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Online Training Review: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel

This edX course from Microsoft will be useful to any analyst wanting to upgrade their Excel skills and save time at work.

UK Regulator Fines MVNO $1.7mn for Charging Errors

giffgaff overcharged millions of customers since 2011, but the real concern should be that Ofcom seems incapable of learning from its own mistakes.

Johannesburg Conference: 1-2 Oct 2019

RAG will return to South Africa and MTN for a second time, with the goal of repeating the success of the 2017 Joburg conference. African experts will come together to address the risks in this dynamic region

Ghana MP Says National RA System Violates Privacy

Samuel George MP claimed that encryption filters which should protect voice calls and messages are not working.

RA President Pretends He Was Never RA President

'Papa' Rob Mattison spent 10 years saying he was the President of GRAPA, a business that masqueraded as an association. Now he has deleted his Presidency from his LinkedIn profile.

Obituary for Santhosh Gopalan

Many readers will have known Santhosh Gopalan, a widely respected telecoms professional who passed away on the morning of 23rd July.

US Caller ID Verification Body Seeks Certificate Authorities

To prevent spoofing of caller IDs, the US needs competent organizations to issue digital certificates to telcos.

Indian Regulator Reviews Telemarketing Blockchain

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is monitoring progress with the use of a national blockchain ledger to stop unwanted marketing calls and messages.

A Lack of Advice about Revenue Assurance for 5G

WeDo have published a decent ebook about revenue assurance for 5G, but telcos need more assistance with risk management from big manufacturers like Ericsson.

Telia Blocks a Million Wangiri Calls Per Week

The Swedish telecoms group has developed an anti-wangiri solution that draws on data from across their European opcos.

Agent Smith Malware Infects 25mn Devices

Android devices were targeted by malware that took over other apps and used them to inflate advertising revenues.

Commission ‘Errors’ Cost Telenor $35mn

The Norwegian group blamed a one-off hit in their Q2 accounts on 'erroneous omissions' at Bangladeshi operator Grameenphone, which is 56 percent owned by Telenor.

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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