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Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2024

Which were the big stories that you missed? These Commsrisk articles attracted the most visitors last month.

The audience for Commsrisk keeps evolving as it grows, but this month’s chart demonstrates there are some topics that have never gone out of fashion during the 18 years since this website was launched. The performance of the top RAFM vendors is one of those topics, and another is the importance of blowing the whistle on insider fraud. The top two stories consequently boosted the number of visitors from India and South Africa, although the USA continues to generate more traffic than any other nation, accounting for almost one-quarter of all visits during June. However, the concentration of telcos and other businesses in London helped it to stay just ahead of Bengaluru as the top city.

There is a lot of satisfaction to be had in observing that Commsrisk is almost equally popular in such diverse cities as Dubai, Melbourne, Nairobi and Kuala Lumpur, all of which were listed in the top 20 cities worldwide. Their names featured alongside a string of cities on both the East and West coast of the USA, and a surprisingly even split between Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Our truly global readership is one of the reason why vendors should bid in our advertising auction if they have not done so already.

These are the rankings for the Commsrisk articles which received most unique visitors during June.

  1. Big Losses at Subex; Rise in Revenues Cannot Disguise Problems at Former RAFM Leader
  2. Huge Increase in Internal Fraud Investigations within Vodacom Group
  3. First UK Arrests of IMSI-Catching SMS-Blasting Smishing Fraudsters
  4. Why AT&T’s Huge Data Breach Is Good News for Their Credit Agency
  5. Thai Raids Intercept Huge Number of Simboxes and Starlink Satellite Dishes Intended for Scam Call Centers
  6. First Australian Bank Joins ‘Intel Loop’ That Feeds Scam Data to Telcos
  7. New Belgian Law to Block Inbound International Calls That Spoof Domestic Numbers
  8. Mobileum Fake Revenues Lawsuit and Countersuit: What the Court Documents Say
  9. ‘Revenue Assurance Has Become the Biggest Looting Avenue in the State’; Ghana Politician Slams Corrupt RA Deals
  10. First Look at CHAKEN: The Chinese Rival to STIR/SHAKEN with Personal Avatars and Video ID
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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