered by Police Infiltration of Encrypted Crime Networks
> 2022 February

Telcos Worldwide Give Free Service to Ukraine

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Feb 2022 General

There is not much we can do to keep President Zelenskyy and ordinary Ukrainians safe from a military invasion, but we can keep the lines of communication open.


UK Regulator Delays STIR/SHAKEN Decision; Pretends to Launch an Anti-Scam ‘Crackdown’

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Feb 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

37 pages of Ofcom waffle could have been reduced to a few sentences saying they hope somebody else will tell them what to do.


In Defense of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Feb 2022 Data & Analytics

Facebook has failings but this is not because it is new and unfamiliar technology. Its problems stem from a much older source of lies and mistakes: the vices of human beings.


Big US Telcos Ignored STIR/SHAKEN Deadline; No Punishment Yet

By Eric Priezkalns 23 Feb 2022 General

Bandwidth and Vonage missed the FCC’s June 30 deadline but the regulator was unaware until paperwork was submitted in October.


Ericsson May Have Paid Islamic State Terrorists to Enable Tax Evasion

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Feb 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

An internal investigation by the network manufacturer suggests they avoided Iraqi Customs by using roads controlled by ISIS.


RAG Dubai Shows Demand for Face-to-Face Conferences

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Feb 2022 Education & Conferences

A majority of telecoms risk professionals are now impatient to meet so they can work together on common problems.


Heavy Hitters Lead the Agenda for RAG New Orleans

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Feb 2022 Education & Conferences

A strong line-up of risk and assurance speakers will come together at the University of New Orleans on April 5 and 6. Employees of comms providers and internet platforms may attend for free.


Why Ireland’s New Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce Should Have Included Fraud Managers

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Feb 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

You need engineers to win a war, but you also need generals with the experience and determination to take the fight to your enemies.


Chinese Video Uses Comedy and History to Raise Awareness of Phone Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 16 Feb 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

A classic of Chinese literature was reimagined as a warning not to trust phone calls from strangers.


Why Are US Child Abuse Stats Used In a UK Government Campaign Against E2E Comms Encryption?

By Eric Priezkalns 15 Feb 2022 Data & Analytics

Serious policy goals like child protection deserve a serious commitment to objective facts.


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RAG RAFMCS Survey Results

Watch Eric Priezkalns give his summary of the largest ever survey of revenue assurance, fraud management and cybersecurity (RAFMCS) pros working for communications providers worldwide.

 

Recent Comments

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    New Callback Scam Is Based on Misleading Voicemails
    These are great insights and great questions. I don't know the answers, partly because I suspect legislators and regulators increasingly want to create some structural ambiguity about when it is...
  • GCara GCara 11 May 2022
    New Callback Scam Is Based on Misleading Voicemails
    I'm with a major US carrier and I have received a few of these voicemails. What I like about my carrier is that it sends me a SMS with the transcript of the voicemail message. This eliminates all the...

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