Telco bosses were quick to distance themselves from 'shady' data brokers but many details about lax sharing of location data remain unresolved.

The short answer is 'no'. But that will not stop people from spreading damaging pseudo-stats like this.

Criminals are trying to scam money by calling victims and telling them invented stories about kidnappings and accidents.

President Museveni is responding to a spate of kidnappings, but banning scratch cards will also benefit telcos by reducing fraud.

The decision further clarified what should be considered essential to the act of copyright piracy on the internet.

The FCC proposes a three-year plan that would tackle the motivation for inter-carrier fraud and traffic pumping.

Pirate TV provider beoutQ blatantly copies the feed of beIN Sports, but FIFA must be pragmatic about Saudi copyright abuse.

Ricardo Martinelli has powerful friends but the US approved his extradition so he can be tried for using advanced tech to spy on the comms of other Panamanian politicians.

Opponents of a new system to audit telecoms revenues argue it may be unconstitutional.

Business email compromise schemes are not going away, as demonstrated by the number recently arrested by US federal authorities.

Uganda's regulator will investigate MTN to see what more can be done about customers sending mobile money to the wrong numbers.

Whistleblowing hotlines are a good source of intelligence, but staff need to be encouraged to use them.