As well as discussing telecoms revenue assurance, I seem to have an occasional series of posts about how revenue assurance has become a phrase used to represent similar activities in quite different industries. Previous posts have identified airlines, banks and even governments as unexpected converts to the revenue assurance philosophy. Now we can add the oil industry. According to this article from Oil Online, revenue assurance can be applied “from wellhead to sales points”. I guess that might be the oil equivalent of from switch to bill… ;)
Oil Leaks and Revenue Leaks
During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.
The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.
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