The boss of the Communications Authority of Kenya, Francis Wangusi, believes it is necessary to use the law to prevent his powers being usurped by a subordinate.

Much of what people say about the need to control social media seems influenced by competition to be the center of attention.

Which stories did you miss during March? These were the Commsrisk articles that were most widely read.

Many expensive handsets are sold online via sites like eBay and Craigslist. We can reduce crime by watching these markets.

Gambia's regulator claims that liberalization will leave them better able to monitor... but then lists so many things they will monitor that it becomes hard to believe.

Everybody likes superheroes, so perhaps the comic heroes of RAFM should return to fight more battles against marketing penguins and audit robots.

Telkom Kenya's new T-kash mobile money service shows how some telcos have failed to learn from the experiences of others.

KPN is investing in the development of new cybersecurity technology. That may work for them, but not for every telco.

Podcast episode 32 has John talking about the extended remit of his RA team within Tesco Mobile, the UK's largest MVNO.

A deal will almost certainly be done at 40¢ per share but you would need to be a fortune teller to predict what Cartesian's new owners will do with their acquisition.

Telcos have good reason to use social media to gather data about users. However, even governments find it hard to assess the risks of placing too much reliance on that kind of data.

Current CEO Surjeet Singh will depart when his contract runs out, and his place will be taken by his effective deputy, the long-serving COO Vinod Kumar.