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The Review of 2014

In Auld Lang Syne, Scots poet Robert Burns poses a question: should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? The answer...

Another Landmark Year for the UK Revenue Assurance Group

As 2014 draws to a close, I am forced to think back across the year of the Revenue Assurance Group, and also to the...

Answer to L.T.T. – 12

The answer to LTT-12 was B = Grey routing / Sim boxing. Revenue leakage occurs when inbound calls do not transit through the gateway (interconnect) switch,...

57% of Telcos Cannot Tell If Network Assets Fail Financial Targets

A survey by the TM Forum's Network Asset Management team concludes that most telcos have inadequate data to determine which network assets generate the expected return on investment.

Ghana Comms Minister Promises Simbox Crackdown

It is funny how governments get really keen to protect their people, when this coincides with threats to the amount of tax they collect....

Business Assurance is a Goalkeeper

Some events are so memorable that people will always recall where they were, when they experienced them. I will never forget where I...

Training for RA: Getting with the schedule

You can split the long list of items that anyone dealing with RA should know into two categories: must-knows and nice-to-knows. It is not...

Lunch Time Teaser – 12

Welcome to this month’s LTT. You work for Acme-Telecom and it’s your first day in the job. You receive a phone call from the...

L.T.T. is Back!

In September I asked for opinions about changing the content of talkRA. Some of the responses reminded me of things people have been...

Revenue Assurance in the Wholesale Billing Sector

Today's guest blog is by Justin White, Head of Information Technology at BEE Mobile in South Africa. Justin has extensive experience as a...

Vodafone Withdraws USD23k Bill For Barcelona Crime Victim

Are some mobile operators pushing their luck, when they ask victims to pay huge bills after criminals steal their phone? That is the...

The Life Outside

Some of you follow @talkRA on Twitter. I recommend you do; it is the smart way to be notified about every new post...

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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