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Commsrisk Top Ten for 2020

By Eric Priezkalns
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Lockdowns accelerated Commsrisk's growth during 2020, but the most popular story of the year was a lesson about being careful when connecting with strangers online.

I began this week with my review of 2020, but which articles mattered most to Commsrisk’s readers? It has been an astonishing period for Commrisk, with Google reporting that the total number of visitors during 2020 was 54 percent higher than the year before. Coronavirus and changes in working patterns clearly had an impact, but so did some blockbusting stories about corruption, crime and financial losses. However, the most popular article of the year featured a small but important lesson about members of our profession needing to be wary of who they trust online.

Here are the top ten stories of the year, ranked by unique pageviews:

  1. Who Is in Your WhatsApp Group?
  2. Tanzania Arrests CEO of Vietnamese-Owned Telco
  3. Subex CFO Proposes Major Capital Restructuring
  4. EU Gives €1.8mn to Develop New Mobileum 5G RAFM Platform
  5. Obituary for Ambrose Nwadike
  6. Managing Fraud Risk during a COVID-19 Shutdown
  7. A Breakdown of the CFCA Fraud Survey Results
  8. Mobileum Buys SIGOS to Dominate Telco Assurance and Testing Market
  9. Nine Telco Insiders Arrested for Bypass Fraud in Venezuela
  10. Telco CEO Charged with Fraud after 10-Year Investigation

And these were the most popular articles during the month of December.

  1. Why Did Revenue Assurance Fail to Spread to Other Sectors?
  2. The Unsung Heroes of 2020
  3. Wholesale Carriers Lose 3.8% of Revenues to Frauds and Leakages
  4. How Much Are Revenue Assurance Professionals Paid?
  5. Stakeholder Management: The Most Important Skill in Business Assurance?
  6. All Leakages and Frauds Suffered by Comms Providers, Ranked by Value
  7. Subex CEO Emphasizes Transition to ‘Multi-Vertical’ Vendor in TV Interview
  8. Why Call Spoofing Will Not Be Stopped by Digital Signatures
  9. $28mn Penalty for Telco and Execs Accused of Fraud
  10. The Changing Risk Profile for Revenue Share Numbers
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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