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$200mn Settlement for Telco That Took Government Subsidies for 885,000 Ineligible Customers

T-Mobile USA will pay the FCC's largest fixed-amount civil penalty as redress for Sprint wrongly claiming Lifeline payments.

FBI Investigates Robocalls Telling Voters to ‘Stay Home’

The New York Attorney General is also looking into reports of vote-suppressing robocall campaigns that began well ahead of Election Day, but which were allowed to continue unhindered.

The Hall of Fame: Honoring Ten Champions of the Telecoms Risk Community

The Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) acknowledges the lifetime contributions of ten outstanding professionals.

The Double-Edged Sword of Procurement Compliance

Telco procurement policies need to be tough enough to prevent abuse, but not so rigid that they exclude good niche suppliers.

A Defense of STIR/SHAKEN

An expert in the governance of the STIR/SHAKEN anti-spoofing protocols responds to criticism of their cost and effectiveness.

Survey Says Unrealized Value of RAFM Is $142bn

Watch the presentation, read the report and download the data to understand what 175 professionals said about current revenue assurance and fraud management leakage rates and causes.

US Phone Spying: Integrity Does Not Switch On and Off

If the US expects to take the moral high ground on matters of telecoms security, then it would help if they had a leader with some integrity.

Commsrisk Top Ten for October 2020

October represented another high-water mark for Commsrisk, with a new record for most visitors within a month. This is the third time the record has been broken during 2020.

Europol Uses Video Game to Teach Investigators How to Request Data from Telcos

The 'immersive' game asks players to query foreign ISPs and social media platforms following a hypothetical terrorist attack.

Telco CEO Charged with Fraud after 10-Year Investigation

Shareholder representatives are standing by Juris Gulbis, CEO of Tet, after he was charged with overpaying EUR7.6mn for TV equipment.

T-Mobile Outage Caused 250mn Calls to Fail

The FCC said a cascade of failures would have been prevented if T-Mobile USA had periodically audited the diversity of their networks.

China’s Threats Cannot Save Huawei from New Cold War

Telcos that can legally purchase equipment from Huawei will still need to consider the strategic risks of using a supplier banned on security and privacy grounds by a growing number of countries.

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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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