Why Is Africa in Love with GVG’s RA Audits?
The corruption of African journalism has consequences for the regulation of telecoms providers.
Afghanistan Signs Dodgy National Revenue Assurance Deal
An airline exec with no track record in telecoms beat some of the world’s leading RA vendors to win a USD11mn contract.
Why Telecoms Assurance Must Become Agile
Assurance teams will have to be agile if they want to cope with fundamental changes to telecoms. Their agility depends on a combination of processes, technologies and knowledge.
Reviewing the ETSI Billing Accuracy Standard
We need a good international standard for assuring charging accuracy. The revised ETSI 102 845 Technical Specification is based on sound concepts but also suffers crucial omissions.
Nigerian Regulator Attacked for ‘Huge’ Revenue Loss
A lawyer’s threats to the Nigerian Communications Commission have been used to justify hyperbolic media headlines about revenue losses.
Expensive Ghanian National RA System Relies on Test Calls (Like Everybody Else)
Why is Ghana spending so much on its new ‘platform’ to detect simboxes if it relies on familiar old methods?
Sharp Rise in Canadian Bill Accuracy Complaints
Canada’s CCTS has seen an 87 percent increase in complaints that monthly bills are inaccurate. Almost half came from customers of Bell Canada.
Utilities and Telcos: Different Domains, Similar Challenges
Utilities should emulate RA methods used in telcos. This was one of the conclusions drawn from November’s RAG Utilities meeting.
Fraud WeDo Fraud Reveals Fraud Marketing Fraud Strategy Fraud (and What This Means for RA)
The market leader for RAFM uses the f-word a lot, and rarely mentions RA.
Why Do UK Telcos Keep Being Fined for Overcharges?
We must remember mistakes to learn from them, but charging errors by Virgin Media and EE show our industry is forgetful.