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History Repeats Itself, as in Life and in Tech

History tells us plenty about the reasons tech businesses fail, but telcos are in great danger anyway.

Europe Should Act on Call ID Spoofing Now

Andy Rawnsley of the NICC told RAG Bonn about the great work done to reduce nuisance calls in the UK, but European telcos and regulators need to be more proactive about CLI spoofing.

AT&T Introduces Free Auto Blocks on Fraud Robocalls

An FCC decision permits AT&T to use analytics to identify and block likely fraudsters without the permission of the receiving party. However, not all nuisance calls will be blocked for free.

Mobileum Buys WeDo for $70mn

The base price for the RAFM market share leader is roughly equal to their annual revenues, but could rise by another USD27mn if performance targets are met.

RAFM Vendor XINTEC Appoints New CEO

Rob Durran steps up from General Manager to CEO of XINTEC, whilst co-founder Sean Killeen switches his focus to business development.

RAG Learning Adds Certification

Producing a certificate to prove the completion of a course was the enhancement most requested by students of RAG Learning.

5 Years in Prison for Telco CEO Who Faked Contracts

The boss of an Alaskan carrier forged signatures to make it seem like she had secured valuable wholesale contracts. Previously she worked in risk management.

Thefts Force Suspension of Jap Mobile Payment Service on Third Day after Launch

Criminals took control of 900 accounts for a new payments app from the Japanese operators of 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Commsrisk Advert Bidding Closes Soon

Vendors have until July 30th to submit a bid for one of the limited advertising slots on Commsrisk.

Staff Steal Millions from Airtel Mobile Money

The prospectus for the Airtel Africa listing on the London Stock Exchange revealed large internal frauds in Kenya and Niger.

Who Assures Facebook Customers?

There are literally billions of bots masquerading as real users on Facebook, but no government or regulator protects Facebook customers from being wrongly billed.

Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2019

What news grabbed the attention of telecoms risk and assurance professionals around the world? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during June.

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