Monetization & Assurance
AI Needs RA More than RA Needs AI
SMS farms are being used to gain API access to the Claude LLM at one-tenth of the correct price. There has always been more to learn about revenue assurance than corporations care to learn.
Wacky Call Increments Reveal Deeper Issues with Restoring Trust
Complicated changes to wholesale prices are being communicated with minimal notice.
Ericsson #1 in BSS for Telcos Building AI Data Centers but Amdocs Soon to Overtake
This is the ranking of the providers of business support systems for those telcos which build AI data centers.
Amdocs, Matrixx, and the Growing Irrelevance of Telco Charging
Parallel markets like AI and cloud services are growing much more rapidly than services based on telco charges.
A New MVNO Wave Has Begun, but How Will They Win This Time?
There is a worldwide boom in MVNOs. Can they be better and faster than network operators, as well as being cheaper?
What Is a B2B2x Marketplace and Why Do Most Telcos Need One?
The new series on reversing revenue decline in telcos continues with input from Andrew Thomson, SVP Digital Enablement at Beyond Now and Distinguished Fellow at the TM Forum.
6 Reasons NEC’s Acquisition Is a Compelling Event for CSG Clients
The deal leaves Netcracker and Amdocs as the only two big players in the telco BSS market.
Are Telecom Networks Ready to Monetize AI? Probably Not
In the first of a new series of articles, strategic analyst Ed Finegold asks Rakuten Symphony Chief Marketing Officer Geoff Hollingworth if telcos need to upgrade networks to harness the power of AI.
Dull KPMG Report Reveals More about the Decline of Revenue Assurance than Its Future
This may not be a popular article because it lists reasons not to read something else.
Liberia Suspends National RA Audit over Alleged Corruption
President Boakai issued an executive order immediately suspending a telecoms traffic monitoring contract that had been awarded to a US-registered business in 2018, only for the duration of that contract to be later extended by 20 years.
Welcoming a New Global Know Your Customer Code of Conduct
The i3Forum launches a new KYC code today. They are leading a united front against scams alongside Numeracle and the Cloud Communications Alliance.
I Wrote a Global KYC Standard That Regulators Will Review; Does That Seem Strange to You?
A new know-your-customer code of conduct for bulk voice and messaging has been approved and published by the i3Forum. Next comes One Consortium and the regulators in GIRAF.
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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