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Training for RA: One down

A review of "Foundations of Data Analysis", a free statistics course provided by the University of Texas via edX.

NSA and GCHQ Steal Keys to SIM Cards

Whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals how US and UK intelligence agencies hacked the world's largest SIM maker, and mobile operators, in order to steal encryption keys.

Smileys Cause Bill Shock

Some mobile customers are angry about receiving unexpectedly large bills after they typed text emoticons into their SMS messages, only for the handset to convert them into images.

Simbox Row Provokes More Tension In Ghana

Ghana's extraordinarily public and political fight over simbox fraud continues with an opposition MP denouncing the government and Vodafone defending its reputation.

More Dodgy Numbers In Another RA Market Report

If you work in revenue assurance, you surely need the instinct to spot numbers which look suspicious. I am often bemused by market...

New Sales and Marketing Exec at cVidya

Israeli assurance vendor cVidya has appointed a new exec to take responsibility for sales and marketing, though seemingly they have chosen not to make...

Simbox Fraud Debated On Ghana TV News

If there's simboxing in your neighbourhood Who ya gonna call?Wampamba!Organized crime committing telecoms fraud Who ya gonna call?Wampamba!Old buddy Nixon Wampamba is famous for many things:...

Poll Result: CEOs struggle with RA, but so does everyone else…

The last talkRA poll asked whether you felt telco CEOs understand revenue assurance. Thanks to everyone who responded - and sincere apologies to...

Answer to L.T.T. – 13

Congratulations to Daniel Peter in India, for providing the winning answer to L.T.T. 13.

Stratecast ‘Predicts’ Margin Assurance Will Become ‘Engrained’

When I saw Stratecast's 22 predictions for the comms industry in 2015, my first thought was: it is easy to make fun of them....

Lunch Time Teaser – 13

Imagine you work for a mobile operator in a country with a very high corruption perception index, as defined by Transparency International. What issues surround the launch of their new mobile money service?

Of Villains and Victories

A few years ago, I received an email that was more like a thesis detailing my shortcomings. It was authored by a prominent business...

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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