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Commsrisk Top Ten for February 2021

By Eric Priezkalns
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Last month saw plenty of traffic for articles about CDR analysis, the legality of simboxes, and arrests of fraudsters by police around the world.

February is short but a series of especially popular articles drew a hefty audience to Commsrisk last month. The total number of visitors was the sixth-highest for a calendar month since the birth of the website in 2006. The all-time record would have been in reach if the month had been three days longer.

The following rundown of the most popular articles is ranked by unique pageviews.

  1. Raw CDR Analysis Is Central to Revenue Assurance
  2. Subex Announces First Dividend in 14 Years
  3. Why the UK’s Supreme Court May Have to Decide If Simboxes Are Legal
  4. The Real Reasons Carriers Cannot Fix Fraud
  5. Police Arrest International SIM Swap Gang That Stole $100mn in Cryptocurrency
  6. Revenue Assurance for 5G
  7. Telco IT Exec Accused of $8.6mn Fraud Following Internal Audit
  8. Second Cell C Exec Arrested for $8.6mn Fraud; Operator Says More Employees Were Involved
  9. $14.5mn Fine for Telco That Overcharged Customers for 8 Years
  10. US Extradites Australian and Chinese for $50mn Premium SMS Billing Scam
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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