China borrowed concepts from the US approach to call validation then added steroids and a turbocharger.

Satellite comms means scam call centers can be constructed in remote and lawless regions.

Some customers may have paid early exit fees although there was no binding contract because of inadequacies in the telco's onboarding process.

The Philippines government says they are working with Globe Telecom on protecting consumers from portable SMS blasters.

Indian telcos already block foreign calls that spoof Indian landlines.

SHAKEN tells you who signed the call, not if other data is trustworthy.

The DBIR team reviewed 10,000 breaches for this year's publication.

Research by the UK comms regulator found that sending annual notifications of the best available tariffs had a positive influence on the number of out-of-contract customers who chose to re-contract.

A change of policy at the internet giant signals the inevitable decline of one time passwords sent by SMS.

The telco routinely ported in subscribers without their consent, then falsely changed their addresses to obtain higher subsidies aimed at native Americans.

The Global Informal Regulatory Antifraud Forum (GIRAF) will be chaired by a representative of Norwegian regulator Nkom and will work in parallel with the One Consortium initiative.

Thai police and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission are intensifying their ongoing battle with telcos that provide network access to scammers in Myanmar and Cambodia.