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FCC Broadband Map Shenanigans Shows How Crony Capitalism Really Works

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Feb 2023 Assurance & Audit

Some US businesses are so complacent when lying about broadband coverage that they accidentally admit the lies to each other.


GVG and Guinea Fight in US Court Over $22mn Fee for Terminating National RA Contract

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Jan 2023 Assurance & Audit

Global Voice Group says its telco tax audits generate lots of money for African governments. The Republic of Guinea says otherwise.


Why Revenue Assurance Should Embrace Data Science

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Dec 2022 Assurance & Audit

Resistance to treating RA as a branch of data science ignores the realities of who leads innovation in the field and why they do it.


Telco Allocates $11.5mn to Settle Lawsuit over Billing Charges Presented Like Taxes

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Dec 2022 Assurance & Audit

Some customers of Astound Broadband could receive a $160 refund for a segment of their fees that trebled over a 5-year period.


High Court Rejects Lesotho Government’s Attempt to Stop GVG National RA Contract

By Eric Priezkalns 11 Nov 2022 Assurance & Audit

It is no surprise that GVG can afford better lawyers than the imbecilic governments and regulators that sign contracts with them.


Revenue Assurance Has Lost Its Way

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Oct 2022 Assurance & Audit

The community of revenue assurance professionals has not found the leadership it so desperately needs.


Government and Regulator Asks High Court to Scrap GVG National RA Contract with Lesotho

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Oct 2022 Assurance & Audit

Government Minister Samuel Rapapa says Global Voice Group (GVG) was awarded its contract illegally.


Wikipedia Records the Death of Revenue Assurance

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Aug 2022 Assurance & Audit

This article is not a stub. It states important facts about a discipline that too often treated the documentation of facts as unimportant.


Nigeria Is Latest Country to Make Revenue Assurance the Prelude to Taxes on Phone Users

By Eric Priezkalns 8 Aug 2022 Assurance & Audit

The Nigerian government says a 5 percent tax will be imposed on all calls, SMS messages and data usage.


Is Vodafone UK Deliberately Overcharging the Dead?

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Aug 2022 Assurance & Audit

George Monbiot, a writer and political activist with a cult-like following, has accepted an invitation to tell the CEO of Vodafone UK how his telco should handle bereavement.


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