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Will Bankers Force Telcos to Hire Chief Risk Officers?

When a telco that is also a bank appoints a CRO for its banking activities this begs a question about why it does not have a CRO for the rest of its business.

The First 2,500 Commsrisk Articles: What Have We Learned?

This is the 2,500th article on Commsrisk. Many valuable lessons are learned during such a long journey but none involve short cuts.

Inconsistent Rules for Supplying Digital Evidence Complicates Cross-Border Police Work

A report from Europol's cross-border digital evidence team shows how the nationality of a business affects the data it will supply.

The Changing Risk Profile for Revenue Share Numbers

The PRISM database of revenue share numbers keeps needing to be refined to allow for changes in the methods used by IRSF and wangiri fraudsters.

Wholesale Carriers Lose 3.8% of Revenues to Frauds and Leakages

Cutting the data from the RAG RAFM Survey reveals interesting differences between wholesale carriers and other telcos.

5 Reasons Why Telco Risk Managers Rarely Collaborate

If collaboration is such an obviously good thing, then why do so few do it?

US Regulator Has No Ideas for Reducing Wangiri

Outgoing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai claimed to be acting decisively by reminding telcos to do things that he already told them to do.

Why Did Revenue Assurance Fail to Spread to Other Sectors?

Alan Turing and the work of Bletchley Park shows how it may take time for valuable ideas to gain wide appreciation.

Debt, Payments and Handsets: How a Global Crisis Leads Revenue Assurance to Find a New Balance

Sensitive management of access to each phone will maintain cash flow during a time when customers are under financial pressure.

Commsrisk Top Ten for November 2020

Commsrisk has experienced tremendous growth across its worldwide audience but there is one country where the number of visitors has fallen dramatically.

Huawei Founder Says US Politicians Want to ‘Kill’ His Business

Billionaire Ren Zhengfei warned that sanctions will cause 'millions' of job losses without saying where all these people currently work.

How Much Are Revenue Assurance Professionals Paid?

Both the strengths and weaknesses of the revenue assurance job market are highlighted by data from a website that allows UK employees to anonymously rate their employers.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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