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RAFM Firms Named in Stratecast ‘Top 10 to Watch’

WeDo, Sandvine and Veriflow were identified as innovative providers of operations, orchestration, data analytics and monetization solutions for telcos.

German Court Says Google Cannot Hide Behind Algorithms

A former prisoner complained when a Google search yielded the description of another prisoner who was a sex offender.

Social Media Tax in Uganda

Telcos will face additional pricing headaches as the Ugandan government imposes a tax on social media users of 200 shillings (roughly 5 US cents) per day.

TMF Publishes RA Survey Results

This new revenue assurance report presents similar results to those given by previous TM Forum surveys.

Luke Taylor Interview: Why We Need a New Awards Body

Industry awards are broken. Luke Taylor wants to do something about it, and he told me why.

Clean Energy, Dirty Government Mentality

African telcos could save money and protect the environment by using renewable energy sources for remote sites, but this may not suit state-run energy suppliers.

Review of the Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree

It took some time to complete this online course, but there were clear benefits in terms of increased skills and confidence when working with data.

Governments + Telecoms Data = Utopia?

Some previous loose talk about telcos giving their data to government sounds even worse following revelations about the ways data, and people, have been abused in real life.

Comcast Story Shows Lasting Reputation Damage

Media is the meeting ground for those who run big distribution empires and those who have the content people want. Any weakness of the former will be ruthlessly exploited by the latter.

US Takes Action to Stop Robocall Scams

Regulators in the USA want tech and comms companies to develop new ways to prevent illegal automated calls that result in billions of dollars of fraud each year.

London Meeting: 28 Jun 2018

RAG's Summer London meeting will be held on Thursday 28th June, from 10.30am to 5.30pm at our regular venue of the conference room at...

Johannesburg Meeting: 22 May 2018

Our South African chapter have scheduled their first one-day meeting to be held on Tuesday 22nd May, at the MTN Innovation Centre in Johannesburg....

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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