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the ‘Intelligent’ Software – or is it?
A seemingly naïve post/status update on Facebook caught my eye. The image spoke in volumes for anyone who was/is listening. Apparently intelligence in softwares...
Psychometric Tests for Risk Managers
Hats off to risk vendors Active Risk, who are doing some research into an area long neglected. When recruiting, it is important not...
A Plus (not a must)
Because I keep tabs on what is happening in revenue assurance, I end up glancing over an awful lot of job adverts. However,...
ABIS, the Lessons Live on
For several months (maybe a year), I have not visited the ABIS & Associates website. I was thus surprised when I visited and found...
MTN Ghana Blames Airtel for $9M Simbox Fraud
It seems that old pal Nixon Wampamba cannot escape the evils of simboxes. Last December he was in the news after the arrest...
Can ‘Social’ Networking be the “New Age” Official Communication System
Here is an interesting article on ‘death of email’. It argues Social Media based communication systems are growing and far more effective than emails....
The Curse of Standardization
Everybody likes standardized ways of working. There is comfort in saying:- We do this as a standard practice- Our processes are standardized- We have...
RA vs Privacy: Malawi Row Continues
As previously reported on talkRA Malawi's regulator is imposing a 'revenue assurance' system on its operators, even though the operators insist it infringes customer...
Should Telecom Companies become ‘Charitable’ Organizations?
Imagine a day when we wake up to find that the phones (mobile, satellite phones, landlines et al) and internet (any form of ‘online’...
Is ‘RA’ as a domain even remotely understood?
Weird as it may sound, especially when we are talking of saturated RA markets and stuff- but recent experience forces me to ask, "Across...
Pity the poor CDR
Posts on talkRA rightly focus on the life and times of the RA practitioner but for a moment let's reflect on a primary object...
Oil and Water; RA and Profit
Every now and then I happen upon a new RA website that I have not seen before. Most of them aim to promote...
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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