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Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2019

Did you miss a big industry story? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during January.

What Do We Do with Huawei?

A US indictment accuses Huawei of literally stealing a robot arm from T-Mobile. The risks of doing business with Huawei are widely known, so why does much of our industry ignore them?

RAG’s Inaugural Middle East Event Wows Bahrain

There were two full days of content at the Risk & Assurance Group conference hosted by Batelco last week.

A Quarter of Americans Stream Video from a Different Household’s Account

Cartesian surveyed US consumers about the sharing of passwords for internet video streaming services.

Women’s Website Blames Facebook Quizzes for SIM Swaps

A lousy journalist pieced together half-truths about social media and privacy in the hope of sustaining the UK's SIM swap panic.

Huge Fine for Chinese Online Video Pirates QVOD

A court in Guangdong has upheld a fine of CNY260mn (USD38.5mn) after Tencent and other major Chinese online video providers complained that QVOD supported piracy.

Review of RAG Bahrain; Ends Meet Beginnings

Batelco welcomed operators from around the region to the first Risk & Assurance Group conference held in the Middle East.

Tech Will Not Solve Telco Problems

Telcos already have the assets needed to improve profitability, without developing technology. What we lack is the confidence to use those assets, and to manage the risks.

Is There a Rising Problem with Allocated but Unused Number Ranges?

Biaas argues fraudsters exploit destinations on carrier price lists which cannot be used for normal international termination.

China Keeps Extraditing Telecoms Fraudsters

The People's Republic of China extradited scammers from Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines during 2018. Tensions with Taiwan stopped them from extraditing more.

Now SIM Swaps Are Fake News Too

Liars are using social media to spread myths about the way fraudsters take control of phone accounts.

Will Fraudsters Just Outwit Machine Learning Too?

The Q3 2018 DataVisor Fraud Index Report highlights a perennial problem with relying on historic data when searching for patterns.

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