Carlos Marques

Carlos is a Vice President at Mobileum, a leading provider of telecom analytics solutions for roaming, core network, security, risk management, domestic and international connectivity testing, and customer intelligence. He is responsible for product marketing for Mobileum's risk management products.

Articles by This Author

Content Piracy: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

The unlawful distribution of copyrighted content consumes almost a quarter of all internet bandwidth. Comms providers should automate the discovery of piracy on their networks.

Migrating Russian Eagles Demonstrate Revenue Assurance Questions for IoT and 5G

Telcos may underestimate the risk of leakages caused by a combination of 5G network slicing and mobile IoT devices.

Prevent Point-of-Sale Fraud By Monitoring Second-Hand Sales

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

How Will the eSim Impact Fraud Management?

Embedded SIMs will counter some traditional fraud threats whilst creating new kinds of opportunities for ingenious hackers.

What Are the Impacts of the eSim from a Revenue Assurance Perspective?

Rewritable integrated SIMs will power the internet of things, and demand new versions of some traditional RA controls.

You Only Get Fraud When You Start Looking for It

Mexico banned the sale of Roku boxes because they are used for video piracy, but telcos have yet to begin measuring the extent of frauds like this.

Mobile Phones Can Build Credit Profiles for the Unbanked

Almost half the people in the world have no bank account, but social data can be used to assess their credit worthiness.

My (Conservative) Predictions for Telcos in 2017

Peering into the crystal ball, here are six forecasts, ranging from a rise in fraud and regulation to a fall in the cost of calls.

Digital Services: The Risks of Crossing the Chasm

As telcos transform into digital service providers they will increasingly rely on analytics to manage new risks.

Did You Forget Something? Assuring Revenue in an NFV/SDN Environment

If you thought RA was already a difficult job, network virtualization is going to make it a lot more complex.

Blink and You’ll Miss a Revolution

Author Malcolm Gladwell has written about people suffering information overload. However, machines thrive on data. That is why fraudsters should be identified by computer algorithms.

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