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Commsrisk Top Ten for May 2020

What are the biggest stories in telecoms risk management? These Commsrisk articles received most attention during May.

Increasingly high levels of traffic saw May rank as the most popular month for Commsrisk this year, and the third most popular month in the history of Commsrisk. Some of April’s top stories continued to linger in the charts, including those about the shenanigans of the Tanzanian regulator and problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, though May’s leading story addressed law enforcement from a different perspective to that usually covered by Commsrisk. There was also lots of interest in the success of RAG’s first virtual conference, and plenty of views for two provocative op-eds: Kingsley Unah’s article about the impact of changes in traffic on the risk of fraud, and my piece about revenue assurance managers not being given the same respect as fraud managers.

The following articles are ordered by the number of unique pageviews.

  1. How CDR Analysis Caught a Murderer
  2. International Bypass Fraud Nearing Extinction
  3. Why Are RA Managers Treated as Inferior to Fraud Managers?
  4. Tanzania Arrests CEO of Vietnamese-Owned Telco
  5. 2,000 Viewers for Virtual Telecoms Risk Conference
  6. Managing Fraud Risk during a COVID-19 Shutdown
  7. The Tanzanian Style of Corruption
  8. 5 Reasons My Grandpa Would Approve of RAG
  9. US Threatens to Cut Off Four More Telcos for Spreading COVID-19 Spam
  10. Telecoms Risk Community Comes Together for First Virtual Conference
Eric Priezkalns
Eric Priezkalnshttp://revenueprotect.com

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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