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Using Probes to Protect LECs in North America

By Eric Priezkalns
Risk, Fraud & Security
The regulation of the communications industry in North America generates many idiosyncrasies for revenue assurance in that part of the world. One of them is the complexity of intercarrier billing involving Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), and the associated dangers when the necessary data is missing. See here for an interesting article where Darrell Merschak of Carrier Management Systems Inc talks to Dan Baker of B/OSS World about using network probes to fill the gaps.

The regulation of the communications industry in North America generates many idiosyncrasies for revenue assurance in that part of the world. One of them is the complexity of intercarrier billing involving Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), and the associated dangers when the necessary data is missing. See here for an interesting article where Darrell Merschak of Carrier Management Systems Inc talks to Dan Baker of B/OSS World about using network probes to fill the gaps.

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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